The Astor Place Greenmarket will not be returning

Photo from 2020 by Steven 

The Tuesday Astor Place Greenmarket won't be coming back for a fifth season. 

This market is now marked "permanently closed" on the GrowNYC website. (H/T Steven.) 

A GrowNYC spokesperson confirmed the closure, citing reduced foot traffic since the pandemic. 

The market, situated on the south plaza adjacent to the cube, debuted in August 2020. Since then, it has run from June through November on Tuesdays, typically hosting four to five vendors each week. 

As the GrowNYC rep pointed out, the East Village community can still support local farmers year-round, five days a week at the Tompkins Square Greenmarket on Sundays and the Union Square Greenmarket on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

In case you want to go to this Stop 'N' Swap Saturday

GrowNYC is hosting one of its Stop 'N' Swaps near Union Square on Saturday afternoon.

Info! 

GrowNYC's Stop 'N' Swaps are our free Community Reuse events that invite the public to take home something new to you or add items to the swap for others! You don't have to bring something to take something! There is no limit to how much you can bring or take home, but please leave enough for your neighbors! 

Swappable Items: Clean, reusable, portable items such as clothing, housewares, electronics, books, and toys. 

Unacceptable Items: Furniture, large items, expired or open food, unsealed personal care products, child car seats, strollers, medicine, dirty or ripped clothing, fabric scraps, incomplete toys and games, encyclopedias, textbooks, non-working electronics, tube TVs, magazines, or sharp objects. 

This happens Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. at Project Farmhouse, the event space by the Hyatt Union Square ... at 76 E. 13th St. between Fourth Avenue and Broadway. More details here.