That metallic “whoosh” you heard over Williamsburg this weekend? It was just the Wythe Diner—yes, the actual building—dangling from a crane and sailing over North Brooklyn like a 50-ton stainless steel time capsule.

On Saturday, the 57-year-old railcar diner was hoisted from its perch at the corner of Wythe Avenue and North Third Street before it was carefully swung onto a flatbed truck and driven two miles south to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Its destination: Steiner Studios, where the retro restaurant will spend its twilight years as a permanent film and TV set.

The ‘50s-style caff first opened in 1968 and has been a resilient shape-shifter ever since. Once a classic diner, it transformed into the late-’90s Williamsburg hotspot Relish; short-lived upscale Mexican spot Café De La Esquina; a

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