Park Slope’s Down to Earth Farmers Market

This is such a nice market, especially in the fall with flowers, gourds etc to complement the fruits, veggies and baked goods. There are not as many vendors as at Grand Army but it also is a lot less crowded. I like that the same veggie vendors are there every week. Prices range and some are high but the produce is all pesticide free and so fresh. Plus many vendors offer samples — always a treat when Van Brunt Distillery is there! Skip the samosa stall: the samosas are very tasty and the chutney is good but they are very expensive! I am not a tempeh fan but my daughter, who is vegan, swears the tempeh stall has the best she has ever tasted.

Their fruits and vegetables selection is lacking right now, understandably. They have lots of bread vendors, like runner and stone and bread alone. They have apple cider products. They have the pickle place which is good. They have a meat and seafood vendor too. I got a sea bass today for $ 7 a lb. Pretty good I think. They have this organic granola, Dragonfly Granola which is so delicious! Got the espresso chocolate flavor and I can’t stop eating it. I usually am not a granola fan.

Though this market is a step down from grand army plaza, it has the most vendors in the neighborhood compared to Cobble Hill, Fort Greene and Borough Hall. There is only 1 organic veggie vendor, but if you’re looking for a lot of choices, you’re going to find it here. Over the last few months, I’ve seen a few more pop up as well. Some of the things you’ll see:
Cheese
Eggs
Meat: chicken, bacon, pork, fish, beef
Chocolate
Popcorn
Fruit & veggies
Hummus & yogurt
Lavender
Dips, sauces, salad dressing
Kombucha
Health tonics
Green bars & green drinks
Skin lotions
Popsicles
Pickled veggies
Recycled textiles
Bakery items: pies, cookies…
Samosas
Vegan patties
Wine & vodka

Great variety of market items. Situated in Park slope in the Stone House park. You’ll find this weekend famer’s market. About a block long but it has a variety of specialty items. You’ll find fresh produce, kambucha tea, and pickles!
Come here for a snack or lunch on the weekend to bring to the park or do your weekend food shopping. Great prices.

What’s not to love? Organic vegetables, fruits, milk, sauces, seafood, and baked goods. Yes you pay more, but it’s no difference than going to Whole Foods. Why not support local growers… and the baked goods are so yummy!

Yup, yup. This is possibly the only farmer’s market open on the correct day for doing things like laundry, errands, and meandering around shopping for food. I mean even the flea market’s gotten with the program! Who does food shopping on a Saturday?
In any case, this market mostly focuses on specialty foods and baked goods and therefore extremely limits the person looking to buy things from, say, …farmers. I don’t generally come to impulse by cronuts, pickles, «best super spicy hummus you ever had!» or yuzu lollipops. Getting by on a pittance means choosing the farms that sell the things you like. The first large stand at the entrance is probably the best, it recently showcased a wide selection of heirloom tomatoes, has decent greens, and an organic celery that, though it is thin on the stalks and heavy on the greens, looks less tampered with and has an extraordinarily salty taste. It also has the new, hip personal melons and a wide selection of stone fruit.
I like to visit the stall with the friendly Korean woman who has pretty good radish kimchi, excellent fresh winding cucumbers, bok choy, and mixed greens. The extensive vegetable stall at the beginning of the market that has organic items I actually need is, predictably, the last before I load up on expensive Calcutta lemonade, baked goods, and the greens and vegetables peddled by the young Russian girl who poignantly tells me to have a «beautiful day.» The extensive vegetable stall contains an array of tomatoes and the long stalked, leafy, flavorful dark green celery that droops onto the bus floor and apparently is what celery is supposed to taste like. The celery salt that can be made from this would be heady, complex, badass.

I love this market. Everything is fresh, lots of venders, great cheese and prepared foods…
Can get kid heavy and stroller heavy.

A bit on the pricy side but what is one to expect from Park Slope. I generally good selection of stuff. Good for getting fresh fruits and vegetables. The have a couple meat/​fish vendors but the prices are truly outrageous. All in all, a fair little market.

A dependable Sunday to-​do option in the Spring/​Summer.
If you need a little fruit, or vegetables, or a piece of «bread alone» (although they’re in every «bodega» around here).
fresh pickles. So fresh there is a little grit in there…
freshly made baked goods.
Its just like any other New York farmers market (but a wee bit smaller). check it out.

While pretty small compared to some of the other markets in bk and the city, they really try to squeeze in a wide variety of vendors in the space. Super friendly people, whats not to love. Fresh fruit and fresh veggies grown right! Location is convenient. Theres a bread booth here too which is really rockin

I come here every Sunday to buy apples from Migliorelli Farms. They’re only $ 1.50/lb, and delicious. Of the 4 – 5 varieties I’ve tried, the Fujis are probably my favorite. Get there early for Fujis, because by late afternoon, the selection is limited. Migliorelli doesn’t have honeycrisp apples (my all time favorite apple), but the vendor in the front does, and they’re $ 2.50/lb.
Dogs are allowed at this farmers’ market. :)

This smaller farmer’s market is a great alternative to the massive (albeit awesome) one at Grand Army. Location is convenient, cuz really… you know if you live in the hood, you’re stolling down 5^th Ave on a Sunday anyway, so you might as well stock up on kohlrabi, parsnips & some awesome Indian cuisines hatched by the Calcutta Kitchen. Just wish they had a compost drop-off…then it would be ON.

I’m a converted woman… and I blame my boyfriend.
Back in the day, I would go shopping in ctown or chinatown for cheap groceries. I never grew up appreciating organic /​sustained vegetables and fruits. So when my boyfriend suggested to shop at the PS Farmer’s Market, I was hesitant. Not because of the quality of food as I know it would be delicious rather because of the sticker shock. Naturally, organic /​local foods are more expensive than the food you would get in chinatown or a supermarket.
We started slow… we’d get apples because the samples were so juicy and delicious… then we gravitated towards tomatoes, cucumbers, corn… finally now we do most of our weekly grocery shopping here. I’m sold.

The PS Farmers’ Market is a great little outdoor shopping excursion where you can get some farm fresh veggies and other goodies for fair prices. While it is smaller than some markets, there is a concerted effort to squeeze in a wide variety of vendors. There are usually four farms represented with produce, a meat/​eggs/​fish vendor, popsicles, pickles, bakers with fresh breads, tempeh, wines, etc. Full list at
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Open for the half the year outside of the Old Stone House on Sundays only from 11:00AM — 5:00PM. Its a great place to stroll through with lots of samples to snack on and pick up some provisions for Sunday dinner. As you might suspect: lots of kids, strollers, dogs and cash only though.

Do you want to pay 8 bucks for a pint of milk?
Do you want to pay 9 bucks for 3 tomatoes?
Do you want to be surrounded by people that want to fill their bodies up with healthy food, but drink their faces off the night before? Come to the Farmers market. Hipster land. Three words sums this place up: Credit Card Hippies.

First check all pockets and bag compartments and gather your cash that you not so conveniently hid from yourself Saturday night at bar. Take cash to farmers’ market and make amends with your hungover body by purchasing and consuming fruit and veggies for the week.
My favorite stands are the larger two that flank both north and south ends, the pickle guys, and the homemade pasta peeps. Pick up a fruity artisan popsicle in the summer and hot cider in the fall. Not quite as big and diverse as the Grand Army market by the park, but close to my apartment and fully-​equipped with the essentials.

Ya see, in NYC… one has to make about 9 stops while grocery shopping.
And, luckily for moi… Park Slope Farmers’ Market is smack dab in the middle of the action, and a great spot to pick up some fresh essentials.
Apples, carrots, produce of many varieties, some farm-​fresh eggs, Raaka chocolate, coffee, seafood, pickles, popsicles, hummus, vegan treats, breads, pastries, hard cider, light cider, more vegetables, more fruits and a LOT of dogs and babies and people. It’s Park Slope.
*Sundays only.
*Cash only.
*Lots of samples.
Recent haul: 3 apples, ONE HUGE CARROT, 3 sweet potatoes: $ 2.69.
Rounds out the grocery shopping quite well and supports some local businesses/​farms while allowing you to stroll around outside in the open air of Brooklyn. Small, but satisfactory, to say the least. It won’t blow you away, but it is JUST darling.

Really more of a gourmet market than an actual farmer’s market, but it provides a good reason to stroll down 5^th Ave on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Lots of the vendors give out samples, and there are tasty treats to be had. We got an expensive but delicious (and spicy!) chili chocolate bar from Raaka (
), and a gooey coconut bar from Amy’s Bread which was pure decadence. Or maybe pure butter. One of those!
There’re also locally-​produced wines, hummus and dips, meats, fancy cheeses, plenty of baked goods — and even some fresh fruits and veggies!

Sundays Only!
This market is significantly smaller than the Greenmarket at Grand Army, but it has the pickle guys, so it’s all good.
Decent variety of produce, but I can’t always find what I’m looking for (where were the peas on sunday?!)
Most of the vendors give out samples, so you could theoretically eat an entire meal just by walking the length of one 5^th Ave. block… though I’m pretty sure the garlic dip guy frowns upon this practice.
Check it out, and buy some beets, they are the most underrated root vegetable.

When it comes to markets this one is almost as good as it gets. Really, almost every vendor that can has samples which makes it a great place to stop by on a sunny Saturday morning while waiting for that highly coveted brunch table at one of the hot spots on 5^th avenue, and… well, snack then buy snacks for later. The cheeses are fantastic, as is the garlic dip. I love the pick people, and the breads are always rich in an organic kind of way. The winesap and crisp apples are amazing. Our favorite by far is the chocolate guy, as not only is he super cute, his chocolates are amazingly packaged, organic, delicious and made in Brooklyn. My sister Maha tasted, bought, recruited us, and we also tasted then bought. Its worth the trip from Manhattan and for us Brooklynites-​a real treat.