The Pfizer company opened this building along the streets of Williamsburg in 1848, before it closed in 2008 this location employed more than 2000 people. When Pfizer sold the building they left empty offices, chemical laboratories, and an employee cafeteria throughout the 660,000 square foot building. Now known to locals as "the old Pfizer Building" has become a food mecca, a manufacturing hub for local restaurants, a country terrorism training facility for NYPD, a cookie distillery, Pratt Institute, a sound proof recording studio, a popular filming location for many television series including NBC's Law and Order, and serves many other tenants right here on the border of Bedford Stuyvesant and Williamsburg.
One of the non-profits I work with is also a tenant in this facility and I stumbled upon it meeting with the client. When I walked through hallways I felt the history. I've lived here my entire life and did not know that one of the oldest and most successful chemical manufacturers was with walking distance from my home.
I faintly remember this side of town was all warehouses and beer breweries when I was child. The view of Manhattan skyline is breathtaking, I can only imagine what it looks like at night. It's beautiful to see Brooklyn thriving, vibrant, and come full circle. read more