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Jacques Torres enlists Hervé Poussot (formerly of Le Bernardin) for this cafe, which sells organic bread baked thrice daily.

Artist and furniture designer Susan Woods specializes in intricate, high-end creations using reclaimed materials.

Dumbo’s source for wines and spirits with a growing roster of ecofriendly vintages.

Young designers fresh out of art school and international vendors are showcased at this pair of Brooklyn boutiques.

This indoor offshoot of Fort Greene’s outdoor flea market is packed with vintage furniture, art, jewelry, screen-printed apparel, and antiques.

Thirties-inspired hats trimmed with flea market finds like skull-imprinted ribbons, peacock feathers, tie-dyed fabric, and distressed leather.

Modernism meets woodworking tradition at this high-end furniture design workshop and showroom.

Now, with Foragers Market, Dumbo has a food fetishist’s paradise to call its own.

Organic and ecofriendly children’s clothes in Dumbo.

See the profile of this NYC store at 55 Washington St. in Brooklyn.

Owner Pamela Shelala-Rohl travels to India twice a year looking for antiques and interesting objects.

Brooklyn boutique with a mix of funky, new knits and girly dresses amid classic antique furnishings for the home.

Focusing on literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, this independent publishing house and bookstore was conceived in the aftermath of 9/11, drawing young, emerging writers and loyal local patrons.

Inspired by flora, Kutys opts for small floral designs that are sweet without being twee, and simple without being garden-variety.

Since 2002, this pop-culture-inspired workshop has been stitching custom-made tees, tanks, and hoodies while you wait.

Parents like this used bookshop for cheap, light reads; kids love like the xylophone.

An emporium of toys, clothes, and decorative items you'd be hard-pressed to find off the Continent.

Offbeat art books, exhibits, and events fill this independent book publisher’s giant Dumbo space.

Prague Kolektiv has an exclusive focus on Czech home design from the twenties through the sixties.

This non-profit organization takes donated bikes then restores and resells them to cyclists on a budget.

You’ll gently weep over the outstanding, one-of-a-kind electric instruments at this renowned guitar-and-bass workshop and store.

This Brooklyn-based press has been turning out one-of-a-kind invites for the past seven years. 

Creative directors (and husband and wife team) Steve Butcher and Anna Cosentino host four art shows a year, displaying the work of British, Japanese and local, Brooklyn designers.

This shoebox-size boutique on a waterfront sidestreet in Dumbo stocks a handful of urban, mainly West Coast apparel brands for women and men.

A dizzying array of Scandinavian designs tucked into a tiny shop-within-a-shop in Dumbo.