Closing Bell: Flea and House Tour Pray for Sun
We’d be lying if we said we weren’t just a little bit irked at Mother Nature right now. While precious few rain drops have actually fallen on the Brooklyn Flea during market hours, all four Sundays to date have had the threat of rain and have been unseasonably cold. And it looks like more of…
We’d be lying if we said we weren’t just a little bit irked at Mother Nature right now. While precious few rain drops have actually fallen on the Brooklyn Flea during market hours, all four Sundays to date have had the threat of rain and have been unseasonably cold. And it looks like more of the same for this weekend. Argghh! Luckily we have a hearty bunch of vendors who roll with the rain-or-shine punches to get to what’s real. The organizers of this year’s Fort Greene House Tour must also be watching the weather report closely. Both events happen Sunday. The Flea runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 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. The house tour is from noon to 5 p.m.; you can pick up your tickets in the BAM Garden at Fulton and Lafayette or at the flea market. If you’re in the neighborhood on Saturday, make sure to stop by the Habana Outpost Block Party.
UPDATE: The sun has decided to shine upon The Flea for the first time and the place is hopping. Come on down! It’s open ’til 5 o’clock.
3:39=3:14=10:15=6:45
3:14= 3:23=9:58=6:45
I was at the flea last Sunday and it was like a ghost town. 10:15 must be smoking old tire inner tubes.
hey 11:41–wouldnt you like to think the world is rainbows and sugarplums?? Or are you happy in your filthy, bleak, morose, decaying NYC surroundings crying from another bout of depression and hoping your ultraviolet lamp cures your SAD?
i find it way more pathetic that you read and post on this blog, 9:58 and clearly don’t even live in new york.
i love the weather here. rain and clouds are sometimes nice. nourishes plants naturally unlike other parts of the country where you pretend you love the climate, yet have the sprinklers set to go on 5 times a day. so wasteful.
people who need 80 and sunshine all the time are the same people who live inside a bubble and think the world is nothing but rainbows and sugarplums.
you don’t like the weather here?
good. you don’t need to. you don’t live here.
the other 8.25 million of us are alright with it. some value culture, diversity and world class dining over constant sunshine.
20,000 visitors is not deserted, 6:45.
you are a total moron.
and you posted the exact same comment last week.
The weather in NYC is pathetic. Amazing that so many of you put up with it. The emperor has no clothes, people!
*Is* there another flea market on Sunday? I had the sense that last week’s may have been the last one because it was so deserted.
In addition to the Flea and the house tour check out Landmark Estates at 122 Ft. Greene Place between Lafayette and Hanson Place from 2-4 PM. I am the developer and we are thrilled to share this condo conversion with four units from 1350-1900 square feet in a landmarked building. Check out pictures at brooklynproperties.com. (It’s the featured property on the home page)
If you are going to the flea and/or walking the house tour it should be a fun event to add to your schedule. Hopefully, the rain will stay away. Have a great weekend.