Red Hook Vendors Going to ‘Dreamland’

The new, third retail spot for the Red Hook Ball Field Vendors—hinted by executive director Cesar Fuentes to be a “historic Brooklyn location that will soon promise to be one of the most talked about events in NYC” —is looking more and more to be Dreamland on Coney Island, a two-dozen rides strong amusement park hoisted on the burial grounds of former Astroland site. Dreamland, named for a Tammany-era Coney Island attraction that burned down in 1911, will also feature wide variety of food stalls. UPDATE: A press release from Thor Equities confirms that some Red Hook Ball Field Vendors will be part of a large "Foodie Tent" (cringe) at Dreamland this summer. Per the release: "Hundreds of vendors from across the City and State, ranging from some of the City’s best artisans and designers...will be setting up shop," as part of a summer-long "Festival by the Sea."

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By Hugh Merwin in Food on April 8, 2009 10:58 AM

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neillevine

Coney Island, in general, welcomes refugees from official repression. Now all we need are some Cubans and others to help improve the atmosphere.

neil

SohoTimmy

It would be nice if any of the vendors around the city actually paid sales taxes especially since they use city services.

brandonz

Do these vendors have an agent or something? They are getting so overplayed. What about the vendors in Jackson Heights, Flusing Meadows-Corona Park, or elsewhere? I know they are great, but this overexposure since they were taken up as a cause-celebre by South Gentrified Brooklyn 30-somethings is lame.