Last Minute Holiday Shopping on Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue

We know you haven't been able to get out there and finish your shopping. Number one, you're working. Number two, it's been sleeting, then raining, then snowing.

As a public service, McBrooklyn took a walk up and down Atlantic Avenue to do some window shopping. At any store that had something that looked like a possible present in the window, we took a photo. There were plenty of stores that didn't present good photo ops (if the gate was down, for instance), but this should give you some idea of what's out there. Click on the photos to see details.

We're thinking that if you start somewhere around Sahadi's (I got a big bag of pistachios once for Christmas and it was great) and work your way east along Atlantic towards 4th Avenue, you can get it all done on one street.

Take a look and see if anything here matches someone on your list:


Cool preteen-wear at Trixie and Tilda, 407 Atlantic





Batik clothing for little kids at Melting Pot, 492 Atlantic





Gingerbread house at Betty Bakery, 448 Atlantic







Artistic ties at Artez'n, 444 Atlantic. (Check out the ties for bikers.)





Not a bad bag for $4.99 at the Salvation Army Family Store, 436 Atlantic





Hand-made scarves, sweaters and hats at Knit-A-Way of Brooklyn, 398 Atlantic






Jewelry and vases at Trudy Miller, 394 Atlantic




Small contemporary paintings at Metaphor Contemporary Art Gallery, 382 Atlantic.







124 piece service for 12 at Circa, 374 Atlantic






Sweet unmentionables, at Iris Lingerie in Kimera, 366 Atlantic Ave.




A few stores, like Gumbo (493 Atlantic), didn't have a window full of merchandise at the time but check them out if you have a chance. There were also a couple of antique shops with wonderful items in the window, but the gates were pulled down so we couldn't get a decent shot.

Here's the list of Boerum Hill stores participating in the Shop Brooklyn program -- make sure to ask for your discount.

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