Fulton Fish Market - wikipedia Fulton Fish Market Coordinates : 40 ° 48 ′ 18 '' N 73 ° 52 ′ 41 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.805 ° N 73.878 ° W ﻿ / 40.805 ; - 73.878 The Fulton Fish Market The interior of the Fulton Fish Market The Fulton Fish Market is a fish market in Hunts Point, a section of the New York City borough of the Bronx, in New York, United States. It was originally a wing of the Fulton Market, established in 1822 to sell a variety of foodstuffs and produce. In November 2005, the Fish Market relocated to a new facility in Hunts Point in the Bronx, from its historic location near the Brooklyn Bridge along the East River waterfront at and above Fulton Street in the Financial District, Lower Manhattan. During much of its 193 - year tenure at the original site, the Fulton Fish Market was the most important wholesale East Coast fish market in the United States. Opened in 1822, it was the destination of fishing boats from across the Atlantic Ocean. By the 1950s, most of the Market 's fish were trucked in rather than offloaded from the docks. The wholesalers at the Market then sold it to restaurateurs and retailers who purchased fresh fish of every imaginable variety. Prices at the Fulton Fish Market were tracked and reported by the United States government. In its original location, it was one of the last, and most significant, of the great wholesale food markets of New York. It survived major fires in 1835, 1845, 1918, and 1995. In its new location in the Hunts Point Cooperative Market, it handles millions of pounds of seafood daily, with annual sales exceeding one billion dollars, and is second in size only to Tokyo 's Tsukiji fish market. Contents 1 History 1.1 Nineteenth century 1.2 Organized crime 1.3 New Bronx facility 2 Media references 2.1 Music 2.2 Television 3 References 4 External links History Nineteenth century Fulton Street Fish Market, 1936 The Fulton Fish Market was one of New York 's earliest open - air fish markets. From a New York newspaper dated 1831 : In New York, there are a number of Markets. Those called Fulton and Washington Markets are the largest. Fulton Market is at the East end of Fulton Street near the East River... The first was formerly situated in Maiden Lane on the East River side, and was called Fly Market. The Fulton Fish Market is one of the oldest fish markets in the United States, in competition with the smaller Maine Avenue Fish Market in Washington, D.C. The Fulton Market was claimed to be the oldest in continuous operation in one place ( since 1822 ) until it was relocated in 2005. The Maine Avenue Market in D.C. ( since 1805, in various incarnations ) is now considered the oldest continuously operating open - air market that still survives on the East Coast. However, the Fulton Fish Market is the oldest institution that still retains a primarily wholesale function ; although its original public market on South Street is now closed. Organized crime During most of the 20th century the market was associated with one or more New York Mafia families. In 1988, the U.S. Attorney 's Office filed a suit under federal racketeering laws to appoint a trustee to run the market. A trustee was appointed, but the extent to which he was able to limit organized crime influence was limited. Since 2001, the market has been regulated by the City of New York 's Business Integrity Commission in an effort to eliminate organized crime influence. New Bronx facility Entrance gate On November 14, 2005, nearly 4 years after construction on the $85 million facility began, the Market opened at its Bronx location. The move had been delayed due to legal problems. The last - minute dispute was between a company which had had a ten - year monopoly on delivering fish from trucks to individual sellers ' stalls, versus the cooperative of sellers who wanted to do the task themselves in the new building. When the feuding parties agreed to continue as they had been for another three years, the last obstacle to the move was removed and packing began. The move from the historic Manhattan site was due to a number of factors : cramped location lack of modern amenities, such as climate control increasing real estate value of Manhattan site for retail and residential use redevelopment pressure due to desirable proximity to the South Street Seaport and the Fulton Street / East River area The move brought 650 workers from the market 's former location into the Bronx, with an additional 5500 diesel truck trips through Hunts Point per week ( according to the NY Metropolitan Transportation Council -- bringing the weekly total to 60,000. The facility generates over $1 billion in yearly revenue, and allows seafood distributors to store their goods in temperature controlled warehouses with easier transportation access due to its proximity to the Bruckner Expressway. The 400,000 - square - foot ( 37,000 m ) facility has better access to major highways in Hunts Point, but does n't utilize the nearby LaGuardia Airport in Queens. In 2012, the market handled 200,000,000 pounds ( 91,000,000 kg ) of fish annually, at an estimated value of $1 billion. Media references Music The song `` What a Waste '' from the musical Wonderful Town ( 1953 ) describes a `` kid from Cape Cod '' who came to New York City to join the opera : `` Sing Rigoletto his wish. At the Fulton Market now he yells ' fish ! ' '' The Fulton Fish Market is referred to tacitly in P.D.Q. Bach 's Iphigenia in Brooklyn : `` And lo, she found herself within a market. And all around her, fish were dying. And yet their stench did live on. '' The Fulton Fish Market is referenced in the Steve Earle song `` Down Here Below ''. The 33 LP Album by James Late called Fulton Fish Market. Television As a follow - up to the trio of BBC 2 documentaries entitled The London Markets, the fish merchant Roger Barton appears as the central figure in a further series of documentaries entitled World 's Greatest Food Markets. These were broadcast in the UK, Autumn 2014. In the first episode he competes commercially with his Bronx contemporaries in the New Fulton Fish Market. References Jump up ^ Ackman, Dan ( July 2, 2000 ). `` The Big Man in Shrimp ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2010 - 05 - 30. Jump up ^ Description Jump up ^ Lubasch, Arnold H. ( October 16, 1987 ). `` Mafia Runs Fulton Fish Market, U.S. Says in Suit to Take Control ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 30. Jump up ^ Behar, Richard ( June 24, 2001 ). `` Special Report : Organized Crime ''. Time. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 30. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` First day of business at new Fulton Fish Market in the Bronx ''. Newsday. November 14, 2005. Jump up ^ Jacobs, Andrew ( November 11, 2005 ). `` On ( http://www.huntspoint.com/Fulton_Fish_Market.htm Fish Market 's ) Last Day, Tough Guys and Moist Eyes ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2006 - 09 - 13. External link in title = ( help ) Jump up ^ Barry, Dan ( July 10, 2005 ). `` A Last Whiff of Fulton 's Fish, Bringing a Tear ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ Davisson, John ( May 2, 2005 ). `` Fulton Fish Market Moving to Bronx ''. Columbia Spectator. Archived from the original on 2007 - 05 - 26. Retrieved 2006 - 06 - 10. Jump up ^ Katz, Neil Samson. `` The Last Days of the Fulton Fish Market ''. Work magazine. Retrieved 2006 - 06 - 10. Jump up ^ `` The ever - present Fultonness ''. Forgotten NY. Retrieved 2006 - 06 - 10. Jump up ^ Gonzalez, Lauren ( June 21, 2006 ). `` The Last Days of the Old Fulton Fish Market ''. The Reading Room. Retrieved 2006 - 06 - 21. Jump up ^ James, Clarisa ; Looui, Suyin ( Spring 2009 ). `` Has the fish market made Hunts Point better ? ''. The Hunts Point Express. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 30. Jump up ^ Plan, p. 6 Jump up ^ Fernandez, Manny ( October 29, 2006 ). `` A Study Links Trucks ' Exhaust to Bronx School children 's Asthma ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 30. Jump up ^ Fulton Fish Market on huntspoint.com Jump up ^ Dobnik, Verena ( April 6, 2013 ). `` Buyers troll for fish at huge NYC market ''. Florida Today. Melbourne, Florida. pp. 4B. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fulton Fish Market. Official website Up at Lou 's Fish, 2005 documentary with limited distribution, following the lives of the Fish Market community as they prepared for their relocation to Hunt 's Point in the Bronx. Directed by Corinna Mantlo and Alex Brook Lynn. Wild fisheries Fishing industry Commercial fishing List of harvested aquatic animals by weight Trawling Pair trawling Midwater trawling Bottom trawling Seining Gillnetting Longlining Trolling Dredging Fishing vessels Power block Fish processing Fish factory Factory ship Fish preservation Slurry ice Dried fish Filleted fish Gibbing Salmon cannery Salted fish Smoked fish Kippers more... 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Question: where did the fulton fish market move to
Answer: in Hunts Point in the Bronx