Retail Alchemy 101
What’s the recipe for retail success if you’re an independent retailer striking out on your own? There are at least a dozen variables – some that you can control, most that no one can really control. Location. Merch mix. Price point. Traffic. Density. Timing. Trends. The marketplace. And that elusive pixie dust that comes from ...
A Perfect 10 Williamsburg Weekend
Fan-freakin’-tastic weekend all around the ‘Burg between the start of Northside Festival, CrestFest, Williamsburg Walks (just to name a few) and just a delightful weekend of back-to-back rocking weather days. Shout-out to Simon from Pigeon Be Pigeon for representing the whole family of artists and designers at A&F on Bedford Avenue for the Walks. We ...
Crest Fest Your Head Off
2 years ago we got acquainted with Joe Franquinha as he embarked on reinvigorating Crest Fest and the Crest Hardware Art Show — his father’s decades-long commitment to the community of artists and makers in Williamsburg and Bushwick and North Brooklyn in general. We brought a bunch of artists and designers from the Artists & ...
Brooklyn by Bike
On the final weekend before the arrival of the new East River Ferry (service officially started today), we pause to remember the only other way you could possibly feel some of those seabreezes and ocean spray, albeit from several hundred feet up while crossing the Williamsburg Bridge. Pedi-peeps and bike fans out there, send us ...
Brooklyn Hunting, Indie Exploring & Flea Finding
We say it so much that it just might be time to get that tat on one of our backsides that says it: the thrill of the kill happens best at the market. With all eyes on Williamsburg this weekend, let this be your guide to a wonderful world of discovery as your cruise the ...
They’re Here: Williamsburg Waterfront Concerts
Artists & Fleas @ OSA Presents: At The Williamsburg Waterfront is an exciting collaboration with North Brooklyn’s NY Parks Department organization the Open Space Alliance of North Brooklyn (OSA) and OSA Presents. Now in its second season along the Williamsburg Waterfront, the concert series has a memorable past originating in the early 2000s at McCarren Pool ...
A Williamsburg (Love) Affair: Part 1
I remember the first time I set foot in Williamsburg. It was December 1992, I lived in Morningside Heights and I was of age when thrift shops were the rage. I was going to one-up my outings to Alice Underground, Andy’s Cheepees, the Antique Boutique and the other shops that made up the pantheon of ...
Food, Folks & Flea Fun
We’ve always prided ourselves on being the kind of market where it’s about incubating and discovering. Though there are rules and guidelines, a vetting process for who and what type of artist, designer, vintage fiend or aspiring food-maker can set up and sell, we like to defy categorization. The market needs to be something a ...
Market 1st Impressions
You would never know it but we get a ton of emails from first-time shoppers, vendors and those first-timers to Williamsburg sharing their impressions of the market. Consistently, people remark about the vibe, the lack of snark, the feeling of community, the spirit of collaboration and desire to have fun. Molly, the newest family member, ...
Kids in the ‘Hood: Wide-Eyed With Wonder
Thanks to all the folks – the kids, the local groups & organizations, CAMP, and the community of vendors – for participating in this past weekend’s Artists Are People In Your Neighborhood kids event. As the photos attest, of which there are tons and tons more out there, kids and grown-ups had a good time ...
