Wholesale Fish Markets in Brooklyn?

[luckycat]

Is there a great wholesale fish market in Brooklyn or should I go up to Hunt's Point? Or is that even a good market to go to.

I have had a very hard time finding consistently good fish at good prices in NYC.

Any advice?

[jklx2]

Expanding the question a little bit, who can comment about buying fish at the piers in Sheephead Bay?

[luckycat]

I do that a lot in the summer. The guys do a hack job of cleaning them, but you can get whole fresh bluefish for about $5 each, porgies for $8, etc. Check the eyes and make sure your fish is that day's catch. You can also call the companies and see what time their boats get back in.

[citygrrl2000]

DiMartino's on Douglass Street Between 3rd and 4th Avenues 718-522-1119. If you go there you have to go before 11:00 a.m.

[Ralphus]

This is the sort of place you can walk into and buy any quantity of fish? Never knew it was there. What sort of selection to they have?

[citygrrl2000]

I have purchased shrimp, caviar, oysters, diver scallops, tuna, calamari, lobsters, crab legs, whole fish. They supply to restaurants all over the city. When I lived in Manhattan they delivered to my building because I got to know them when I lived in Park Slope and they let me place my order by phone and pay with a credit card.

[MShapiro]

I believe the morning trip arrives back at the dock by 3:P.M.