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Brooklyn Shops & Shopping BK NYC
September 2024 / Brooklyn Shops & Shopping NYC / Brooklyn Neighborhoods NYC / Brooklyn BLVD NYC.
This section is dedicated to shops and shopping in the borough of Brooklyn NYC.
Page Guide
How to Make the Most of This Section
1. The reports at the top of this section will contain seasonal shopping opportunities in Brooklyn.
2. As things change through the year, the reports that follow the seasonal shopping opportunities, will either reflect current reporting on events, or relevant events reported on in the past.
3. The rest of this section will contain shopping related reports done previously, which over time we'll organize for easier perusing.
4. At the bottom of the page there will be links to these reports and many others, organized into the neighborhoods where the shops are located or where the shopping event occurred.
5. The Brooklyn BLVD website provides visitors with current news and a history of what has happened in Brooklyn neighborhoods, generally based on events, issues, locales and sometimes personages. Use the BOOKMARK button at the top of your browser window, to facilitate your weekly visit to find out what's happening in Brooklyn.
Thanks for visiting and come back for our weekly & semi-weekly updates.
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Brooklyn Holiday Markets & Holiday Shopping - Brooklyn NYC
Brooklyn Holiday Markets, Christmas Shopping & Hanukkah Shopping
Brooklyn Christmas Shopping, Hanukkah Shopping & Brooklyn Holiday Markets
December 20, 2024 / Brooklyn Neighborhoods / Brooklyn Shopping / Brooklyn Blvd NYC.
NOTE. We added an Update Log at the beginning of the listings, so it's easier for you to stay abreast of changes / updates / new additions.
Be sure to visit our Brooklyn Holiday Events page, as it contains related holiday events with a shopping element to them.
For links to holiday events and markets in all five boroughs of NYC scroll down to the bottom of this report.
Brooklyn Holiday Markets Getting Underway
Holiday outdoor markets have been on the rise in Brooklyn since the dawn of the 21st century. While some date back many years, quite a few are relatively new.
Shopping at holiday markets alone, with friends, or with the kids gives folks a chance to enjoy the fruits of their labor and satisfy some of their yearnings and some of the yearnings of those we love.
Each of the Brooklyn holiday markets is a bit different, as some are organized by community groups and others by business organizations. Oftentimes one can find artisanal products that are made in NYC or NYS.
The Brooklyn holiday markets get underway shortly after Halloween, with some coming opening up about the time of Thanksgiving. The Brooklyn holiday markets are located in or near the following Brooklyn neighborhoods - Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Prospect Park, Park Slope, Sunset Park, Bayridge, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Dyker Heights. Many either include the serving of some beverage like hot chocolate and generally snacks like cookies - or are near food vendors and restaurants.
Click here to read our report about Brooklyn Holiday Markets & Shopping - Brooklyn NYC. Or click here to read our report on Brooklyn Holiday Events / Things to do BK.
Brooklyn Farmers Markets NYC - Green Markets in Brooklyn NYC
Brooklyn Farmers Markets NYC 2025
Opening Dates, Hours, Items & How To Shop - Brooklyn Farmers Markets
March 24, 2025 / Brooklyn Neighborhoods / Food, Wine & Restaurants Brooklyn / Brooklyn Shops & Shopping / Brooklyn Blvd NYC.
This report contains the opening dates, times / hours, items / selection, as well as links to online maps of all major Brooklyn farmer markets, including address locations in Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Farmers Markets on this page are in or around the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Sunset Park, Brighton Beach, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn Heights, Prospect Park, Park Slope, Bayridge, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Flatbush, Bushwick, Bedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights and Brownsville farmers markets in Brooklyn NYC.
We will continue working on this throughout the 2025 Brooklyn Farmers Market season.
Enjoy shopping and eating the fresh and natural foods and product of our local farmers and food manufacturers.
- CLICK here to view a report about most of the Brooklyn Farmers Market / Green markets in Brooklyn Bk.
Brooklyn Street Fairs - Brooklyn NYC
Brooklyn Street Fairs & Festivals 2025
I. Brooklyn Street Fair Dates & Maps 2025
April 25, 2025 / Brooklyn Neighborhoods / Brooklyn Street Fairs / Brooklyn Blvd NYC.
While generally Brooklyn Street Fairs begin in April, this year we're going year round by including the winter months. We're starting by identifying some of the year round markets, which while not exactly street fairs, contain some of the elements of the street fair experience including an eclectic offering of merchandise and food items. And we'll add in other markets as we become aware of them.
We've compiled one of THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SCHEDULE of BROOKLYN street fairs including street fair TIMES & PHOTOS & maps, some street fair names & sponsors, and street fair maps to help you find your way around during the WINTER [NEW], spring, summer and fall of 2025.
How This Brooklyn Street Fair Page is Organized
The Brooklyn street fairs and festivals on this page are organized
1) BY MONTH and
2) BY NEIGHBORHOOD.
So to look through all of the Brooklyn street fairs on a given weekend / month, and see where they are in each neighborhood.
*** Links to Street Fairs in All 5 Boros of NYC
Here are some links to Manhattan street fairs NYC, Queens street fairs NYC, Bronx street fairs NYC, Brooklyn street fairs NYC and Staten Island street fairs NYC. We'll add more as the summer progresses.
Brooklyn Street Fair Updates 2025
The Brooklyn street fair dates that have been updated with 2025 designations, reflect the current Street Fair events.
ASTERISKED street fairs have NOT been updated. The street fairs with prior year dates reflect the information regarding that fair in a prior year.
UNCONFIRMEDS. The 'UNCONFIRMEDS' represent street fairs held in a prior year, which we believe are returning, but which we have not yet confirmed some or all of the details for 2025.
UPDATES. The street fairs of prior years and the UNCONFIRMEDS will be updated as new information comes in.
Also check our Brooklyn Events calendar and / or our Brooklyn Farmers Markets section for updates and other things to do.
- Click here for Brooklyn street fairs NYC.
NYC Specialty Food & Wine Shops - New York City
Food & Wine - Made In New York
Crain's & Taste NY Food & Beverage Trade Show
October / Specialty Food & Wine NYC / NYC Neighborhoods / Gotham Buzz NYC.
I had an opportunity to visit the Made In New York Food & Beverage Trade Show at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Chelsea last Thursday.
When I arrived, a bit late in the day, the 50 - 100 exhibitors were in full motion as I made my way along the corridors taking photos and sampling local delectables. There were pastries, candies, pasta, sauces, cheeses, wines, spirits and non-alcoholic beverages filling the aisles and all - in tandem with the theme were - Made In New York.
Before I became fully engrossed in the exhibits and exhibitors I made my way down to the KM Amphitheater where I listened to a panel discussions about 'How To Get NYS Products Into NYC Restaurants, Hotels and Bars' which was followed by a presentation about 'Wine, Beer & Spirits'.
The panel discussion featured a represenative of the Standard, Highline, Jimmy of Jimmy's No. 43, a representative of GrowNYC, a representative 
from BRGuest Hospitality a restaurant group, and the NYC Hospitality Alliance. They talked about passion for the product and collaborative relationships, but generally they seemed to think that the environment is favorably disposed to the inclusion of locally produced foods, wines and other beverages.
The Wine, Beer & Spirits presentation was given by Jim Trezise, President of the New York Wine & Grape Foundation. He gave a presentation full of facts and figures about the evolution of the vineyards and wine industry in New York State. We'll post more about both of these presentations at a later date.
I'll also delve a bit more into the content of the exhibits and samples at a later date, and will post a full slide show showing the exhibits and exhibitors.
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Brooklyn Specialty Food & Wine Shops - BK NYC
Food & Wine Shopping & Culinary Arts in Brooklyn NYC
September 2024 / Brooklyn Food Shops & Culinary Arts / Brooklyn Restaurants / Brooklyn BLVD NYC.
This section is dedicated to food shopping & cuisine in the borough of Brooklyn NYC.
How to Make the Most of This Section
The reports at the top of the page will reflect the most recent - OR MOST RELEVANT - which sometimes are reports we did a while ago, that continue to have particular relevance / resonance for the current period. Below that are archived reports which we will rotate, again based on their relevancy. Please be patient as it may take a while for us to get this working the way we want. But be assured, we'll do our best to eventually get there.
CLICK here to view our Brooklyn Food Shopping & Culinary Arts NYC section.
Brooklyn Thanksgiving Day Restaurants & Gourmet Specialty Food Shops & Grocery Stores
Thanksgiving Day Gourmet Food & Grocery Stores, Community Dinners & Restaurants In Brooklyn
Thanksgiving Day Grocery Stores, Gourmet Food Shopping, Community Dinners & Restaurants in or near the Dumbo, Williamsburg, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, Greenpoint, Bushwick, Greenwood Heights, Gowanus, Downtown Brooklyn, Sunset Park, Bayridge, Marine Park, Coney Island Neighborhoods of Brooklyn
UPDATING October 15, 2024 vs 11.2.2022 / Brooklyn Neighborhoods / Brooklyn Restaurants / Brooklyn Events & Things To Do / Brooklyn Blvd NYC.
Thanksgiving Day History - Thanksgiving Food Shops, Dinners & Restaurants in Brooklyn
The origins of Thanksgiving Day in the United States began with one of America’s first settlements, founded by the risk-taking, resource-pooling, hardworking, spiritual community of Pilgrims. The Pilgrims were early English settlers who arrived on American shores in the early 17th century [1600’s]. They came here because they wanted a measure of freedom and self-determination that they were forbidden in Europe or what was called the ‘old country’. The Pilgrims wanted to practice their faith, unencumbered, in a way that differed from the established Church of England. They pooled their money to obtain a ship, the Mayflower, to cross the Atlantic in mid September of 1620, landing on America's shores at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts on November 9, 1620.
The Pilgrims Receive Help from the Native People of a Strange Land
Per Wikipedia, the Piligrims survived a hard winter in 1621 with the help of the Wampanoag, an American Indian tribe. The Pilgrims were the immigrants, and the first Americans, the Indian natives, welcomed them. The Wampanaog taught the Pilgrims how to catch eels, and how to grow and harvest corn. Thus the Pilgrims ended 1621 with a good harvest which they celebrated and shared with their new friends, expressing their thanks to a higher power, aka God, for the success of their endeavors.
Thus it was that the first Thanksgiving celebration happened in America. There's some dispute to this account, which we'll address in a future post, near Thanksgiving Day.
We've identified a number of Brooklyn shops, community dinners and restaurants open for dining on Thanksgiving Day in Brooklyn. Enjoy.
