Brooklyn Flea

Treasures & Pleasures
George Yzquierdo’s booth is loaded with pretty vintage baubles. Bracelets and gemmy earrings range from $5 to more than $300, and include both unknown and high-end designers (like Yves Saint Laurent). Bonus: There’s no “hands-off” policy at this table. Says Yzquierdo, “Everything is out so people can have fun trying stuff on.” tpleasures.com

Alive Structures
While this green-minded company mainly focuses on building environmentally friendly roof gardens and landscape architecture, it also produces paper crate planters, made of recycled paper, styrofoam and cement ($120). “They can be used as a replacement for cut flowers,” says founder Marni Horowitz. “They’ll last for over 100 years.” alivestructures.com

Curated Corners
The Flea teamed with some of its favorite shopping blogs, including DailyCandy and Refinery29, to bring new vendors into its Dumbo Pop-Up shop last winter. That tradition continues this spring. First up: Racked. “We’ve always been big fans of the Flea,” says Racked editor (and former TONY staffer) Leslie Price. “Our theme is ‘Racked Obsessions’—basically, we picked shops that we obsess about on the site. I think we have a good mix of big and small, local and national, and Manhattan and Brooklyn.” For opening day, Price & Co. tapped Madewell, Alter, Inven.tory and Hayden-Harnett. racked.com

Blue Canary Vintage + Kings County Salvage
Valerie Bowers runs two very different booths: At Blue Canary Vintage, she shills earrings from the ’60s and ’70s, including tiny silver anchors, small gold bears and copper fish studs. Her home-decor market, Kings County Salvage, on the other hand, focuses on quirky thrift finds, like vintage wooden soda crates ($22) and 1920s watering cans ($35). “Right now I’m really excited about an amazing vintage leather saddle,” says Bowers, who rotates her stock weekly. kingscountysalvage.com

Amble Through Bramble
Martha Stewart Living editorial assistant Morgan Levine’s handmade crepe-paper roses look just like the real thing­—except these blooms never wilt. Levine encases each in resin for maximum durability, then turns the delicate buds into rings, hairpins and brooches ($18–$22). amblethroughbramble.com

People’s Pops
The team behind these upscale frozen desserts uses ingredients from city Greenmarkets to prepare pops ($3–$3.50) and shaved ices ($2). “We start the day with two 100-pound blocks of ice,” says cofounder David Carrell. “From there, it’s a race to the finish: our customers versus the sun.” PP offers classic flavors like watermelon, but we say nothing chases tacos and papusas like a lemon-and-basil ice. peoplespops.com

SHOP TILL YOU DROP! The Brooklyn Flea: Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, Lafayette Ave between Clermont and Vanderbilt Aves, Fort Greene, Brooklyn (brownstoner.com/brooklynflea). Opens Sat 18 10am–5pm; Saturdays through December; free.

NOW OPEN: THE VINTAGE MARKET
Hit up Artists & Fleas’ all-vintage pop-up market (125 North 6th St between Bedford Ave and Berry St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn; 917-301-5765), every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 8pm. An on-site seamstress is available for alterations. Also in town: the Manhattan Vintage Clothing Show (Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th St between Sixth and Seventh Aves, 518-434-4312; Apr 24 1-8pm, Apr 25 11am-6pm).

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