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Finding Space and Quiet in SI’s Westerleigh

May 22nd, 2008 by Joe Filippazzo

This article appeared in the 22 May issue of am New York.

Anthony Wolk, 91, moved to Westerleigh in 1971 after he was carjacked in his neighborhood of East Flatbush.

“It was very bad in that neighborhood so I came here,” said Wolk, a member of the American Legion from Canarsie and VFW post 7172. “It’s better for veterans and good for families here. It’s nice, what can I say?”

A charming home on Maine Avenue in the Westerleigh neighborhood of Staten Island (Photo by Katya Pronin / amNewYork)

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