Dec 4, 2012

Artists from Shuttered Dekalb Market Sell Wares at Boerum Hill Gift ShopBy Heather HollandDNAInfo.com

Boerum Hill, NY – The Dekalb Market is history, but some of the artists who sold work there have found a new home for their wares at a Boerum Hill gift shop.

Albert Chau, 36, who sold art-inspired toys and gifts at the Dekalb Market before it closed in late September, opened the storefront earlier this month on Bond Street. Now, it’s offering new opportunities for Chau and other artists who lost their retail space after the market closed.

“We met at the Dekalb Market, so we try to help each other out,” Chau said of his store, called Grumpy Bert, located at 82 Bond St.

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