Greystone hospital Psychiatric Center in New Jersey became known for the scenes of rapes and suicides taking place . Building officially closed in 2003 and was demolished , with walls and ceilings beginning to crumble and rotting away . Demolition work has begun on the French Renaissance - style building , after being found too expensive to restore . But preservationists have argued that the 1800s building should be preserved and turned into museum and housing .
Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in New Jersey became known for the number of rapes and suicides taking place . Building officially closed in 2003 and was abandoned , with walls and ceilings left to crumble and flake away . Demolition work has begun on the French Renaissance-style building , after interior found too expensive to restore . But preservationists have argued that the 1800s building should be preserved and turned into museum and housing .