Post Welcome to the 2013 Holiday Markets of New York City Guide! The city is at its sparkly best during the holidays! Our amazing holiday markets are at the heart of the season here. Shop for everyone on your list in the markets, and make yours the best gifts under the tree. Local, handmade, beautiful. If you have an addition to the list or an update on your event, let us know! Season-Long Markets Thru December 31.  Artists and Fleas: 2013 Fall and Holidays at Chelsea Market,

The selection of locally made savory, sweet and icy foods at the LIC Flea and Food Market in Long Island City, Queens is quite impressive. During my first visit to this market a couple of weeks ago, the New Amsterdam Baking Company drew me in with its pristine, moist-looking mini-bundt cakes and lovely display. Owner and baker Christina Burns and her husband launched their bakery just a few months ago. They still have their day jobs, as do many of the passionate entrepreneurs

Last weekend marked the opening of LIC Flea & Food, a new market opened up in the rapidly transforming Long Island City neighborhood of Queens.  Markets of New York was on hand to celebrate opening weekend and to congratulate Joshua Schneps, the market’s founder of and co-owner of Schneps Communications, which publishes BORO magazine and several other local publications.  LIC Flea & Food has a multi-year lease on an open lot at the confluence of old and (very) new LIC, and we

I pity the fool who hasn’t searched through the stacks of t-shirts by GoLLyNYC. This Mr. T tee is the handiwork of Artist/Designer Keith Bishop. Keith scours the world for bedsheets featuring some of our favorite characters, from Batman, Spiderman and Superman to Curious George, Big Bird and Pacman. He then cuts out the graphics and applies them to high quality T-shirts and now polo shirts too. These are some unique, awesome, high quailty tees. The GoLLyNYC collection goes de