This Small Street Cart in Red Hook Has Some of the Best Pupusas in New York City

Now in its 43rd year of operation, the Red Hook Food Vendors' Marketplace is an amazing collection of food trucks and street carts which serve up some of the best food in the borough, most of which comes in South American and Latin flavors. In this episode of Eater's Dining on a Dime series, watch as host Lucas Peterson sets out to find what he thinks is the best Salvadoran pupusa in New York City.

On this week’s Dining on a Dime, intrepid host Lucas Peterson heads out to Brooklyn in search of some street food — and finds it near a public park in Red Hook, a somewhat isolated peninsula in western Brooklyn between the Buttermilk Channel and Gowanus Bay. Known for once having heavy industry, it now serves as the home of a number of Latin American food vendors who set up shop on the street throughout the summertime.

Vintage Map of the 1939-1940 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens

Beautiful retro map of the 1940 New York World’s Fair
Beautiful retro map of the 1940 New York World’s Fair
Photo: Knowol

The team at historical website Knowol recently restored this excellent vintage map from the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

The NYWF of 1939–1940 was the first exposition to be based on the future, with an opening slogan of “Dawn of a New Day”, allowing visitors to look at “the world of tomorrow”. This poster provides exactly the opposite, a glimpse back in time that allows you to imagine Flushing Meadows–Corona Park as it looked when millions came to explore the World’s Fair.

Check out their site if you are interested in purchasing a full size replica print of the poster.