With Brooklyn now known as a food destination, an iconic Manhattan deli is getting in on the scene. NY1's Jeanine Ramirez filed the following report.

The pastrami from Katz's Deli is being sliced for the first time in Brooklyn. It's the legendary eatery's first expansion since it opened on the Lower East Side 129 years ago. 

"This area of Brooklyn is the same as the Lower East Side, right? It's got that old world feel to it," said Jake Dell, fifth-generation owner of Katz's Deli. "There's something classic about Brooklyn, the way there's something classic about the Lower East Side. They mesh."

Katz' is one of more than 40 food vendors in the new DeKalb Market Hall, a 26,000-square-foot food hall that opened friday in the gigantic City Point development in downtown Brooklyn. Food outposts from across Brooklyn are here, like Steve's Key Lime Pie from Red Hook, Lioni's Italian Heroes from Bensonhurst, Ample Hill Creamery from Propsect Heights and Fletchers Barbeque from Gowanus.

"For Brooklyn to have a real downtown, it needs a center and a focus, and we think food is the real focus for CityPoint," said Paul Travis, a City Point developer with Washington Square Partners.

"This food hall is really in the middle of Fulton Street and Flatbush Avenue. All of the subways come here. And I think this is going to be a major success for Downtown Brooklyn," said Regina Myer of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership.

City Point is built where the Albee Square Mall once stood. After it was demolished, food vendors set up shop on site in shipping containers. Doughnut maker Cuzin's Duzin is the only tenant from the mall to remain.. 

"I've been making donuts now for 44 years. This is all I've ever done," said Todd Jones of Cuzin's Duzin. "If you cut me, glaze will come out of my skin."

For the Market's grand opening, he gave out samples of a specialty. 

The supermarket Trader Joe's will soon open, as will two sit-down restaurants.

Anna Castellani, the food hall's founder, says she expects this place to become a destination. 

"It's a day. It's an afternoon. It's a weekend trip. It's a place to bring your kids," Castellani said. "It's very much an activity."

While several food vendors will open up at 7 a.m. for breakfast, the rest of DeKalb Market Hall will start serving at 11am and close late in the evening.