Brownstoner’s Flea Coming to Brooklyn Bridge Plaza
April 29th, 2009
(Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Heights Blog)
The Brooklyn Flea announced yesterday that they will be launching a second outdoor market at a location in Brooklyn Bridge Park, directly under the Brooklyn Bridge in the Fulton Ferry Historic District on the waterfront (Water Street and New Dock Street). The “Brooklyn Bridge Flea” will take place on Sundays, starting June 14, and the Fort Greene Flea will continue on Saturdays. The last date of the Flea’s indoor Dumbo locations will be Sunday, May 31. Brooklyn Bridge Flea will feature between 80 and 100 vendors and will feature existing vendors as well as new additions.
Congratulations to Eric Demby and Brownstoner on this partnership with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation (BBPDC). The Fort Greene Flea has attracted 10,000 visitors each Saturday, and the Brooklyn Bridge Flea will likely draw even more, with the Empire Fulton Ferry State Park next door, and other nearby businesses such as Jacques Torres, who is planning to open an ice cream parlor this summer (as early as June) next to his chocolate shop.
The new location was the site of the landmark Art Deco Purchase Building (Brownstoner link). The Brooklyn Paper reports that the building was torn down to make way for a piazza only to lose control to the Department of Transportation, “which says the tract is needed as a staging area to overdue repairs to the historic suspension bridge.”
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April 30th, 2009 at 11:51 am
The flea under the bridge is very cool.. but is that the final plan for the “plaza” under the bridge? Or is the blacktop temporary? Anyone?
April 30th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Is the money going back to the city or the bridge or is it going into Jonathan Butler and Eric Demby’s already stuffed pockets?
April 30th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
The ultimate plan is to have an ice skating rink in that location next winter. Details are on the brooklyn bridge park website…
November 5th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Anyone know anything about the skating rink that was planned for this area? Is it still happening?
November 5th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
It doesn't look like there will be a skating rink there for at least 4 years, until the Bridge repainting project is over.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:30 am
It doesn't look like there will be a skating rink there for at least 4 years, until the Bridge repainting project is over.