Comments on: Urban Agriculture: East New York: Farmers Market

By: morgan pinney

morgan pinney — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:58:43 +0000

great feature. and thanks for the links!

By: Alec Appelbaum

Alec Appelbaum — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:11:41 +0000

The exchange between Cassim and Myrvin highlights a parallel urban allergy: when we lack stories about how the city changes, we rely on models from literature or film. Often, we imagine fiendish developers who aren’t there: the generic name for any entity altering the landscape is “They.” (You know: “they tore down the theater and put up a condo with a WaMu in the lobby.”) When you spend a little more time out in the neighborhoods and deep in data on city websites, you understand a little more about how slowly developers can really change land uses. But only a little- more knowledge always comes from more eyewitnesses. So I hope we can make rumors the sparkplugs for conversations- with more misinformation comes more hunger for more information and more vigilance about aligning our hopes to our facts.

By: Cassim Shepard

Cassim Shepard — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:00:11 +0000

The market celebrated its tenth anniversary last year. It’s open every Saturday 9am to 3pm between June and November. Three years ago it moved from the lot on New Lots and Barbey to the street, Schenk between New Lots and Livonia, right next to the United Community Centers building and garden.

By: myrvin

myrvin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:22:25 +0000

This market is no more. The land has been sold to a developer. It took too long to take off. Local resident.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:33:16 +0000

The East New York Farmers’ Market looks far more interesting than any of the greenmarkets in Manhattan.