Greenpoint Convention Center Debuts With Antique and Rare Book Fair

The Brooklyn Expo Center, a convention center at 79 Franklin Street in Greenpoint, was looking close to done when we dropped by Tuesday. It will open September 13 and 14 with the Brooklyn Antiques and Book Fair, according to The Brooklyn Paper. The owner is controversial developer Joshua Guttman, whose Greenpoint Terminal Market and four other properties have burned in suspicious fires, although he has never been implicated, said the paper.

The center will have 28,000 square feet of space for exhibitions and meetings. The building was previously a factory.