After months of uncertainty and a temporary shutdown, the historic Berkeley Flea Market has officially reopened at its longtime home: the Ashby BART Station parking lot.
Thanks to a newly signed two-year lease between BART and Community Services United (CSU), the nonprofit that runs the market, vendors were able to return earlier this month and resume weekend operations at reduced rent. The market had been shuttered since June 28.
“Legally coming back, I feel very happy,” said Ivy Yan, a vendor who has sold sunglasses at the market for the past 25 years…