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Gateway National Recreation AreaRanger Station and former army infirmary at World War Veterans Park ar Miller Field in Gateway's Staten Island Unit.
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Gateway National Recreation Area
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Jacob Riis  

Did You Know?
Journalist Jacob Riis was called "New York's most useful citizen," by Theodore Roosevelt. As police commissioner, Roosevelt often accompanied Riis in raids exposing the hardship of life for New York City's poor and immigrant populations.

Last Updated: July 15, 2007 at 14:22 EST