Park Slope, NYC: Old Stone House Fall Artisans Bazaar and Traditional Makers Fair Draws 100+ Makers

On Saturday, October 17, two markets shared one day around Washington Park in Park Slope. Brooklyn Pop-Up, which organizes pop-up markets across the borough, teamed up with the Old Stone House for the annual Fall Artisans Bazaar and a brand-new Traditional Makers Fair. More than 100 local artisans took part, and the day ran from 10am to 5pm.

The Traditional Makers Fair was the new addition. It centered on people who work with long-established techniques, with hand-crafting across print design, glassblowing, ceramics, handmade woodworking, metalsmithing, weaving, knitting, crochet and more. The framing was Brooklyn's immigrant heritage, which has shaped American manufacturing and design for generations, and the fair presented those traditions as still alive. These makers were gathered in the 4th Street Plaza.

The Fall Bazaar was the established half of the day. It brought together local makers, designers and independent businesses for a harvest-season, holiday-minded shopping market. The layout wrapped around Washington Park: along Fifth Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets, down 3rd Street, and in a loop around the Old Stone House itself, at 336 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

The event was outdoors and open to all ages. A rain date of Sunday, October 18, with the same 10am to 5pm hours, had been set in case of severe weather.

For Japanese readers, the lineup of glass, clay, woven and knitted work will sound familiar as craft categories, and the fair's focus on immigrant heritage gave those crafts a distinctly Brooklyn context. It offered a one-day look at how hand-making traditions continue in the neighborhood.