{"id":11119,"date":"2010-04-13T12:33:48","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T16:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=11119"},"modified":"2019-06-25T07:32:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T11:32:22","slug":"fort-greene-flea-market-brooklyn-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/11119\/fort-greene-flea-market-brooklyn-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spring Slideshow: Opening Day at the Fort Greene Flea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is only one place to go this time of year for the best cast-off treasures in New York City. An admitted <a title=\"Fort Greene Flea review on offManhattan.com\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2009\/04\/15\/fort-greene-flea-market-brooklyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flea-aholic<\/a>, I showed up camera at the ready alongside thousands of others seeking to bid, bargain, and buy this past windy Saturday. After all, it was opening day of the 3rd annual <strong>Brooklyn Flea in Fort Greene<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"PictoBrowser100413005445\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Get the flash player here: http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/flashplayer<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.db798.com\/pictobrowser\/swfobject.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n    var so = new SWFObject(\"http:\/\/www.db798.com\/pictobrowser.swf\", \"PictoBrowser\", \"500\", \"500\", \"8\", \"#EEEEEE\"); so.addVariable(\"source\", \"sets\"); so.addVariable(\"names\", \"The Brooklyn Flea Market in Fort Greene 2010\"); so.addVariable(\"userName\", \"offmanhattan\"); so.addVariable(\"userId\", \"13996673@N03\"); so.addVariable(\"ids\", \"72157623719461991\"); so.addVariable(\"titles\", \"on\"); so.addVariable(\"displayNotes\", \"on\"); so.addVariable(\"thumbAutoHide\", \"off\"); so.addVariable(\"imageSize\", \"medium\"); so.addVariable(\"vAlign\", \"mid\"); so.addVariable(\"vertOffset\", \"0\"); so.addVariable(\"colorHexVar\", \"EEEEEE\"); so.addVariable(\"initialScale\", \"off\"); so.addVariable(\"bgAlpha\", \"90\"); so.write(\"PictoBrowser100413005445\");\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Early bird shoppers strolled through the school ground gates at Bishop Loughlin Memorial, claiming Carter\u2019s turn of the century antique furniture pieces, picking the best re-hab bikes by Shane da BikeJack\u2014\u201cI have bikes dating back to the 1800\u2019s and as recent as the 00\u2019s. My specialty is conversions; I rehab bikes and \u201cpuffy-ize\u201d them with alloy wheels, gears, you name it.\u201d\u2014trying a bit of old and new of Melody\u2019s colorful earring designs, rummaging thru record bins, and pecking on Brandi &amp; Kowalski\u2019s vintage writing machines. \u201cI\u2019ve collected typewriters for years. I have six myself in my room,&#8221; said Brandi. &#8220;There\u2019s nostalgia back to our grandparents with these machines. People like the sound\u2014 it\u2019s resonating and rhythmic. There is a story behind its ding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By noon, a hungry Flea crowd stood in increasing longer food lines well worth the wait. From Vanderbilt on the East to Clermont on the West, The Red Hook Vendors sold perfectly patted pupusas and grilled corn, Choice Market offered fresh baked goods including their signature red velvet cupcakes, and PizzaMoto made disc shaped dough for their on-site wood burning oven.<\/p>\n<p>A research chemist and an artist are the pair behind Brooklyn SodaWorks\u2019 non-syrup, fresh squeezed carbonated juice\u2014try the grapefruit jalape\u00f1o and honey that sold out by 3:00 p.m. Korey of Kors d\u2019oeuvres\u2014a food segment producer by day and dip lover in life\u2014won over the crowd with his seasonal dips and spreads like fan favorites roasted pumpkin and butternut squash. Hundreds copped a seat on the sacred flea stairs to chow on their eats and speak of their finds. \u201cI\u2019m doing this with my husband, we were just married last week,&#8221; said Val of Kings Country Salvage. &#8220;We do a lot of farm salvage and barn cleanouts. Everything we have here has a use and is really affordable for the home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By late afternoon the market swarmed with end-of-day bargainers leaving full-bellied and hands full. Thankfully, this outdoor gem has a long season ahead. Happy future Flea-ing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is only one place to go this time of year for the best cast-off treasures in New York City. An admitted Flea-aholic, I showed up camera at the ready alongside thousands of others seeking to bid, bargain, and buy this past windy Saturday. 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