Closing Bell: Flea Bigger and Better Than Ever on Sunday
As long as our nemesis mother nature plays nice, this is shaping up to be biggest and best Flea yet. As noted on the Flea Blog today, there are a bunch of new high-qual, old-school vendors starting up this weekend, including Fort Greener Gary Ford who used to have a booth at the 25th Street…
As long as our nemesis mother nature plays nice, this is shaping up to be biggest and best Flea yet. As noted on the Flea Blog today, there are a bunch of new high-qual, old-school vendors starting up this weekend, including Fort Greener Gary Ford who used to have a booth at the 25th Street Garage and will be showcaseing his eclectic mix of fossilized whale bones, Persian prayer rugs, and picture frames along the Clermont fence on Sunday. For the uninitiated, the Flea runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday and is located at 176 Lafayette Avenue. Closest trains are the C and G to Washington/Clinton. Or you can take any of the number of trains that go to Atlantic Station and make the 10-minute stroll up Lafayette Avenue from there. If you’ve come before and combined your outing with a visit to one of the many restaurants on Dekalb Avenue, why not be a tad more adventurous and check out the wealth of brunch options a few blocks north on Myrtle Avenue.
Lotsa New Vendors This Weekend! [Flea Blog]
I smoked a bowl and stayed there from about 11-4. Time went by real slow…I spent $400.
Something for all the negative folks to think about:
Do you HONESTLY and TRULY think that an anonymous negative review on a blog will keep people away? Seriously? When I see dozens of negative reviews and dozens of positive reviews I remind myself that opinions are like assholes. Everyones got one.
I’d guess that I speak for many folks here that negative reviews for the Brooklyn Flea Market are only a -greater- incentive to check it out myself and form my -own- opinion.
Damn, the things people waste their time on…
Mr. Golomb,
The term “flea market” is actually 17th century, from France. Why would you care if the term is old? Do you need a more “sophisticated and contemporary ” term when park your car in a “garage”?
AS A FORT GREENER I FEEL THAT THE TERM
FLEA MARKET IS NOT INDICATIVE OF A MARKET SELLING
INTERESTING AND QUALITY GOODS.
FLEA MARKET IS A 19th CENTURY TERM
AND THIS IS THE 21st CENTURY. CERTAINLY A MORE
SOPHISTICATED AND CONTEMPORARY TERM CAN BE FOUND.
LEON GOLOMB
I went for the second time today and thought it was great. While everyone has different tastes, I think the selection is very broad. I don’t like most of what I see, but variety abounds. The things I do like, on the other hand, feel like great “finds” and as far as I’m concerned that’s the point of a marketplace like this.
And it was plenty crowded for what it is. The distance that repeat vendors travel (spoke to one from Philly and another from Albany) makes it clear that they are doing well by this exposure and the increased business it offers.
So we were on our bikes going to the flea market this morning at around 10:30. We’re in the northbound bike lane on Vanderbilt approaching Dean Street. I’m ahead by 20 yards and crossing the intersection on a green light when a purple Lincoln with a nice on-the-way-to-church lady makes a surprise left turn from the other side. First there’s that exciting moment when you know that impact is only some tenths of seconds away, then there’s that flying through the air moment when I thought, “Ok, my nose got hit, then my right knee. Meanwhile I have this upside-down view of my wife with a look of horror on her face as she screams. By the time that thought is done, I’ve landed on the clean, freshly bike-lane-painted asphalt of Vanderbilt Avenue, realizing I’ve suffered only some scrapes and bruises. I followed the advice of helpful guy named Jack who advised me to relax and stay still until an ambulance arrived. Two hours later I’m released from Maimonodes with a cane, and trying to catch up on preparing for the trip to my mother’s house tonight.
Sorry to make you read all that, but I just didn’t get to the flea market today.
i thought renters were the lowest?
How is a person who went to a flea market and thinks it is somewhat less crowded than on a previous visit “the lowest form of human life”?
The lowest form of human life?!
guest at May 11, 2008 9:36 AM
You write your post with the vigor about something that actually mattered. It does not.
It is a flea market!!