A new iPhone application eases the pain of finding a cab in Brooklyn. CabSense was created using the GPS data from 90 million cab rides to come up with a map that plots the most popular historical pickup and drop-off points. By Mary Plummer
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March 30, 2010April 2, 2010Business, Multimedia, Video
Video – Custom Rides in Red Hook – Keino’s Cycles
Keino Sasaki describes his journey through New York City, from working with legendary bike builder Indian Larry in SoHo, to opening his own custom motorcycle garage on Union Street.
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Video – Behind the Brine
Before Guss’ Pickles moved to Borough Park and became Ess-a-Pickle, Pat Fairchild took TheBrooklynInk.com on a briny odyssey from hot peppers to sauerkraut, and explained how a cucumber becomes a pickle.
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Victim’s Mother Mourns Neighborhood
By Joseph Alexiou One day after 10-year-old Dalila Gray was shot in the hand steps away from her home at 63 Stuyvesant Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, her mother Dalila Ramirez wants to leave the neighborhood she has called home for 29 years. “It’s gonna be hard to leave,” said Ramirez, 32. “I was 3 years old...
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March 2, 2010March 3, 2010Brooklyn Life, Business, Politics
Gowanus: The Background
by Matthew Huisman The Environmental Protection Agency now has the legal authority to go after The City of New York and eight other polluters who for decades contributed to contamination of the Gowanus Canal. The EPA was granted the power after labeling the 1.8-mile canal that divides Red Hook and South Brooklyn from Park Slope...
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March 2, 2010March 11, 2010Brooklyn Life, Business, Politics
Gowanus Decision: Winners and Losers
By Lenore Cho and Sudip P. Mukherjee The federal Environmental Protection Agency put the Gowanus Canal on its list of Superfund sites on Tuesday. The 1.8-mile canal in the midst of Brooklyn has been contaminated by heavy industry over the last century. Now the feds are stepping in for the big clean-up. The decision is...
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March 1, 2010March 3, 2010Audio Slideshow, Brooklyn Life, Business, Multimedia
Cash for Scraps in East NY
By Yepoka Yeebo and Matthew Huisman Gershow Recycling has owned the scrap yard on Pitkin Avenue in East New York for the past 10 years with more than 200-300 customers a day. Senior Facility Manager Eric Kugler took us on a tour of the facility.
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February 26, 2010April 5, 2010Brooklyn Life, Business, Multimedia, Video
Video – Parking Around Me
A startup company is using text messages to alert Park Slope residents of available parking spots.
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February 23, 2010March 5, 2010Arts & Culture, Brooklyn Life, Business
Ukulele Sales Soar in Brooklyn
Ukulele sales in Brooklyn are on the rise: A seller in Flatbush says his numbers are up 80 percent from last year.
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February 17, 2010February 25, 2010Brooklyn Life, Business
Unemployed Compete for Census Jobs
The unemployed, who had heard that there was work to be found as census takers, began arriving to take their tests at noon.