Adds Brooklyn Brewery founder Steve Hindy, “It's incredible to see what's grown around us here in Brooklyn and our long-term lease at the Yard will ensure a presence in Brooklyn alongside many similar Brooklyn entrepreneurial success stories. We are very proud to be a part of this creative community that has become an engine of job creation in Brooklyn.”

In addition to the Navy Yard site, which will become operational in early 2018, Brooklyn Brewery CEO Eric Ottaway said the company is hoping to build a large brewery in Staten Island to handle production that is now done in Utica, NY. The brewery will maintain its brewing operations in its original site in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, until its leases expire in 2025. Ottaway said the company is hoping to extend that lease beyond 2025 and maintain a presence in Williamsburg.

“Brooklyn Brewery has played an important role in building the Brooklyn brand as a standard of excellence known to consumers around the world,” notes Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams. “Its headquarters at the Brooklyn Navy Yard will provide good jobs that are accessible to public housing residents in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Fort Greene, helping the popularity of our brand translate into prosperity for more Brooklynites.”

The city has invested over $100 million to transform Building 77 into a one-million-square-foot manufacturing center. The building is undergoing a $185 million redevelopment that will convert one million square feet of underutilized storage space into an art manufacturing, tech and design hub.

“Today we are proud to announce that Brooklyn Brewery will be making its new home in Building 77 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard—a world-class industrial and innovation hub that continues to attract New Yorkers' hometown favorites,” says Mayor de Blasio.

Brooklyn Brewery joins anchor tenant Russ & Daughters in the ground floor food manufacturing hub, and other food manufacturers, including chocolate maker Mast Brothers and coffee maker Brooklyn Roasting Company. The Brewery will produce 50,000 barrels annually at the Yard.

“The Brewery will play a pivotal role in creating a vibrant publicly accessible food manufacturing and retail hub on the ground floor, while the rooftop beer garden and restaurant will be a welcome place for tenants and community members to relax, collaborate, and meet,” says Brooklyn Navy Yard President and CEO David Ehrenberg. The Brewery will also help attract and support the next generation of food and beverage entrepreneurs to the Yard.”

Adds Brooklyn Brewery founder Steve Hindy, “It's incredible to see what's grown around us here in Brooklyn and our long-term lease at the Yard will ensure a presence in Brooklyn alongside many similar Brooklyn entrepreneurial success stories. We are very proud to be a part of this creative community that has become an engine of job creation in Brooklyn.”

In addition to the Navy Yard site, which will become operational in early 2018, Brooklyn Brewery CEO Eric Ottaway said the company is hoping to build a large brewery in Staten Island to handle production that is now done in Utica, NY. The brewery will maintain its brewing operations in its original site in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, until its leases expire in 2025. Ottaway said the company is hoping to extend that lease beyond 2025 and maintain a presence in Williamsburg.

“Brooklyn Brewery has played an important role in building the Brooklyn brand as a standard of excellence known to consumers around the world,” notes Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams. “Its headquarters at the Brooklyn Navy Yard will provide good jobs that are accessible to public housing residents in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Fort Greene, helping the popularity of our brand translate into prosperity for more Brooklynites.”