19th Century Brooklyn Women's Exchange to Return to its Montague Street Roots
The Brooklyn Eagle covers the story of our historic return to Montague Street.
Brooklyn Historical Society archival photo of 137 Montague Street
Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Is Losing Their Storefront After 40 Years on Pierrepont Street
Brownstoner highlights our 165th Anniversary Celebration and helps us put the word out - that Brooklyn Women’s Exchange needs a new home!
Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Is Losing Their Storefront After 40 Years on Pierrepont Street
Read about our 165th Anniversary Celebration and the current changes happening at the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange - help us find a new home!
Celebrating our 165th Anniversary at the Brooklyn Heights Association’s Designer Showhouse on October 22nd, 2019.
Vogue / An Insider's Guide to the Stunning, Historic Neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights
See why Vogue calls us "a shop of note" in our beautiful Brooklyn neighborhood.
CBS Atlanta / Halloween Spread
A local CBS station in Atlanta featured two witch pumpkins hand made by Heidi Magenheimer, displayed on each end of this Halloween table. They were purchased by a customer in our shop who had given them to his daughter and granddaughter in Atlanta.
Brooklyn Heights Blog / New Neighbor Hillary Clinton Shops and Dines in Brooklyn Heights
Presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton (center, in green) visited the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange today, and posed for this photo with, left to right: volunteers Lisa, Vanessa and Cindy and manager Elizabeth. Another volunteer, Kristin, gave her a tour of the shop, and said, “She loved our shop and what we do here. She used the term ‘it takes a village’ to describe some of what we do.”
Brooklyn Heights Blog / Brooklyn Women's Exchange Celebrates 160th Anniversary
The Brooklyn Women’s Exchange had a party this evening to celebrate its 160th year of providing a market for handcrafted goods made in Brooklyn and beyond, and a place to shop for interesting and sometimes hard to find gifts, children’s clothing, toys, books, stationery, and other items. A considerable number of BWE officers, board members, volunteers, crafts consignors, and friends were there...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle / Brooklyn Women's Exchange Celebrates 160 Years
Before Etsy, there was the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange.
The cozy shop, which houses the oldest continuously-operated women's charitable organization in Brooklyn, celebrated its 160th Anniversary on Monday...
Racked / Statement Jewelry and Killer Views in Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights sometimes gets overlooked for the waterfront views of neighboring DUMBO. But not far from the allure of Brooklyn Bridge Park lay the brownstones, cobblestone streets, under-the-radar restaurants, and can't-miss boutiques of this neighborhood...
The New York Times / For 160 Years, Always Something New
At the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange, a nonprofit, volunteer-run shop selling handmade wares, the atmosphere is instantly soothing. Rows of baby sweaters in Jordan almond colors hang neatly on a rack. A gangly trio of stuffed rabbits shares table space with a stack of crocheted blankets...
NYU Journal / Women’s Exchanges at the Forefront of American Handcrafts Movement
For Linda Alperin, 62, each day working at the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange is a pleasant holiday. Having volunteered at the charity consignment shop for 27 years, Ms. Alperin shares its missions of sustaining American handcrafts movement and providing a means of support for needy crafters. And for her, it is just like Christmas each time a new batch of goods arrives...
A Child Grows in Brooklyn / See Etsy’s Offline Version in Brooklyn Heights: The Brooklyn Women’s Exchange
If you spend hours perusing Etsy like I do, then you must visit its offline version in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Women’s Exchange is the great grandmother to Etsy. Started in 1854 as a place where women could sell their handcrafts, this Brooklyn institution paved the way for women to earn income without having to work in a factory or dangerous environment. Today, it has grown into a fabulous storefront where you can peruse hundreds of different crafters’ work, (men and women), from all over the United States...
Brooklyn Independent TV / Neighborhood Beat Brooklyn Heights
Not many places can claim a history dating back to the Civil War but the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange is the oldest continuously-operating Exchange in the Nation. Today it is a timeless treasure chest filled with handcrafted items of modern appeal. From Brooklyn Independent Television’s Neighborhood Beat Brooklyn Heights, episode 4.
New York Magazine / Critic's Pick
Founded more than 150 years ago, Brooklyn Women’s Exchange originally made garments for soldiers who fought in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I. And as any of the thirty-plus volunteers at this consignment shop in the heart of Brooklyn Heights will proudly tell you, it is the oldest continuously operating exchange of the non-profit Federation of Women’s Exchanges in America.
Please note that our hours have changed since this article was written!