Comedy, crafts and Caribbean cuisine on Flatbush Avenue
Labor Day is coming soon and with it, the West Indian Day Parade. Spectators who want to go to the festivities wearing flag-themed clothing that pays homage to a Caribbean country can buy it on Flatbush Avenue.
The vendors at Flatbush Caton Market sell shirts, skirts, dresses, bikinis and accessories emblazoned with flag designs and colors from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Guyana, Panama, Barbados and other countries. They call it “flag wear.”
The segment of Flatbush Avenue that runs through the neighborhoods of Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Flatbush is peppered with stores and restaurants that sell Caribbean-themed merchandise and food.