Emanuel Bernheimer founding partner in the Bernheimer & Schmid, Constanz Brewery of New York City, was born in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

August Schmid, was born in St Gabin, Switzerland. In 1850 Schmid partnered with Emmanuel Bernheimer to create the Bernheimer & Schmid, Constanz Brewery at Manor Road Hill above Four Corners, Staten Island, New York. In 1865 they sold the brewery and after a few owners it eventually became the Monroe Eckstein Constanz Brewery. Ultimately, the plant was closed by Prohibition in 1920. August Schmidt died on June 5, 1889.

Monroe Eckstein was born in New York, NY. in 1874 Eckstein started a brewery in Middletown New York. After about a year he ended the operation and moved to Staten Island where he purchased a brewery owned by Joseph Setz. The Monroe Eckstein Brewery outlived the brewer, who died on April 14, 1895. The brewery came back in name only after the repeal of Prohibition. Its legal operations ending with the adoption of the Volstead Act.

The Bernheimer & Schmid brewery was seized by the Government for distilling without a license.