The Wedding Day

Saturday, June 11, 2016

at The Glasserie 

95 Commercial St. Brooklyn, NY 11222

Ceremony 4PM, dinner and dancing to follow.

ATTIRE

Formal summer wedding attire please. We’re excited to see a variety of looks- kilts, suits, tuxedos, hats, dresses. Dancing shoes are required. Dinner will be on cobblestones, so choose your footwear wisely. Weather permitting, most of the day will be outdoors.

GETTING TO THE GLASSERIE

• Taxi/Uber: Tell the driver the address. They’ll likely have to look it up but they’ll get you there!
• Subway: Take the G to Greenpoint Avenue – it’s a 7 min walk North on Manhattan Ave. Alternatively, take the 7 to Vernon Blvd/Jackson Ave – it’s a 10 minute walk across the Pulaski Bridge.
• Ferry: Get off at India Street/Greenpoint – it’s a 10min walk north.

ABOUT THE GLASSERIE

Glasserie is located in the former home of Greenpoint Glass Works. The building was erected in 1860 by Christian Dorflinger, an immigrant from Alsace, to house his expanding Glass Factory. The operation included kilns, docking facilities on Newtown Creek, and a production line. The factory itself also included housing for the employees in its wings. This cut glass was so highly regarded that special pieces were requested for the White House collection. In 1882 the factory came into the possession of the Elliot P. Gleason Manufacturing Co, and in 1902 was renamed The Gleason-Tiebout Glass Co. Gleason-Tiebout operated out of the building for years, employing around 300 people. The prints throughout the restaurant are from original glass fixture catalogues (kept safe by the Corning Glass Museum). We are told that divers in Newtown Creek have found some of these original glass fixtures. Gleason-Tiebout continued operations in the building until 1946 when it moved across Newtown Creek to Queens.