Flea-market mania spreads to Franklin Ave.
Weekends were made for thrifting in Brooklyn. There's the always entertaining Brooklyn Flea, tomorrow's free-stuff swap at the BKLYNYard, Sunday's…
Category: Shopping
A new way to pay at Costco
According to The New York Times, Costco will start accepting food stamps at the Sunset Park store on a trial…
How to buy a used bicycle
For those heading to the Brooklyn Bike Jumble, New York City's first outdoor bicycle flea market at JJ Byrne Park…
Fashion editor’s finds at Hayden-Harnett sale
Thanks to a tweet from the Bed-Stuy Blog we were alerted to a sale at the Hayden-Harnett boutique in Greenpoint,…
The Brokavore tests the food aisles at Target
It’s getting harder and harder for Manhattanites to cling to the pretense that they reside in the Chosen Borough. Still,…
I want to buy my friend, who has great taste, a nice 30th birthday gift but I’m just scraping by. What should I do?
Each week, Brokelyn.com's in-house etiquette expert, Dear Penny, tackles your recession-related stumpers. Send her questions at DearPenny@Brokelyn.com. I've got three…
Five under $10: gifts for kids
You don't have to spend $20 every time a birthday party rolls around (and you don't need to go to…
In the papers (our kind of papers)
You know that annoying bag of circulars and coupons that lands your stoop every week? Don't throw it away without…
Bargains galore in Little Pakistan
The storefronts don't exactly scream "style destination," but Blessed be Allah: there is some fine shopping along the stretch of…
Flower-shop challenge: make us a $10 bouquet
Anyone who's walked by a grocer in the spring knows it's possible to get a handful of stems for $10—especially…