Q. When and How did Corning Glass ended up in NY?

Image: Workers pose near smokestacks at Corning Glass Works construction site. Rakow Research Library, The Corning Museum of Glass. BIB ID 141440.

The following timeline traces the company's involvement in the glass industry: 

Although the firm now called Corning Inc. does not go back to 1851, the family who has headed the firm for most of its existence began in the glass business in 1851, and therefore the firm considers 1851 as its starting date. 

1851: Amory Houghton became involved with a firm called Bay State Glass Works, in East Cambridge, MA. 
1854: Houghton purchases Union Glass Works in Somerville. 
1864: Houghton takes over Brooklyn Flint Glass Works 
1868: Houghton moves the Brooklyn Flint Glass Works to Corning, NY 
1868: firm becomes Corning Flint Glass Works 
1875: firm changes its name to Corning Glass Works 
1989: firm changes its name to Corning Incorporated to reflect the diverse nature of its businesses which extend beyond glass