Working from a set of old photos showing a Fourth of July picnic (1939) at an "Odd Fellows Orphan Asylum" with a large natural gas tank in the background. Trying identify location, sources of information about residents, etc.
The does not seem to be a good match on the
http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com lists of 1930 census facilities in any of the five boroughs of new York City.