Atlantic Antic is a street festival held yearly on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn , New York between 4th Aveue and Hicks Street . It is run and produced by the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation ( AALDC ) . The festival features food and craft stands , live music , and entertainment . In 2006 , some 300 vendors and 300,000 people attended ; in 2009 , roughly 600 vendors and over a million people were estimated to have attended . The fair has occurred each Fall since 1974 , except for in 2001 , when Mayor Rudy Giuliani canceled all NYC parades and fairs following the September 11 attacks , and in 2002 , when a city policy on street closure prevented the AALDC from holding the fair . The fair runs for 10 blocks ( over one mile ) along Atlantic Avenue in the Brooklyn Heights , Cobble Hill , and Boerum Hill neighborhoods of Brooklyn . The fair is mentioned in the Beastie Boys ' 1989 song " Shadrach , " from Paul 's Boutique : '' So I 'm out pickin ' pockets at the Atlantic Antic / And nobody wants to hear you 'cause your rhymes are so frantic ''
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