Council approves expansion plans for Acme Smoked Fish
Beloved Greenpoint mainstay will stay in area, retaining union jobs
One of Brooklyn’s oldest manufacturers, Acme Smoked Fish, will remain in Greenpoint, serving as the anchor tenant in a new $550 million mixed-use development approved on Thursday by the full New York City Council.
The retention of Acme’s workforce, which includes more than 100 union members, and the creation of as many as 2,000 jobs in the development’s commercial component will boost the city’s economy, still reeling from the financial fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A major step forward for ushering the city’s recovery, the proposal encompasses Acme’s new standalone factory — a four-story, approximately 95,300-square-foot fish smoking and packaging plant — and an adjacent nine-story, 454,600-square-foot commercial development with open workspaces, abundant natural light, unobstructed water and Manhattan views. It also will contain 33,800 square feet of ground-floor neighborhood retail space.