A 60-foot diner that once stood in Williamsburg was lifted by crane at its original site and transported under police escort to its new home at Brooklyn’s Steiner Studios on Monday, according to iMedia Networks.
At Steiner Studios, a major film and television production facility on the East Coast, the iconic diner was hoisted from a flatbed truck and installed on the studio lot, where it will now serve as a set for movies, television series, and commercial productions.
Steiner Studios’ chairman, Doug Steiner, said the diner was originally slated for demolition to make way for a new apartment building in Williamsburg. Steiner Studios, collaborating with the diner’s former owner, Sandy Stillman, rescued the structure to complete the relocation.
“It’s a diner that’s around the corner from my first project in Brooklyn, a condo project I did at 80 Metropolitan,” Steiner said. “I used to eat there all the time and have a lot of fond memories of it—it’s part of the neighborhood fabric. So rather than let it be lost to a dump, we transported it here. It was much more complicated than I expected, a much more cumbersome set of approvals and permits to get, but it feels great to be inside this thing again.”
Steiner said the diner at Steiner Studios will be ready for filming in another couple of weeks.

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