ON a cold afternoon in February , Peter Cruz drove 40 minutes from Hempstead , Long Island , to the East Village , parked on Avenue B near East Seventh Street , and walked to the steps of St. Brigid 's Roman Catholic Church , which has presided over Tompkins Square Park since 1848 .
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