Photos: How New Yorkers connect during the pandemic
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While many folks have been forced apart by the coronavirus crisis, some have found ways to maintain contact.
Upper Manhattan resident Carla Zanoni was trying to find a way to hug family and friends during the coronavirus outbreak when she saw a story online about a family that used a shower curtain to safely embrace.
Brooklyn Boro
View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.