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Catching the ‘Flea’

By Adam Rathe
The Brooklyn Paper

Hundreds of shoppers flocked to the April 6 grand opening of the Brooklyn Flea — a 200-vendor gathering in the yard at Bishop Loughlin HS on Lafayette Avenue. Whether they were there to buy clothes, eat waffles or gawk at the spectacle , Brooklynites were out in force.

GO Brooklyn was there and caught up with shoppers to see what the Flea offered to scratch each shopper’s itch.

Shawn Taylor, 27, Clinton Hill
Favorite find: “A [vintage] Marc Jacobs dress.”

Justin Jarboe, 25, Fort Greene
Favorite find: “Vintage seltzer bottles.”

Ruth Malachi, 42, Park Slope
Favorite find: “Great deals on pocketbooks and jewelry.”

Annette Gallo, 32, Fort Greene
Favorite find: “I loved the antiques and the local artwork.”

Joe Piccirillo, 31, Williamsburg
Favorite find: “The old mirrors salvaged from houses.”

The Brooklyn Flea is held Sundays from 10 am to 5 pm on Lafayette Avenue, between Clermont and Vanderbilt avenues in Fort Greene.

©2008 The Brooklyn Paper

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