Dumbo NYC

The Dumbo Farmer’s Market began on Sunday at Main and Plymouth streets. There was a steady flow of people buying fresh produce provided by Community Markets. The farmer’s market is a welcome addition for residents in Dumbo and will take place every Sunday from 11am to 5pm through mid-November.

{Dumbo Farmer’s Market Flickr set}
{DUMBO Improvement District Brings Farmer’s Market to B’klyn Waterfront, 17Jun2008, Brooklyn Daily Eagle}
{Off to Market? Off to DUMBO, 19Jun2008, Brooklyn Downtown Star}
{Dumbo/Vinegar Hill CSA and Farmer’s Market Coming Next Week, 05Jun2008}

Not even two weeks after it’s opening, J’s Wine & Spirits’ windows have been vandalized. It looks like someone threw something at their window. It’s sad to see when a small business owner has gone through a lot to open a new business to have to deal with things like this. Let’s support our local businesses.

{Liquor Store Opens on Jay Street, 20May2008}

J’s Wine & Spirits has opened at 102 Jay Street in Dumbo. The store looks like it’s more of a liquor store (with wine), than the neighborhood wine store Blanc & Rouge (brwine.com). Anyone had a chance to check out J’s?

{Liquor Store Planned at 102 Jay Street, 18Dec2007}

 (Photos from green-desk.com)

When we noticed new windows being put in place last year May 2007 at 155 Water Street, there was speculation about the building being converted to a hotel. We now know that it is a month-to-month rental office space called Green Desk. According to Green Desk:

“Green Desk is an affordable environmentally responsible month to month rental office space in a beautiful historic building in DUMBO Brooklyn. each fully furnished workspace is wired with high-speed internet access, a voip phone and a connection to an mp3 music server with thousands of songs. utilities, copying, scanning, printing, faxing and fresh organic coffee are all included.”

The website states that there is availability on the 5th floor and rates are $300 - $1000 for individuals and $800 - $2500 for small companies. The website has a photo tour of Dumbo. I’m flattered they used our photos (If you don’t mind, please credit the other photographers: #1 = edstern, #4 = emptysquare, #5 = DumboNYC, #6 = ekonon). Despite that, we’re glad the building will bring small businesses and entreprenuers to the area. Below is a floorplan from the Green Desk website:

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{155 Water Street Window Installations, 24May2007}

(Photo courtesy of Brownstoner.com)

According to a story by Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Imagine Early Learning Center has leased the ground floor space at the Beacon Tower at 85 Adams Street. The 3,753 sq ft space had “specific needs in terms of lighting, air, egress conditions and licensure requirements” according to Petar Videv of A&I Broadway Realty, who handled the transaction. Dumbo has grown in population and with gentrification comes young families, so a day care center is a much needed service for these families. Imagine Early Learning Center also has a location in Brooklyn Heights.

{Imagine Early Learning Center Leases Space at Beacon Tower, 30Apr2008, Brooklyn Daily Eagle}

“The Price of Money” by Lewis Lapham

National Correspondent, Harper’s Magazine
Founder, Lapham’s Quarterly

Thursday, April 24th
Come at 1:00pm
Talk at 1:15 with a Q&A to follow

At The Melville House Bookstore
145 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (at the corner of Plymouth and Pearl)
A/C to High Street; F to York
Call 718-722-9204 for more info

Both the NY Times and The Brooklyn Paper came out with articles about Dumbo’s fashion boutiques. Zoe (and Almondine Bakery) gets ink from NY Times for its high end clothing and handbags (the Chloé bag for $2000).

(Photo from NY Times)

The Brooklyn Paper makes mention that a “striking number of stores are selling clothes for the bohemian artist and million-dollar condo-dweller alike.” Listed there are Stewart/Stand, Indigo Handloom, Blueberi, Loopy Mango, and Zoe.

(Photo from The Brooklyn Paper)

{Little Hedge Fund on the Prairie, 17Apr2008, NY Times}
{Dumbo, Fashion Mecca, 19Apr2008, Brooklyn Paper}

[Update: To be clear, this service is available every Sunday, not only on Mother's Day.]

In a move to appease the mothers in Dumbo for Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 11, Almondine Bakery is offering a Sunday only Almondine Room Service delivery for Dumbo residents. Or maybe you partied all night and don’t want to get out of bed on Sunday; wake up to the scent of freshly baked croissants, pastries, coffee, hot chocolate, and/or teas. Order deadline is Saturday at 11:30pm.

{almondinebakery.com/AlmondineRoomService.html}
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{Almondine Reviews on Yelp}

One Glass Productions, a Dumbo-based production company specializing in video services (pre-to-post production and design for film, music videos, and promotional media) for artists and creative businesses is producing a weekly television series that highlights the culture of Dumbo. This will be an ongoing project but would like to hear from artists and business owners by April 15th if you’d like to be in the first episode.

One Glass Productions is producing a weekly television series that highlights and documents the culture of D.U.M.B.O. We’d like to get a behind-the-scenes look at the creative businesses, establishments, and artists that make this neighborhood so special.

If you’d like to be a guest on the show (at no cost to you), please email, call or fax us and let us know what you do. How long have you been in D.U.M.B.O.? What makes your work unique? If you have a special D.U.M.B.O. story or history, we want to hear it!

Not only is this a fun and easy (and free!) way to get your name out to the rest of the New York community, but the show will also be viewable on the internet for world wide watchers.

We look forward to scheduling you!

Sincerely,
Valery & Stephanie

email: info@oneglassproductions.com
tel: 646-379-9327
fax: 718-360-9279

Despite the cool weather, the Brooklyn Flea, Brooklyn’s biggest flea market, organized by our blogging friends at Brownstoner in a 40,000 square foot school yard in Fort Green, Brooklyn attracted ‘tens of thousands’ of people yesterday. Yesterday was the first Brooklyn Flea and will take place every Sunday from 10am to 5pm.

There are 200 vendors (some rotating each week) from a group of over 800 applicants, including Dumbo based Prague Kolektiv, Moontree Letterpress, Sesame Letterpress, AMH Design (needlepoint), Journey Home, Counterevolution, and others.

As you can see from the photos, the turnout was great, and there were a wide variety of vendors (including food vendors). Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz made an appearance. Once the weather gets nicer, there will probably be bigger crowds, more vendors, and the need for a bigger space. We’re all for small businesses and new ventures, and we’re encouraged to see Brownstoner bringing attention to creative Brooklyn based businesses. Could a eBay-like flea .com be next? Any feedback? Congrats Brownstoner!

Brooklyn Flea is a nice 30 minute walk from Dumbo or take the C train to Lafayette Ave (3 stops from the High Street station) and walk 7 blocks east on Lafayette Ave. [Google Map]. For more photos, go to DumboNYC’s Brooklyn Flea Flickr set.

{Brooklyn Flea Flickr set}