Since Saturday's launch of the 2009 Brooklyn Flea outdoor season coincided with Spring's first official shorts-and-sandals day, the crowds approached a level rarely seen outside of a Bryant Park Miley Cyrus concert. In place of screaming teens with little regard for musical talent were hipsters young and old, looking for a fix of Red Hook vendor...
After almost two centuries at the South Street Seaport in Manhattan, the Fulton Fish Market pulled up stake and moved to the Bronx in 2005. The stalls that once housed a plethora of sea-worthy creatures ready for the city's best kitchens were left vacant, ceding the Seaport to tourists looking for half-priced Broadway tickets and macabre thrills...
