Cortelyou Greenmarket

Cortelyou Road btwn Argyle & Rugby, Brooklyn [map]
Open Sundays, year-round
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

2011-12 Scheduled Changes: 12/25/11 & 1/1/12 closed.

EBT/Food Stamps, Debit/Credit, and WIC & FMNP checks accepted. 
EBT/Debit/Credit accepted 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

In the heart of a thriving strip of restaurants and local establishments on lively Coutelyou Road, this south Brooklyn Greenmarket has been a Sunday morning community destination since 2003. Shoppers routinely fill their market bags and baskets with specialty Mexican produce and herbs, eggs, chicken, fresh pasta, orchard fruit and juice, seafood, mushrooms, grass-fed beef, goat cheese, and vegetables grown in the Black Dirt region of Orange County, NY. 

Calendar of Events

Cooking demos, seasonal celebrations, family friendly activities like sing-a-longs and open adjacent schoolyard allow for a festive atmosphere.

Greenmarket Winter Challenge 2012
Sign Up Saturday January 8 & 15
Test your commitment to shopping locally and sign up for the Courtelyou Greenmarket Winter Challenge 2012! The 12 week challenge begins Jan 22 and runs through the first week of April. Sign up on Jan 8 or 15 and check in at the info tent every time you shop: Check in for 3 of the 12 weeks and receive a Greenmarket tote bag. Check in for 6 of the 12 weeks and win a beautiful Greenmarket print by artist Claudia Pearson. Check in all 12 weeks in a row and win a surprise Greenmarket neighborhood-proud prize and serious bragging rights!

Farmers

Attending Year Round

Amantai Farm Vegetables Mexican specialty produce, free-range poultry, honey, herbs, and eggs from Lehigh County, PA. A New Farmer Development Project participant.
Bread Alone Artisan breads, mostly certified Organic, and pastries from Ulster County, NY
Consider Bardwell Dairy Goat and cow's milk cheeses from Rutland County, VT
DiPaola Turkeys Turkey from Mercer County, NJ
Hammond Dairy Yogurt and yogurt cheese from Dutchess County, NY.
Jamerican Farm Jamaican specialty produce from Suffolk County, NY. A New Farmer Development Project participant.
Madura Farms Vegetables from Orange County, NY
Maple Avenue Farm Grass-fed and grain finished Angus beef from Madison County, NY
Meredith's Bakery Baked goods from Ulster County, NY
Muddy River Farm Vegetables from Orange County, NY
Knoll Krest Farm Eggs and chicken from Dutchess County, NY
Red Jacket Orchards Apples, plums, cherries, apricots, peaches, berries from Ontario County, NY
Seatuck Fish Wild-caught fish and seafood from Suffolk County, NY

Attending Growing Season only

Hodgson Farms Plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables from Orange County, NY. One of Greenmarket`s founding farmers in 1976
Pavia Family Farm Vegetables, herbs, and Mexican specialty produce from Monmouth County, NJ. A New Farmer Development Project participant. 

Manager

Sam Blatteis hails from Oakland, California, where she enjoyed the abundance of figs and meyer lemons, until moving to Washington, DC to study Culture and Politics at Georgetown University. Wanting to learn how to raise her own food, she left the city and traveled to New Zealand and then Maine to work with livestock and vegetables. Since moving Brooklyn, she's enjoyed working with farmers and learning about sustainable agriculture in the Northeast.