Historic Williamsburg brewery likely to be demolished for apartments * Brooklyn Paper

"Meserole Lorimer Realty LLC purchased three lots that house the complex in January for $19.6 million. The lots include the main brewery at 56 Meserole St. (made up of five buildings reaching four stories), a two-story residential building at 346 Lorimer Street, and a parking lot at 54 Meserole St. Together, the lots give the new owner a 20,000-square-foot site on the corner of Meserole and Lorimer streets, already zoned for residential use."

"Records show Meserole Lorimer Realty LLC purchased the lots from the estate of Brooklyn property owner Gregory Pasternak, who passed away unexpectedly in 2024 owning numerous buildings in the borough. Pasternak, a Polish immigrant, was known for buying rundown buildings in North Brooklyn, fixing them up, and renting them out, often cheaply to artists."

"The complex was built by the Joseph Fallert Brewing Company beginning in the late 1870s through the early 20th century, filings show. In January 1879 Fallert placed an announcement in the Brooklyn Daily Times that he would soon be ready to supply beer from his newly erected Meserole Street brewery."

The Joseph Fallert Brewery complex, a circa 1870s landmark on Meserole Street in Williamsburg, is slated for potential demolition following its purchase by Meserole Lorimer Realty LLC in January for $19.6 million. The new owner has applied for a demolition permit for the five-building complex spanning four stories. The 20,000-square-foot site, already zoned for residential use, was purchased from the estate of Gregory Pasternak, a Polish immigrant known for acquiring and renovating North Brooklyn properties. Pasternak had owned the brewery since 1996 and filed for adaptive reuse conversion into 33 apartments in 2013, though the permit was never issued. The brewery was originally built by the Joseph Fallert Brewing Company beginning in the late 1870s.

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