The Fly Market orFly Market was an outdoor market located at the base ofMaiden Lane, near theEast River inManhattan, New York City.[1] Operating from 1699 to the early 1800s, the market sold meat, country produce and fish under its covered roofs.[2][3][4][5][6]
The Old Fly Market in 1808 on Maiden Lane and Pearl St
The land on which the market was held was originally a salt marsh with abrook. By the early 1800s, the "Fly Market" had become the city's principal market.[7] From the late 18th century until its demise, The Fly Market was New York's oldest market.[2]
Fly MarketSlip was an extension of the market into theEast River, beginning at the end of the road now known as Maiden Lane, between Pearl and South Streets. The slip was earlier known as Maiden Slip and Countess Slip; however, when the public Fly Market was built there in 1706, the name changed as well. The original slip was filled to South Street about 1820 and was made part of Maiden Lane in 1824. After the slip was filled in, the new space between the piers retained the Fly Market Slip name.[8]
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