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- ↑ "FRIENDS SEE AGED OFF TO NEW HOME; Neighbors Dance in Farewell as Haym Salomon Guests Leave for Brooklyn". The New York Times . December 23, 1957.
- ↑ "Gala event celebrates grand opening of New Pavilion at the Haym Salomon Home". Brooklyn Eagle . September 17, 2015.
- 1 2 moved from 1625 Shore Parkway to current location 2340 Cropsey Ave Paula Katinas (January 4, 2019). "Bath Beach apartment building to replace two-family house on Bay Parkway". Brooklyn Eagle .
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- ↑ "Nursing home patient died of likely coronavirus after son told she was fine". The New York Post . April 16, 2020.