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New York Post
08-08-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Beloved NYC diner to be moved from Brooklyn neighborhood to Steiner Studios for movie set: report
From homefries to Hollywood. The beloved Wythe Diner in Williamsburg was sold and will be relocated to Steiner Studios, where it will spend the rest of its days starring in motion pictures and film. For years, the railcar diner on Wythe Avenue in the trendy nabe played a supporting role in movies like 'The Good Shepherd' and 'Men in Black 3' and will now be forever immortalized in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, The New York Times reported. Advertisement 'We see it as a standing set, as opposed to a set that's built for a production and torn down,' Doug Steiner, chairman of Steiner Studios, told the paper. The diner, currently on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, will be relocated to Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Google Earth Steiner's personal connection to the eatery made him want to preserve its history rather than build a diner set from scratch. Advertisement 'That diner was one of the few places we would go to have lunch in the early days,' he said, adding, 'That was before major gentrification.' The Wythe Diner first opened in 1968 and operated under that name until the late 1980s. The old-school eatery was purchased by Sandy Stillman's Blue Sky Diner Inc. in 1997 and was reopened under the name Relish until 2010. A year later, it became the Mexican joint Cafe De La Esquina, the old-school diner's final full-service restaurant iteration before it too shuttered in 2018. In the years since, the 2,800-square-foot prefab has housed a short-lived Blank Street coffee shop and hosted pop-ups, including a Chanel fragrance event during fall fashion week in 2023, while being mostly vacant. Advertisement Over the next weeks, the '50s style diner will be moved piece by piece to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where shows like 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,' 'Inventing Anna,' and 'Only Murders in the Building' have been filmed. The Wythe Avenue diner holds sentimental value for Doug Steiner, head of the entertainment studio, which is located in Brooklyn Navy Yard. Beata Zawrzel via Reuters Connec The property the diner sits on was sold by Stillman for $12.5 million to a real estate development company, which plans to build an apartment building on the lot. Stillman praised the 'above and beyond spiritual beauty, talent and desire to help save this shiny diner.' Advertisement The Wythe is not the only diner New York City has lost in recent years. Hector's Cafe, the iconic Meatpacking District diner featured in the movie 'Taxi Driver', shuttered its doors last month after 76 years of service. One year earlier, Astoria said goodbye to the Neptune Diner after 40 years of service. Meanwhile, Williamburg's other iconic — and nearly century-old — diner, Kellogg's, has been given new life thanks to a buyer who revitalized the 24/7 spot after it went up for bankruptcy sale.
Time Out
23-05-2025
- Business
- Time Out
You can now buy the Chrysler Building—here's how much it'll cost ya
Midtown's shimmering Art Deco crown jewel is officially for sale—again. The Chrysler Building, that spired symbol of 1930s New York glamour, has hit the market after a courtroom soap opera that ended with a $21 million eviction notice and a developer ousted from their lease, reports Crain's New York Business. For the first time since 2019, the skyscraper's leasehold is up for grabs. Cooper Union, which owns the land beneath the tower, has tapped real estate firm Savills to shop it around. Just don't expect a bargain. While the asking price is under wraps, the last sale, involving RFR and the now-insolvent Signa, closed at a fire-sale $151 million, down from a staggering $800 million in 2008. Of course, whoever takes the keys will still owe Cooper Union $32 million annually in rent, rising to $41 million by 2028. Pocket change! Built as a 'monument to me' by auto tycoon Walter P. Chrysler, the 77-story tower has been everything from a Depression-era office oasis to a backdrop in Sex and the City and Men in Black 3. Today, it's 100% leased on paper. But behind the stainless steel gargoyles and red Moroccan marble lobby lie cracked ceilings, finicky elevators, pest problems and lobby tourists who try to sneak past the turnstiles. 'There's been times where we would get water from any of the fountains and it would just be completely brown,' one tenant told the New York Times last year. 'My office just ended up shipping giant bottles of water from Costco.' Savills' pitch? Potential. 'It's a great opportunity to reimagine what is the crown jewel of the New York City skyline,' said David Heller, an EVP at the firm. With rents at $65 to $79 per square foot—half the price of shiny neighbors like One Vanderbilt —the Chrysler is a relative steal. But prospective buyers should bring vision, cash and maybe a pest control contract. As Ruth Colp-Haber, a real estate broker, told the Times, 'It's a tale of two buildings.' One is an icon. The other needs a serious glow-up.
