It\u2019s a bird! It\u2019s a plane! It\u2019s\u2026a diner?<\/p>\n
The Wythe Diner, a beloved railcar eatery dating back nearly 60 years, was physically lifted from its longtime Williamsburg home<\/a>, carried across Brooklyn and plopped down in the Brooklyn Navy Yard Saturday, where it will remain as a movie set for Steiner Studios\u2019 future productions. <\/p>\n The Wythe Diner was moved from Williamsburg to the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Saturday. AP<\/p>\n The cozy \u201950s-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. There, the retro restaurant will be installed as one of the production studio\u2019s permanent sets.<\/p>\n The old-fashioned caff, which opened in 1968, already comes with a storied resume in film, including features in \u201cMen In Black 3\u201d and \u201cThe Good Shepherd.\u201d <\/p>\n The diner was originally set to be demolished until Steiner Studios intervened. AP<\/p>\n Still, the diner \u2014 which hasn\u2019t functioned as a fully running restaurant since 2018 when it was Mexican joint Cafe De La Esquina \u2014 fell on hard times and was sold to a real estate development company for $12.5 million<\/a> in the summer of 2025.<\/p>\n 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 \u2014 until Steiner Studios stepped in.<\/p>\n The studio\u2019s chariman, Doug Steiner, saved the diner from demolition in the eleventh hour<\/a>, offering to relocate the structure and assured that his company would take good care of the relic down at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. <\/p>\n