Moore Street Retail Market

Moore Street Market, often referred to La Marqueta de Williamsburg, is one of four surviving public markets built by Mayor LaGuardia in New York City during the 1940s to get pushcarts off crowded and unclean streets.

In early 2007, Moore Street Market was under the impending threat of closure by its owner and manager, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYEDC). However, since December 2008, the market has been managed by the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation.

Merchants operating at the market are mainly from Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries or Latin America, and primarily sell products such as fruit, vegetables, crafts, herbs, candles and ethnic food from their respective countries. The market also serves as an economic and cultural anchor for Williamsburg and its community regularly holding on events for the public.

The market is located on 110 Moore Street in Brooklyn, and is accessible via subway line J, stopping at the Flushing Avenue station.

References

Source: Project for Public Spaces, "Preserving and Revitalizing the Moore Street Market in Brooklyn, New York", May 2009