MOORE STREET RETAIL MARKET

THE Moore Street Retail Market in East Williamsburg is a LaGuardia-era establishment on Humboldt Street, stretching from Moore to Varet Streets.

Filled with produce vendors, small food stalls, crafts-makers and other shops, this 15,000-square-foot shopping hall is one of just four public markets left in the city. Though it was half-empty and slated for demolition in 2007, in recent years the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation has given the market new life, securing a slew of new vendors and a makeover that includes a weekend flea market and a community garden raising tilapia. NY Daily News

NYC’s other such retail markets can be found on 13th Avenue in Borough Park, 1st Avenue in the East Village, Arthur Avenue in Belmont, Bronx and formerly, Essex Street on the Lower East Side, since supplanted by the new retail mall in Essex Crossing. . When first conceived they were supposed to be a way to get pushcarts off the streets!

Merchants at the Moore Street market sell products such as fruit, vegetables, crafts, herbs, candles and ethnic food from their respective Caribbean or South and Central American countries; the market also serves as a cultural and community center.

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9/10/24