One minute you’re here, the next you’re gone. via Facebook Summer flea market shopping season feels like it’s just kicked off, but there’s one market that you won’t be able to throw your hard-earned/easily-inherited dollars at any more. After just under a year of existence, Bushwick’s Shwick Market threw in the towel this past weekend. Were they bullied out by newcomer the Bushwick Flea? Nope, it sounds like just a case of the economics not adding up. Although the founder isn’t leaving without critiquing the spending habits of Bushwickians. Bushwickites? Bushwickers? Whatever. The Brooklyn Paper had the story of the market closing, with owner Chris Carew frankly stating that the location on a dead end street on Myrtle and Willoughby was maybe a less than ideal place to draw visitors to. Carew also admitted that beyond the vendors selling their wares, they didn’t have much to keep people sticking around at the market. He… Read More