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Brooklyn does have a very lively market environment. In fact, people will find the Brooklyn Flea every week selling second hand and vintage goods as well as a wide variety of farm to table products. There’s also an innovative market called DeKalb Market whose stores are inside gigantic shipping containers that open for most of the year. These are all on top of all the other flea markets in Brooklyn.

If there’s one time of the year that Brooklyn’s markets are at their finest that would be the month of December when the holidays bring markets all over. They show up in schools, plazas, concert halls, and other public places where they can set up shop.

There are other markets, specialty stores and crafts that open only during certain seasons as well. For instance, an African marketplace called the BAM Dance Africa opens in Fort Greene brings in thousands of shoppers every year. There’s also the Brooklyn Book Festival which is hosted annually as a way to showcase Brooklyn’s vibrant reading and writing culture.

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