Trader Joensing

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"There are stories—perhaps tongue-in-cheek—of a spirit that inhabits the underground vault of what was once the palatial Independence Community Bank building, on Atlantic Avenue at Court Street. When Trader Joe's finally arrives, will 'frantic banging sounds' still be heard from deep inside the walk-in-vault?" [McBrooklyn]