One of Brooklyn’s “sweetest” buildings has been granted landmark status.
The City Council gave the distinction to the Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg by a unanimous vote.
The building was built back in 1884. At its peak, the factory produced nearly 3 million pound of sugar each day.
“We need to preserve that infrastructure, so that when people walk around the City of New York and live here they will not live just in the present, but they will live with an appreciate of the past that might the present so expansive and so wonderful in our city,” said City Council speaker Christine Quinn.
The landmark preservation commission designated the refinery as a landmark in September.
