Essex Market

The LES Girls Club and Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space are also included in the market.

During the late 20th century, Essex Street Market began to see a decrease in customers, as supermarkets became increasingly popular.

The proposed market was to be located at Essex Street in the Lower East Side, on land owned by the New York City Board of Transportation.

[3] Plans for Essex Street Market were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings in November 1938.

The lowest bid was submitted by the Lieb Construction Company, which proposed to build the market for $386,700.

[12] The opening of Essex Street Market consisted of a 15-minute ceremony, with a live performance by the Parks Department band.

The market consisted of four cinderblock buildings[6][15] and featured 475 vendors, most of whom had previously operated pushcarts on the street.

For example, Jeffrey's Meat Market, a "New York institution," chose to close down due to low sales in 2011.

[23] The declining foot traffic, lack of promotion, and the uninviting architecture of the market were seen as contributing factors.

[28] The new location within the Essex Crossing development was originally planned to open in 2018, but was later pushed back to April 2019,[29] then to May 2019.

[34] In part because of decreased business after the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the Market Line announced in early 2024 that it would close that April.