Overview
- On Dec. 8, crews lifted the roughly 50‑ton structure by crane onto a flatbed and hauled it just over a mile to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
- Steiner Studios, New York City’s largest film and television production facility, plans to keep the diner as a set for future productions.
- Owner Sandy Stillman retained the building after selling the 225 Wythe Avenue parcel, which reports say sold for about $12.5 million.
- The Williamsburg lot is slated to become a mixed‑use development with ground‑floor retail and housing above.
- The diner opened in 1968, later operated as Relish and La Esquina, and has appeared in films including Men in Black 3 and The Good Shepherd.