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February 2, 2009

After the Fire: Miss Williamsburg Diner

Early Thursday morning a fire gutted the former Miss Williamsburg Diner on Kent Avenue between Metropolitan and North 3rd Street. This weekend, we stopped by to survey the damage. Someone had already taken down the police tape so it was pretty easy to survey the damage. GMAP




Posted by Brownstoner at 10:29 AM | Comments (7)
Categories: Streetlevel, Williamsburg

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There are growing concerns that arson is on the rise because of the swan diving economy. Insurance agents are busier than ever in reviewing authentic and false claims.

Posted by: cb6 at February 2, 2009 10:52 AM

I drove by there yesterday - all of the metal cladding on the diner car part of the building has been stripped off. All wood underneath.

Posted by: WBer at February 2, 2009 11:04 AM

That diner was great, and packed to the brim every weekend. I would think a lot of others went down the insurance fraud route before they did.

Posted by: Farkus at February 2, 2009 11:26 AM

Restaurants are closing faster than Starbucks. Growing up in the Bronx, arson was the norm. It's amazing that the place is already being stripped out.

Posted by: Iknow at February 2, 2009 12:12 PM

Farkus - I thought it had been closed? It changed its name to 718 back in 2005 or so, and had been getting awful reviews. I haven't been there since early in the 718 days, when the garden was open, but I was under the impression that it had closed a while ago.

Diner, Relish and Miss Favela are crowded on weekends (and weeknights), but I thought this place had closed.

Posted by: WBer at February 2, 2009 1:06 PM

It was closed for awhile. Maybe the same Polish guy who set the Greenpoint Terminal market on fire did it.

Posted by: donjii at February 2, 2009 1:35 PM

Wasn't a Polish guy who torched the Greenpoint Terminal. The owner did it. Poor guy...he tends have "issues" with all the buildings that he owns.

Posted by: Northie at February 2, 2009 2:03 PM

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