Closing Bell: Outdoor Arts and Crafts Market Coming to East New York This Weekend
An arts and crafts market called “The Flock” is taking over a newly opened park on Pitkin Avenue in East New York this Saturday, giving more than 20 local vendors a space to sell their work. Visitors will be able to buy clothing, ceramics, paintings and jewelry, as well as food and drinks. There will also be…
An arts and crafts market called “The Flock” is taking over a newly opened park on Pitkin Avenue in East New York this Saturday, giving more than 20 local vendors a space to sell their work. Visitors will be able to buy clothing, ceramics, paintings and jewelry, as well as food and drinks.
There will also be live painting, music, an interactive community mural, face painting and art workshops for children and adults. The market will take place from 1 to 6 pm on October 11 at Mi Tierra, located at 2501 Pitkin Avenue. Community groups worked to transform the vacant 10,000-square-foot plot at Pitkin and Berriman into a park, which opened in mid-August.
Unfortunately this area took the biggest toll during the bad ol’ days so theres not a ton of historic structures to point out, or at least it’s not as dense as Cypress Hills (north)or Cityline (East). Theres a lot of Brick Barrel front and 1920’s style rowhouses with sections of vinyl covered woodframes scattered around in chunks but theres a lot of ugly cheapo 90’s-present infill. Luckily the C train stop is down the short block on Shepherd ave. and Pitkin ave.
Beware, you might not want to be around when the sun goes down, the ghost of John R. Pitkin likes haunts this avenue.