Former GreenFlea Market Opens Sunday as 'Grand Bazaar'

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The Upper West Side's GreenFlea Market, founded in 1985, is rolling out its revamped look during a grand opening ceremony Sunday, Sept. 11.

The market is being rebranded as the "Grand Bazaar," and will feature several new vendors plying trendy crafts and other goods. The grand opening ceremony will run from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and take place in the market's usual location in the schoolyard between West 77th and 66th streets, according to a Facebook event page.

The market is being re-branded, but its mission and charitable purpose will remain, according to its website.

"The purpose of the market has been and continues to be the funding source for four public schools in the surrounding neighborhood. Profits from the market benefit over 4,000 school children by providing them with art enrichment programs, books, supplies, teaching assistants, sports and chess programs," reads the website.

The schools that benefit from the proceeds of the market are PS 87, The Computer School, PS 334 (Anderson Program) and PS 452.

The new Grand Bazaar will feature more than 100 vendors, as well as some weekly pop-up shops.

Here's a list of some of the vendors that will show up this weekend:

• The Hungry Gnome Catering & Baked Goods
• The Bruffin
• Black Label Donuts
• Porchetta NYC
• Jalapa Jar
• Mr.Guacamole
• Glow Foods NYC
• HunnyBon
• Pilot Kombucha
• The Modern Dream
• Americana Memories
• Woven Ink Stationery
• AVIAN and JOHN
• Wovenplay
• JLEW bags

Photo: Flickr user Bex Walton via creative commons