Business & Innovation

In the 'Gentrification Express: Breaking Down the BQX' filmmakers show how supporters advocating for the Brooklyn-Queens Connector are behind rapidly developing properties along the proposed route image credit: Village Voice The new documentary " Gen

ShotSpotter is a technology that picks up on the sound of gunfire and alerts police to it photo credit: NYPD By the end of the summer, the NYPD is expanding its ShotSpotter program to Fort Greene and Washington Heights reports amny.com .

Greenpoint, the quiet 19th-century industrial waterfront neighborhood, has been undergoing changes, big changes. Greenpoint, perched at the northernmost tip of Brooklyn, has become an intersection of art, design and technology.

Seeking employment? Here are five new job opportunities posted this week within just a few miles from where you live: Adidas Visual Merchandising Associate Leader - Fulton Street 559 job in Brooklyn, NY Company: Adidas Job Title: Visual Merchandising

The Brooklyn Navy Yard has become a model of the viability and positive impact of urban industrial development through the diversity of businesses and industries it hosts photo credit: The Business Journal The Brooklyn Navy Yard is moving into the sp

AgTech X distinguishes itself as a co-working space to develop business concepts and projects, and to educate about sustainability and new urban agricultural technologies AgTech X's tower garden.

Seeking employment? Here are five new job opportunities posted this week within just a few miles from where you live: IKEA IKEA is hiring Seasonal Food Co-workers job in Brooklyn, NY Company: IKEA Job Title: IKEA is hiring Seasonal Food Co-workers Jo

Access HRA Mobile app and website, self?service computers and scanners at HRA centers, and mobile document upload technology are part of a broader effort to improve service for clients photo credit: NY Times The city's Department of Social Services (

Calling all Cosplay Enthusiasts and Afro-Futurists! BLERD City Con, a 2-day conference taking place July 29 - 30, in Brooklyn, is celebrating the nerd in you! Panels and workshops on art, science, comic books and technology across five venues in the

The 'Ganesha Toilet Seat,' sold on Etsy's website for $85, depicts the Hindu God as 'Bathroom Ganesha,' holding a comb, mirror, toothbrush and toothpaste photo credit: Universal Society Of Hinduism Upset Hindu officials are urging Brooklyn-based e-co