Caribbean Stores in Brooklyn
Brooklyn's Caribbean corridor — Flatbush, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Canarsie, and Flatlands — is the largest concentration of Caribbean immigrants in the United States. This guide covers Caribbean grocery stores across Brooklyn for jerk seasoning, ackee, salt fish, Trinidadian curry powders, Haitian epis and pikliz, Guyanese roti flour, oxtail, and fresh dasheen, callaloo, and breadfruit.
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Walkerswood, Grace, and Spur Tree jerk pastes, scotch bonnet hot sauces, and brown stew bases for oxtail and chicken.
Canned ackee and bacalao salt cod for Jamaica's national dish — stocked weekly at every major Brooklyn Caribbean grocer.
Chief and Trinidadian-style curry powders, geera, amchar masala, doubles flour, channa, and pepper sauce.
Pre-jarred pikliz, epis green seasoning, djon-djon mushrooms, Haitian coffee, and Couronne soda.
Roti flour, paratha mix, split peas for pholourie, and Guyanese curry blends.
Frozen oxtail, curry goat cuts, fresh dasheen, callaloo, yellow yam, breadfruit, and green plantains.
Flatbush Avenue and Nostrand Avenue host Brooklyn's largest Jamaican grocery cluster — Grace, Walkerswood, Tastee, Excelsior, plus fresh patties and hardo bread.
East Flatbush and Flatlands are Brooklyn's Haitian center — pikliz, epis, djon-djon, Haitian coffee, Couronne, and pâté patties.
Concentrated in Canarsie and East Flatbush — curry powder, geera, doubles flour, roti, channa, and pepper sauces.
Hardo bread, coco bread, currant rolls, beef patties, and bun-and-cheese — most Caribbean grocers partner with a local Caribbean bakery for daily delivery.
Flatbush Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, and Utica Avenue host Brooklyn's densest Caribbean grocery cluster — Jamaican, Haitian, Trinidadian, and Guyanese markets all within a few blocks. Browse the verified listings above.
Flatbush Avenue between Empire Boulevard and Avenue H is the Jamaican grocery corridor in Brooklyn — multiple grocers stock Grace, Walkerswood, ackee, salt fish, patties, and hardo bread.
Yes — East Flatbush, Flatlands, and parts of Canarsie are home to Brooklyn's Haitian community, with multiple grocers selling pikliz, epis, djon-djon, Haitian coffee, and Couronne soda.
Trinidadian and Guyanese shops in Canarsie and East Flatbush sell roti flour, curry powder, geera, doubles flour, channa, and pepper sauce. Many also sell ready-made doubles on weekends.
Several Brooklyn Caribbean grocers list on Instacart for local delivery, and online retailers ship Jamaican and Trinidadian pantry items nationwide. See our online delivery guide.
Queens (Jamaica Avenue, Springfield Gardens), the Bronx (Boston Road, Williamsbridge), and parts of Harlem also have Caribbean grocery clusters — Brooklyn remains the largest.