As part of the project, 25 piers would be built on the south side of Emmons Avenue, while 26 buildings would be built on the north side. The channel of the Sheepshead Bay waterway was dredged by 1916 to allow fishing boats to dock there, and in 1922 the New York City Dock Commission planned to dredge the bays further, build bulkheads on the shore, and widen Emmons Avenue on the waterfront from 80 to 120 feet (24 to 37 m). With the development of the Sheepshead Bay community into a residential neighborhood, there were efforts to improve the facilities on the waterfront. Relocation Construction The shore of Sheepshead Bay, where the original Lundy's was located The same year, Irving Lundy was kidnapped and the restaurant was burglarized in an armed robbery, though Irving escaped relatively unharmed. Irving's surviving brother Allen and their three sisters would manage the restaurant. The restaurant was decorated with the letters 'F.W.I.L.,' standing for 'Frederick William Irving Lundy'. In 1926, Lundy closed the pier in lieu of operating the restaurant. Sheirr's eatery had expanded to accommodate 235 patrons by the time Lundy purchased the pier.

The site had been previously operated by Henrietta Sheirr, who had operated the pier as a restaurant since 1906, initially operating with two tables at the time, only one other seafood restaurant existed in the area. In 1923 Irving would buy the pier for the original restaurant, located between East 21st Street and Ocean Avenue. Irving Lundy's brothers Clayton and Stanley died in January 1920 in a boating accident while tending the family's clam beds in Jamaica Bay. Then, during World War I, he joined the United States Navy. By the time he was 16, Lundy claimed to be employing several workers. By 1907, he had opened a clam bar built on stilts over Sheepshead Bay.

Īt the turn of the 20th century, Irving Lundy started a business selling clams out of a pushcart. According to a 1902 biography of the Lundys, they were also selling seafood in Manhattan Beach by then. Several of Irving's male relatives, including his father, operated the successful Lundy Brothers fish market, which by the early 1880s sold fish, clams, and oysters wholesale at their shops in Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay. Irving Lundy was the oldest of seven his father Fred was a prominent figure in the Brooklyn Democratic Party. 1895 – 1977 popularly known as 'Irving').

Lundy's was founded by Sheepshead Bay native Frederick William Irving Lundy ( c. The building's distinguishing features include its multiple tiers of red-tile roofs, its leadlight windows, and decorative ironwork, a style of architecture that is used on few other buildings in the New York metropolitan area. The building, designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission as an official city landmark, was designed by architects Bloch & Hesse in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. At its peak, Lundy's served a million patrons annually. Lundy's, the last of the many seafood restaurants that once lined Sheepshead Bay, was well known for its cuisine and was among the largest restaurants in the United States upon its completion, with between 2,400 and 2,800 seats. Another restaurant operated in the Lundy's building from 1996 to early 2007, after which the building was converted into a shopping center. The present building opened in 1934 or 1935, and closed in 1979. Lundy's was founded in 1926 by Irving Lundy as a restaurant on the waterfront of Sheepshead Bay five years later, the original building was condemned to make way for a redevelopment of the bay. Lundy's Restaurant, also known as Lundy Brothers Restaurant, was an American seafood restaurant in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, along the bay of the same name.

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