Like it or not, and some Coney Island businesses don’t like it at all, “NYC LARGEST FLEA MARKET WITH A FESTIVAL STYLE! [sic]” is on the verge of getting permits to open Aqueduct’s answer to Thor’s flopped Flea by the Sea in Coney. ATZ learned that Will McCarthy, the event organizer of the “BK Festival,” [...]
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Thor’s Coney Island: Joe Sitt Scores Puff Piece in NY Times
Posted in Real Estate, Redevelopment, tagged BK Festival, Coney Island, flea market, Joe Sitt, New York Times, Thor Equities on April 5, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Aqueduct Flea Vendors Close to Deal in Coney Island
Posted in Real Estate, Redevelopment, tagged Aqueduct flea market, Coney Island, flea market, Thor Equities on March 29, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Is Thor Equities defunct Flea by the Sea about to become Aqueduct by the Sea? The City’s and Central Amusement International’s new Scream Zone amusement park may be getting a flea market as a next-door neighbor. The buzz in Coney Island is that the vendors from the displaced Aqueduct Flea Market are prepared to lease [...]
Displaced Queens Flea Vendors Eye Coney Island’s Vacant Lots
Posted in Real Estate, Redevelopment, tagged Aqueduct flea market, Coney Island, flea market, Thor Equities on December 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In 2011, Coney Island’s now decimated Stillwell Avenue will get a brand new amusement park called Scream Zone. Will its neighbor be one of the City’s largest flea markets? Coney Island is abuzz with the rumor that vendors from the popular Aqueduct Racetrack Flea Market, which has 1,000 vendors and lost its lease after 30 [...]















