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Find a Greenmarket or Farmers Market By Day:
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Tuesdays
- Brooklyn Borough Hall: Court & Montague Streets, 8-6 Tuesdays Year Round
Wednesdays
- Bushwick: Linden Blvd & Broadway, 9A-5P Wednesdays EBT
- East New York: East NY Farm Stand, New Lots Ave between Alabama & Georgia Aves, 4:30-7PM Wednesdays EBT
- Flatbush: Flatbush-Caton Farmers Market, 814 Flatbush Ave, 9AM-5PM Wednesdays, July 1 - Nov 11 Sponsored by the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce
- Windsor Terrace: Prospect Park West and 15th Street, May-Oct 8AM-3PM Wednesdays
- Wingate: Urban Oasis Farmers Market, Clarkson & Troy Avenues, 1:30P-6:30P Wednesdays, July-Nov EBT Sponsored by Kingsboro Psychiatric Center
Thursdays
- Brooklyn Borough Hall: Court & Montague Streets, 8-6 Thursdays April - December
- Borough Park: 14th Ave between 49th & 50th Streets, 8AM-3PM Thursdays July 11-November EBT & Credit
- Red Hook: Red Hook Senior Center, Dwight & Wolcott Streets, 11A-5P Thursdays July-Nov Sponsored by Added Value
- Sunset Park: Harvest Home Lutheran HealthCare, 55th Street between 1st & 2nd Avenues, Thursdays, mid-July thru November, 8AM-5PM, WIC, EBT, Health Bucks, etc accepted. Sponsored by Harvest Home Farmer.s Market, Inc
- Williamsburg: Havemeyer Street & Broadway, 8AM-4PM Thursdays July 9 - November EBT
Saturdays
- Bay Ridge: 3rd Avenue & 95th Street, 8AM-3PM Saturdays May-November EBT & Credit
- Bed Stuy: Bedford-Stuyvesant Youthmarket, 8:30AM-3:30PM Saturdays July 11th - Oct. 31st EBT
- Bed Stuy: Hattie Carthan Community Farmers Market, Marcy & Lafayette Ave, Saturday 8A-3P EBT
- Brooklyn Borough Hall: Court & Montague Streets, 8AM-6PM Saturdays Year Round
- Brownsville: Brownsville Community Farmers Market, Rockaway Blvd. between Blake & Dumont Aves, 8:30A-4P, EBT
- Bushwick: Maria Hernandez Park (Knickerbocker Ave & Starr St), 9AM-3PM Saturdays, July 11-Nov 14 EBT Sponsored by Make the Road NY
- East New York: New Lots Ave and Schenk Ave, 9AM-3PM Saturdays June 28-Nov 15 EBT Sponsored by East New York Farms
- Ft Greene Park: Washington Park & Dekalb Avenue, 8AM-5PM Saturdays EBT & Credit
- Graham Avenue: Cook Street, between Graham Avenue & Humbolt St. at PS 257, 8AM-6PM, July-Oct Sponsored by the Graham Avenue Business Improvement District
- Grand Army Plaza: Union Street and Eastern Parkway, 8AM-4PM Saturdays year-round EBT & Credit
- Greenpoint - McCarren Park: Bedford Avenue & Lorimer Streets, 8AM-3PM Saturdays
- Malcolm X Blvd Farmers Market: Malcolm X Blvd & Chauncey, noon-6PM, mid-July through early Nov.
Sponsor: Brooklyn Rescue Mission EBT
- Red Hook: Red Hook Farm, Columbia & Sigourney Streets, 10A-5P Saturdays, July-Nov Sponsored by Added Value
- Sunset Park: 4th Avenue between 59th-60th Streets, 8AM-3PM Saturdays July 11-November EBT & Credit
- Weeksville: 1698 Bergen Street, 9A-4P Saturdays, June 19 - Oct 30 EBT Sponsored by Society for the Preservation of Weeksville & Bedford Stuyvesant
Sundays
- Carroll Gardens: Carroll Street between Smith & Court, 8AM-4PM Sundays April-December
- Cortelyou: Cortelyou & Rugby Roads, 8AM-4PM Sundays year-round EBT & Credit
- Dumbo: Main Street and Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11AM-5PM, July-November Sponsor: Dumbo Business Improvement District
- Graham Avenue: Cook Street, between Graham Avenue & Humbolt St. at PS 257, 8AM-6PM, July-Oct Sponsorered Community Markets
- Park Slope: JJ Byrne Park, 5th Ave and 4th Street, 11AM-5PM, May 23-Dec 5 Sponsored by the 5th Ave Merchants Association
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The Brooklyn Greenmarkets marked with the Green Apple icon are facilitated by
GrowNYC (formerly known as the Council On The Environment of New York City) Other Farmers Markets in the boro are organized by local community organizations.
Shopping with Credit Cards or Food Stamp / Electronic Benefit Cards (EBT) cards at the markets: At the markets listed above as accepting EBT & Credit Cards, go to the market information table and swipe your card to buy market tokens, then shop with the tokens at the farmers tables.
This service is currently only available between July and November.
Stretch your dollar by using EBT: For every $5 you spend using EBT at the market, you will receive
one Health Buck coupon worth $2 towards purchasing fresh food at the participating farmers market.
For more info, see below.
Did we miss your market? Please let us know.
Health Bucks at the Farmers MarketsNYC farmers markets provide an opportunity
for residents to buy fresh and affordable produce
while supporting regional farmers. Health Bucks,
worth $2 each,are developed and distributed by NYC Health
Department District Public Health Offices and can be
used to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at
participating farmers markets (listed on each Health Buck).
At farmers markets that accept Food Stamps (Electronic Benefit
Cards/EBT),one Health Buck coupon will be given to each
customer for every $5 of Food Stamps spent at the market.
The Health Department encourages all New Yorkers
to eat more fruits and vegetables to improve their
health and reduce their risk of diabetes, high blood
pressure, and heart disease. Support your local farmers
markets and have a happy and healthy summer!
Los mercados de agricultores de la
ciudad de Nueva York brindan a los residentes
la oportunidad de comprar frutas y vegetales frescos y
baratos, y almismo tiempo apoyan a los agricultores
de su área. Los Health Bucks, que tienen un valor
de $2 cada uno,han sido creados y distribuidos por las
Oficinas Distritales de Salud Pública del Departamento
de Salud de la Ciudad de Nueva York. Se pueden usar
los cupones para comprar frutas y vegetales
frescos en los mercados participantes. (Detras de cada
Health Buck se encuentra una lista.)
En los mercados de agricultores que aceptan
cupones de alimentos (Electronic Benefit Cards - EBT),
con una compra de $5 con cupones de alimentos,
se ofrecerá un cupón de Health Buck.
El Departamento de Salud exhorta a todos los
neoyorquinos a comermás frutas y vegetales
paramejorar su salud y reducir el riesgo de diabetes,
presión alta y enfermedades del corazón.
¡Apoye a susmercados de agricultores del área y disfrute
de un verano alegre y saludable!
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