Lights, camera, action!
Steiner Studios to bring new film hub to Sunset Park
BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELLDOMENECH
Steiner Studios will open a
new television and fi lm hub at
Bush Terminal in Sunset Park,
adding a second Brooklyn facility
to the 780,000-square-foot
complex they’ve operated at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard since
2004, city offi cials announced
on Aug. 13.
The development of
Steiner Studios’ $320 million
500-square-foot facility will be
spearheaded by the New York
State Economic Development
Corporation the Mayor’s Offi ce
of Media and Entertainment
and is expected to create 1,800
construction jobs, according to
Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The project comes with
a goal of 25% participation
rate by Minority and Women-
Owned Business Enterprises,
and Steiner will also be required
to recruit qualifi ed
candidates from the local community
through NYCEDC’s
HireNYC program.
Once completed maintenance
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of the facility will create
2,200 full-time permanent positions
for set builders, electricians,
prop-masters, set dressers,
hair and make-up artists,
and costume designers.
Apart from aiding the city’s
economic recovery amid the
novel coronavirus pandemic,
the project aims to increase diversity
and equity in the media
and entertainment industry,
according to NYSEDC by investing
$50,000 a year to people
of color and women through
Mayor’s Offi ce of Media and Entertainment’s
Made in NY Production
Assistant and Made in
NY-Post Production job-training
program. The funds would
help add 25 to 30 more participants
each year to each program.
Steiner Studios will also invest
$250,000 to a non-profi t organization
that aims to support
gender equity, diversity and
inclusion in the NYC fi lm and
television production industry.
The studio has yet to decide
which non-profi t it will commit
the fund.
Once the facility is open, the
studio will provide free offi ce
or classroom space for at least
one non-profi t that works to advance
racial equity, diversity
and inclusion in the production
industry and will create a new,
offsite local production industry
job training program for
high school students.
Steiner Studios has committed
to investing $50,000 towards
the creation of the job
training program and $25,000
a year for resources and programming
and school year
internship opportunities. The
studio plans to also roll out a
summer internship program
that will include two paid 10-
week positions in either stage
operations, lighting, grip or
production facilities management.
Local community organizations
in Sunset Park will
help connect Steiner Studios’
management to eligible summer
interns.
The planned new complex at Bush Terminal in Sunset Park. Steiner Studios