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Patch (New York)

AOL’s fast-growing hyperlocal network

February 24, 2012

patch.new.york.pngAfter the first three Patch sites launched in suburban New Jersey in 2009, an expansion into New York’s Westchester County and Long Island communities wasn’t far behind that same year. Today, New York is home to seventy-one Patch sites and counting. In addition to Patch’s usual suburban targets, the network has also grown to include individual, geographically small but highly populated neighborhoods within the boroughs of New York City.

Read CJR’s full profile of the Patch network here.

Patch has launched more than 860 sites in twenty-two states plus the District of Columbia. For more information on the network’s activities on a state by state basis, click one of the following links:

California, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington State, Wisconsin.

Lauren Kirchner is a freelance writer covering digital security for CJR. Find her on Twitter at @lkirchner