Good morning on this pleasant Tuesday.

Holiday bazaars are a seasonal staple, with crowds filling prominent pockets of the city in search of hot chocolate and stocking stuffers. For a more authentic New York market, though, you’ll need to travel a few blocks farther than the last stop on the sightseeing bus.

Every Saturday in December, La Marqueta, a community-based market space nestled beneath the elevated Metro-North tracks along Park Avenue in East Harlem, hosts a holiday pop-up market.

Between booths of artistic crafts and cafe counters are tables where visitors can sip coffee, mingle with neighbors or just rest and tap their feet to the salsa music providing a pulse to the market’s ambience.

Puerto Rican flags and red bows hang from the walls. Handcrafted jewelry is displayed between knickknacks and paintings. One table sells Caribbean moonshine to the thirsty, while another offers African ingredients.