Within about a month, two of Williamsburg's founding businesses closed their original spaces. Brooklyn Brewery poured its last beer at 79 North 11th Street on Aug. 29 after roughly 30 years there. Partners Coffee served its last day at the 125 North 6th Street cafe and roastery on Sunday, Sept. 27. The company opened there in 2012, when it was still called Toby's Estate Brooklyn.
Both are staying close. The brewery is moving four blocks, and Partners still has a cafe a few blocks up Bedford Avenue. Most of the new businesses opening around them are grocery stores and dinner spots, not destination venues. This fall's changes are adding up to a slightly different daily map of the same few blocks.
The forwarding addresses
Here is where each business stands as of early October 2026, based on Greenpointers, Brooklyn Magazine, The Greenline and Brooklyn Paper.
| Business | Original address | Status | Where to go now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Brewery | 79 N. 11th St. | Closed Aug. 29 after about 30 years | 1 Wythe Ave., opening this fall; no date announced |
| Partners Coffee | 125 N. 6th St. | Closed Sept. 27 after nearly 15 years | 145 Bedford Ave., at North 9th |
| Sweet Chick | 164 Bedford Ave. | Closed after 13 years; no formal announcement | No replacement location reported |
| Oddfellows Domino Park | 40 River St. | Closed in September | No replacement location reported |
| Boil N Bite | 148 N. 7th St. | Closed in September | No replacement location reported |
Partners explained its closure on Instagram: "Our lease is up and despite our best efforts to preserve our beloved founding cafe, we have had to face the heartbreaking reality that it is no longer possible to stay." The same post said that as the neighborhood changes, small businesses and local coffee shops are having a harder time staying open. It also said the company was "incredibly grateful to remain a part of Williamsburg with our cafe at 145 Bedford Avenue." Partners describes the Bedford cafe as a space "designed for slowing down, lingering, and experiencing coffee more intentionally." The company still roasts its coffee by hand in Brooklyn every day.
Why the brewery's move took two years longer than planned
Brooklyn Brewery's new home was a long time coming. In 2022, CEO Eric Ottaway told Brooklyn Paper that the North 11th Street lease would end at the end of 2024. He said the company had already spent five or six years looking for a new site and was aiming to move in summer 2024. The old taproom didn't close until Aug. 29, 2026, and the new site was still expected to open "in the fall" as of early October.
Ottaway also explained why the new site is only four blocks away. Rising commercial development puts pressure on manufacturers in the area. 1 Wythe sits in an Industrial Business Zone, and that zone's industrial-use set-asides helped make the site workable while letting the brewery stay in Williamsburg. This is the same pressure Partners described in its post. The difference is that the brewery's zoning gave it a site nearby.
The new space is 41,000 square feet, nearly four times the size of the old one. According to the brewery's May 13 announcement, it will include:
- A ground-floor Main Hall with a bar, retail shop and seating, plus space on the lower level and fourth floor
- An outdoor terrace bar; The Greenline's renderings show it on the roof
- The brewery's first full kitchen, serving pizza and beer-pairing dishes developed with Fornino founder Michael Ayoub
- Wine and cocktails as well as beer
- Better sound and video for live music, talks and DJ sets
- Brewery tours, guided tastings and more small-batch, experimental releases
The May announcement planned a soft opening in late summer and a grand opening in the fall. As of The Greenline's Oct. 2 story, the brewery was still described as opening "in the fall," with no specific day. The brewery's website asks visitors to follow its Instagram or join its newsletter, The Stoop, to hear when the doors open.
One detail is easy to mix up. The North 11th Street taproom is a different building from the brewery's former canning hall and brewhouse at 112 North 12th Street. Happy Medium took over that space for a workshop in 2025. No new tenant has been reported for 79 North 11th, 125 North 6th or 164 Bedford.
What opened around them
From late August through September, most of the openings near those closed storefronts were grocery stores, and most of the rest were neighborhood dinner spots.
Groceries, in the order they opened:
- Lidl opened Wednesday, Aug. 26, in the ground-floor retail space at Grand and Lorimer.
- Lincoln Market opened Aug. 27 at the corner of Kent Avenue and South 6th Street.
- Bread & Butter Market is now open at 460 Driggs Ave., Greenpointers reported Sept. 29.
- Court Street Grocers announced a second Williamsburg location at 319 Kent Ave. It is aiming to open "by spring" and has not given a firm date.
Dinner and drinks:
- Gloria opened Aug. 20 at 544 Union Ave. It is a dinner spot from the team behind Glory Days coffee.
- Liba, a kosher Mediterranean restaurant, opened in August at 107 N. 12th St., the former Isla & Co. space.
- Ugly Baby reopened Aug. 27 at 364 Grand St., in the former Emmy Squared space.
- Gotham Burger Social Club opened its permanent restaurant at 216 Grand St. on Sept. 23.
- Mythily opened Sept. 30 at 129 Havemeyer St. It is a South Indian restaurant from chef Rasika Venkatesa, who competed on Season 21 of Top Chef and named the restaurant after her grandmother.
Grand Street now has Lidl, Ugly Baby and Gotham Burger Social Club within a few blocks of each other. On Kent Avenue, Lincoln Market is already open at South 6th Street, and Court Street Grocers is headed to 319 Kent. The new brewery at 1 Wythe is close by, near the north end of that stretch.
October along the water
Oddfellows has closed its Domino Park location, but the park's own calendar keeps going through October. Three waterfront parks have dated events within walking distance of the addresses above.
Domino Park
- The GrowNYC Greenmarket runs every Sunday through Nov. 22, with stalls from local farms and producers.
- The Fall Festival at Domino Square is Sunday, Oct. 18, from 1 to 4 p.m., with contra dancing and airbrush face and body painting.
Bushwick Inlet Park
- Weeding Wednesdays meets Oct. 7 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the 50/86 Kent Avenue spaces. Sign-up is required, and the meeting spot can change.
- A free World Migratory Bird Day walk runs Oct. 10 from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
- Two summer concerts that were postponed now have makeup dates: Bombayo with Dr. Drum on Oct. 11 and Ed Martinez & Conjunto Sabor on Oct. 24, both from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Marsha P. Johnson State Park
- On Oct. 8, the state parks calendar lists Tot Time, Park House open hours and Sunset Gardening. A fall-migration bird walk follows on Oct. 10.
Bushwick Inlet Park also has a newer section. NYC Parks opened the 1.66-acre Motiva section on June 3, 2026, with restored wetlands, a sandy beach, a kayak launch, native plants and seating. With that opening, three of the park's six parcels were complete.
Three storefronts closed this fall with no new tenant reported yet: 125 North 6th Street, 79 North 11th Street and 164 Bedford Avenue. If you own nearby and want to know how a lease change on your block might affect your property's value, Julio Izquierdo prices homes using block-level comparable sales. Get your instant home valuation.
