Woman recalls early 90s as a prostitute in Queens

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A Venezuelan woman’s first night as a prostitute in a brothel on the “Market of Sweethearts” in Corona, Queens, was the worst night of her life — and she wants women trapped in the same hell to know there is a way out. Kika Certa arrived in the Big Apple from Caracas because she was in love with a man and thought she would be staying with his family. Instead, she found herself living a nightmare on Roosevelt Avenue. “I slept with 20 men my first night,” Certa, now 51, said this week with tears streaming down her cheeks. “I...