{"id":52940,"date":"2025-11-26T14:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52940\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:16:19","slug":"bay-ridge-center-hosts-second-annual-holiday-treasures-fair-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52940\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Ridge Center hosts second annual \u2018Holiday Treasures Fair\u2019 \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Bay Ridge Center hosted their second annual \u201cHoliday Treasures Fair\u201d on Nov. 22. <\/p>\n

Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n

Members of the Bay Ridge<\/a> community came together Nov. 22 at Bay Ridge Center for their second annual \u201cHoliday Treasures Fair.\u201d The event spotlighted gifts, crafts and homemade baked goods from local vendors to kick off the holiday shopping season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s fair drew strong attendance and featured a diverse lineup of sellers, including author Leokadia George, Grace Girl Cookies and several holiday-themed shops offering everything from handmade decor to winter accessories.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"BayThe \u201cHoliday Treasures Fair\u201d offered jewelry, baked goods and other festive gifts.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta \"BayGrace Girl Cookies provided homemade baked goods at the Bay Ridge Center.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n

Todd Fliedner, executive director of the Bay Ridge Center<\/a>, said he was thrilled to welcome neighbors back for another year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHere we bring together local merchants, artisans and bakers to get a jump on the holiday season,\u201d he said. Fliedner also encouraged Brooklynites to shop local<\/a> as they head into the busiest time of the year.<\/p>\n

\"BayBay Ridge Center staff said the fair was a \u201cbeautiful\u201d event, with many shopping for their own holiday lists.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n

Many echoed that sense of community support. Walter Ochoa, owner of Right At Home in Home Care & Assistance, told Brooklyn Paper that the event was \u201cvery beautiful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of people here, from food to little scarves for the winter,\u201d he said while acknowledging the community support at the Bay Ridge Center. \u201cIt\u2019s a great activity, and we are so happy to help the local vendors of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BayVendor Lori was selling holiday-themed gifts at the Bay Ridge Center.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n

Ochoa was joined by Amed Alfaraji, deputy executive director & strategic planning at the Bay Ridge Center \u2014 and a shopper himself \u2014 who said he appreciated both the crowd and vendors who provided \u201clovely\u201d gifts to choose from.<\/p>\n

Lori, a vendor selling Christmas-themed wares, said the center had \u201cplenty for everyone, young and old.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bay Ridge Center hosted their second annual \u201cHoliday Treasures Fair\u201d on Nov. 22. Photo by Arthur de…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[7727,29256,98,100,29257,99,29258,157,29259,29260,29261,969,29262,29263,9,24,12,370,63,29264,2539,29265,904],"class_list":["post-52940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-bay-ridge","tag-bay-ridge-center","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-holiday-events","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-community-events-bay-ridge","tag-entertainment","tag-handmade-gifts-brooklyn","tag-holiday-markets-brooklyn","tag-holiday-treasures-fair","tag-holidays","tag-leokadia-george","tag-local-vendors-brooklyn","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-nyc","tag-shop-local-nyc","tag-shopping","tag-small-business-shopping","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}