Bay Currents, founded by an entrepreneurial journalist in August 2004, is an independent newspaper focusing on oceanfront Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

, New York

New York

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, United States

United States

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, including Sheepshead Bay, Brighton Beach, and Coney Island

Coney Island

Coney Island is a peninsula and beach on the Atlantic Ocean in southern Brooklyn, New York, United States. The site was formerly an outer barrier island, but became partially connected to the mainland by landfill....

. The newspaper is published bi-weekly by Brooklyn Media

Brooklyn Media

Brooklyn Media, is the parent company of Bay Currents, a community newspaper of Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn Media is also the former owner of Brooklyn! which began in 2002. The company became Bay Currents, Inc. in December 2007....

. It has a readership of about 30,000.

Bay Currents has run a campaign to keep Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...

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.

Exclusive stories

Bay Currents is known for its coverage of many pressing issues facing the oceanfront community. 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 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.

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 news in the financial world.