<p class="p1"><br> A cyclist stops at the Park Slope Farmers Market, one of Brooklyn's artisanal touchstones. "Before I moved here three years ago, I was worried I wouldn't be cool enough for Brooklyn," writes Nell Freudenberger in "My City: Brooklyn" in <i>National Geographic Traveler's</i> April 2014 issue (<a href="https://secure.customersvc.com/servlet/Show?WESPAGE=OrderPages/tr/1304/order_15A1.jsp&amp;MSRSMAG=TR&amp;EK1=TRAJ">subscribe here</a>). "As it turns out, I'm not—and that's fine."</p>

Market Moment


A cyclist stops at the Park Slope Farmers Market, one of Brooklyn's artisanal touchstones. "Before I moved here three years ago, I was worried I wouldn't be cool enough for Brooklyn," writes Nell Freudenberger in "My City: Brooklyn" in National Geographic Traveler's April 2014 issue (subscribe here). "As it turns out, I'm not—and that's fine."

Photograph by Raymond Patrick

Brooklyn, New York

See photos from this New York borough where tykes and literary types find an artisanal playground.

Read This Next

Did this mysterious human relative bury its dead?
This new birth control for cats doesn't require surgery
How the Zoot Suit Riots changed America

Go Further

Subscriber Exclusive Content

Why are people so dang obsessed with Mars?

How viruses shape our world

The era of greyhound racing in the U.S. is coming to an end

See how people have imagined life on Mars through history

See how NASA’s new Mars rover will explore the red planet

Why are people so dang obsessed with Mars?

How viruses shape our world

The era of greyhound racing in the U.S. is coming to an end

See how people have imagined life on Mars through history

See how NASA’s new Mars rover will explore the red planet

Why are people so dang obsessed with Mars?

How viruses shape our world

The era of greyhound racing in the U.S. is coming to an end

See how people have imagined life on Mars through history

See how NASA’s new Mars rover will explore the red planet