The American Sugar Refining Company, Brooklyn Refinery was located on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The refinery has its origins with the Havemeyer family, which first started baking sugar in New York City around 1805, and was very influential in the establishment and consolidation of sugar production in the United States. The Brooklyn site was established in the mid-1850s. The plant operated for the next 150 years under the auspicies of many different companies, including Havemayer and Elder, Sugar Refineries Company, American Sugar Refining Company, Amstar Sugar Company, Tate and Lyle, Domino Sugar Corporation, and Florida Crystals Corporation. The Brooklyn refinery plant officially closed in 2004, and the site was sold in 2005 to the developer Community Preservation Corporation Resources (CPCR) and rezoned for residential use. CPCR sold the site to Two Trees Management Company in 2012.