"The Wythe Diner, a beloved railcar eatery dating back nearly 60 years, was physically lifted from its longtime Williamsburg home, carried across Brooklyn and plopped down in the Brooklyn Navy Yard Saturday, where it will remain as a movie set for Steiner Studios' future productions. The cozy '50s-style diner was gingerly lifted into the air by a crane and placed on a flatbed truck that cruised about two miles south to the Brooklyn Navy Yard."
"The old-fashioned caff, which opened in 1968, already comes with a storied resume in film, including features in "Men In Black 3" and "The Good Shepherd." Still, the diner - which hasn't functioned as a fully running restaurant since 2018 when it was Mexican joint Cafe De La Esquina - fell on hard times and was sold to a real estate development company for $12.5 million in the summer of 2025."
"The gurus planned to level the historic eatery to construct a complex with ground-floor retail and 28 apartments on the upper stories in its place - until Steiner Studios stepped in. The studio's chariman, Doug Steiner, saved the diner from demolition in the eleventh hour, offering to relocate the structure and assured that his company would take good care of the relic down at the Brooklyn Navy Yard."
The Wythe Diner is a 1968 railcar eatery relocated from Williamsburg to the Brooklyn Navy Yard to serve as a permanent Steiner Studios production set. A crane lifted the '50s-style diner onto a flatbed truck for a two-mile transfer and installation at the Navy Yard. The diner previously appeared in films including Men In Black 3 and The Good Shepherd. The restaurant stopped full service in 2018 when it became Cafe De La Esquina, later fell on hard times and sold for $12.5 million in summer 2025 to a developer planning retail and 28 apartments. Steiner Studios chairman Doug Steiner intervened to preserve and relocate the structure.
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