Michael Connor
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DITMAS GREEN MARKET HAS A LOCALS FOCUS
Not as large as the destination Green Markets at Union Square and Grand Army Plaza, the Cortelyou Road market is a neighborhood affair with little stall jostling and has vendors from upstate New York, New Jersey and the remoter parts of Long Island. Typically arising at 0400 to be loaded and on the road to the street outside PS 139, where writer Bernard Malamud studied, the farmers, cheese mongers, dairy men and bakers offer fresh vegetables, fruits in season, and meats and fish. Scallops there are a favorite and the breads never disappoints.