The read Williamsburg in short
Williamsburg is a trendy Brooklyn neighborhood known for its hipster culture, street art, and waterfront parks. The Domino Sugar Refinery, built in 1882 on the Williamsburg waterfront, was once the largest sugar refinery in the world before closing in 2004; the site reopened in 2018 as Domino Park, a public green space built around the old refinery's industrial bones. Peter Luger Steak House has served diners here even longer — it opened in 1887 as Carl Luger's Café, Billiards and Bowling Alley in what was then a heavily German Williamsburg, and business changed for good after the Williamsburg Bridge opened across the East River in 1903 and put Manhattan within walking distance.
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