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Starrett City Houses Go On Auction Block In January
      By Neil S. Friedman More than 30 years ago as drivers on the Belt Parkway passed the Spring Creek section of East New York, they couldn't help but read a giant billboard that touted the emergence of a massive housing development that looked like a metropolis unto itself. The sign read: ...
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Mill Basin Woman Falls Into Sidewalk Sink Hole
By Charles Rogers
      A 64-year-old Mill Basin resident was rescued by firefighters from Canarsie's Ladder Co. 170 and Engine Co. 257 Monday after she broke through the sidewalk in front of her house and fell about seven feet into a sink hole. As she fell, an 80 pound slab of sidewalk concrete fell on top of her...
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Bikers' Annual Visit Spreads Holiday Cheer For Seniors
      No sooner do members of various motorcycle clubs pull up, dismount their bikes and enter the Four Seasons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Rockaway Parkway than the faces of its senior residents light up with joy.
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