Brooklyn Flea: Time Lapse
Thanks to all the vendors and visitors who came out to the inaugural Brooklyn Flea yesterday. By some miracle, it didn’t rain and the day went off without a hitch. While some of them were double-counts to be sure, the security guard at the door clicked off 20,000 entries into the market throughout the day….
Thanks to all the vendors and visitors who came out to the inaugural Brooklyn Flea yesterday. By some miracle, it didn’t rain and the day went off without a hitch. While some of them were double-counts to be sure, the security guard at the door clicked off 20,000 entries into the market throughout the day. Insane. We’ll have more candids up later in the day. If you took photos, please put them up on Flickr and tag with “brooklynflea”; if you a post a big Flickr set, please email us with a link. We also want to hear your feedback about vendor mix and other suggestions. Obviously we need more food; unfortunately dealing with the Department of Health isn’t exactly a simple and transparent process, but we’re working on it. Personally, we want to see more furniture and classic category-killers like antique silver and old watches; maybe a little less new jewelry and arts-and-crafty stuff. This first month will be a gradually tweaking and culling process, so please throw in your two cents.
7:00 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
8:35 a.m.
9:35 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
13:15 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
5:15 p.m.
5:40 p.m.
6:20 p.m.
I’m only bringing it up to highlight how ridiculous 11:12 is. Which I shouldn’t because he/she is clearly a troll, but I overheard some woman yesterday at the Flea shout…
“Jesus Christ…Did EVERYONE from Park Slope come to the Flea today”
I don’t get it. When will this Park Slope stuff stop?
This Flea has NOTHING to do with Park Slope, other than it is another neighborhood near to Ft. Greene. I find it absolutely ridiculous. As I’m sure 95% of people on this blog do as well, but I just couldn’t believe she said that.
Actually I could believe it, but it still shocked me.
Thank you for doing this. It was really great seeing the neighborhood come alive. Ignore the critics. This was no small feat. I picked up 3 library chairs and 2 large jasper morrison FLOS glow balls. I would love to see more mid-century modern stuff and antiques!
ps: to continue on my thought above– i think that would increase the chance of people being able to find stuff for cheap and hunt for treasures…
Had fun. Was cold. Needs less t-shirts and $80 polyester dresses from the 80’s and more $4 dollar kitsch for home and kitchen. Some of the furniture was outrageously priced for a flea market (1500 for a side table… come on now.) Needs more food and flea market-priced clothing and accessories. Loved the fabrics and 3 dollar lampshades. Housing Works rocked. Will come check it out again in a few weeks.
i had a great time as a vendor! despite the cold being pretty brutal… and i was very happy with how much i sold. although i make & sell new items, i agree that there should be a bit more old, less new stuff. but tote bags is one of the things that i sell– and i sold out! so many people do like to buy them.
one other suggestion (and this was said already), some of the best fleas in California have sections where people can sell their stuff for one weekend, basically have stoop sales at the flea. i would love to do this with a lot of the vintage clothing that i’ve been meaning to sell on ebay. it would be great if you could regulate this somehow, so it’s not just junk like plastic kids toys though…
Thank you for doing this. It was really great seeing the neighborhood come alive. Ignore the critics. This was no small feat. I picked up 3 library chairs and 2 large jasper morrison FLOS glow balls. I would love to see more mid-century modern stuff and antiques!
While I saw very little I actually wanted, I enjoyed the event itself. FG/CH are generally boring and provincial little hamlets with almost nothing to do. I spend all week in an isolating job; come the weekend I want to be out and about and in the mix. I thought it was great to see the streets crowded; it reminded me that I was in an actual city.
As far as the offerings themselves I agree with the earliest posters- less ‘crafts fair’ more furniture, books, jewelery…say, what happened to the watch vendor, anyhow?
Overall, I’d say good show. And for someone to attempt to bring race and class into the discussion – please. Grow up already.
thanks brownstoner for making it impossible to eat brunch on sunday in fort greene/clinton hill for the rest of the summer. what a waste of space the flea is. basically all the street fair crap minus the drinks and any ethnic flair. it was such a yuppie stroller fest i felt like i was in park slope.
you really screwed the pooch on this one. i may have to move.
The renegade craft fair = ironic crap silk-screen fest. Please do not emulate it.