Need a ride down Flatbush Ave to Kings Plaza or Brooklyn College? Hop in a dollar van, the privately owned public transportation alternative to the bus or subway. Owned mostly by West Indian entrepreneurs, these jitneys serve parts of Brooklyn that are chronically underserved by the MTA. Have your fare ready, buckle your seatbelt and get an inside look at a cornerstone of the Caribbean-American experience in Brooklyn.

Anthony Mule, a former MTA transit worker, realized that gum plagues the streets of NYC and decided to capitalize on it. The CEO of his now 16-year old company, Gum Busters thinks there is a gum pollution problem.