There are enough places to buy everything else out there. “We focus on vintage and antique items, because New York has lost most of its flea markets and people still love to dig and discover finds. Now the number is at about half of that to square with the city regulations. Pre-pandemic, Chelsea Flea had around 80-90 vintage vendors each weekend.
We provide a service and beautiful clothing that has sometimes survived over 100 years.“ “Designers from all over the world would come to shop, and we enjoyed the thriving community. Yardena Lulu of Lulus Vintage Lovelies has been selling at various Chelsea Flea locations since 2001. Within a month of that announcement, Eric Demby and Jonathon Butler (founders of Brooklyn Flea) took over, inviting back all Chelsea Flea vendors for the same price they had previously paid. At the time, operators Helene and Alan Boss announced they couldn’t re-signe the lease on the space and were shutting it all down.” At the end of 2019 it looked like it was done for good. “At one point it sprawled across five parking lots, before developers discovered the neighborhood and built over almost everything.
“This iconic antique and vintage market has been through plenty of changes since its founding in 1976”, tells Gothamist. The only market that is open year-round, rain or shine.
Zingara Vintage / Photo: Sam Hollenshead Chelsea Flea
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