Impeachment protesters hit Grand Central
BY GABE HERMAN
Dozens of Rise
and Resist members
grouped
themselves at Grand
Central during the peak
of rush hours, 5:30 to
6:30 p.m. on Monday
night, for a vocal demonstration,
sparked by the
impeachment proceedings
on speed and lack
of witnesses.\
D e m o n s t r a t o r s
chanted the sentiments
on their signs, and many
passersby echoed the
same sentiments.
There were also Trump
supporters that responded
with their points of
view, usually without
breaking pace.
PHOTOS BY TEQUILA MINSKY
Protesters in Grand Central during the evening rush on Monday.
Chelsea Flea Market gets new life this spring
BY GABE HERMAN
After the Chelsea Flea Market
closed down at the end of last
year, a new flea market is set to
take its place starting this spring.
The flea market will open in April at
the same location, at 29 West 25th St.,
between Broadway and Sixth Avenue,
but under new management, as first
reported by Gothamist.
Operators of the Brooklyn Flea will
run the market, which is to be called
Chelsea Flea and will be open yearround
on weekends, from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. Opening weekend will be April
4 and 5, Eric Demby, co-founder of
Brooklyn Flea, told this paper.
“We have spent the last several
days—since signing our lease just last
week—searching far and wide for longtime
dealers from the 25th St. lot and
the old Garage location,” Demby said
on Jan. 28, “to offer those folks a spot
at the new market, as we believe they
deserve to be at the core of the Chelsea
Flea’s future.”
Demby said over 30 vendors had been
booked so far for the opening weekend,
“and anticipate that number going much
higher in the coming weeks.”
The Chelsea Flea Market, which had
Andy Warhol as a regular, was previously
run by Alan Boss, who ran Annex
Flea Markets since 1976, which included
several locations in the Chelsea area.
When the lease was not renewed for
weekends, the Chelsea Flea Market held
The Chelsea Flea Market in September 2014.
its final days on Dec. 28 and 29 of 2019.
Other Annex locations nearby included
indoor market The Garage on
West 25th Street between Sixth and
Seventh Avenues, which closed in 2014,
and Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market on West
39th Street and Ninth Avenue, which
consolidated with Chelsea Flea Market
in January 2019.
Brooklyn Flea also operates the
Brooklyn food market Smorgasburg.
Demby said of Chelsea Flea, “We will
incorporate 5 or so food vendors into
the market, much as the Brooklyn Flea
has done for years, but food will not be
the focus, just an amenity.”
Demby said he hoped to keep the flea
market tradition going in Chelsea, while
also moving forward and attracting new
people.
“Our hope is that by returning New
York’s biggest and highest-quality vintage
and antiques market to its status
as a regional and global destination,”
Demby said, “we will bring back many
longtime buyers while attracting a new
generation of shoppers who constantly
seek out what’s unique and special in
style and who care about current fashion’s
impact on the environment and
climate.”
Demby said a decision hasn’t been
made yet whether to continue the flea
market’s previous early-bird hours,
from 6:30-9 a.m., but he added they
are leaning toward keeping those hours
in place.
PHOTO BY LARRY BAUMHOR
PHOTO BY LARRY BAUMHOR
Items at the Chelsea Flea Market in July 2014.
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