whoah, is that a pinkstone?

i often walk by this house- it is only about two blocks from my apartment.  i'm not really sure why it is pink.  it always makes me smile though.  i think it would be funny when you are ordering delivery food or telling friends how to get there for the first time.  you know, its the first pink house on the left.  :)

i read on the gothamist that the owner is a 90 year old man who painted the house in 1968.