Bay Currents
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Bay Currents, founded by an entrepreneurial journalist in August 2004, is an independent newspaper focusing on oceanfront Brooklyn, N.Y., United States including Sheepshead Bay, Brighton Beach, and Coney Island, United States. It has a readership of about 30,000. It has run a campaign to keep Wal-Mart from opening a store in the borough of Brooklyn, among other enterprising stories. It is also known for its coverage of the District 47 Assembly election placing the first Russian-American in state office.
[edit] Exclusive stories
Bay Currents is known for its coverage of many pressing issues facing the oceanfront community. More recently, it has covered the personal use of cell phones by drivers of the popular Access-A-Rise van service while transporting their passengers. Bay Currents also was the first to reveal that a local radiology clinic suddenly closed down and left hundreds of patients without the means to retrieve the results of their exams.
[edit] Special Sections
Book Currents - Reviews of contemporary literature as well as classics that have modern relevance.
Senior Currents - Focuses on the concerns of Brooklyn's elders.
Financial Currents - Covers various news in the financial world.
The newspaper is published bi-weekly by Brooklyn Media.Its website is www.baycurrents.net
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