PHOTOS: 39th Annual Atlantic Avenue shines
The 39th Annual Atlantic Antic was blessed with perfect weather on Sunday, September 29, and that made tens of thousands of festival-goers—as well as the small army of festival planners and volunteers—very happy.
“This tradition is so wonderful because of the sense of community [it brings] and anytime the weather is as nice as this, we’re always happy,” said Tammy Ben-Eliezer-Baxter, executive director of the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation (AALDC), which hosts the event every year.
“This year, there are quite a few new vendors. We have 111 merchants—30 to 40 more than usual,” said Baxter, who added that there were over 500 craft and food vendors present as well. “And we’re crowning [Brooklyn Borough President] Marty Markowitz [as commemorative King of Brooklyn] so we’re happy that we could do that because he has done so much for our organization.”