Loew's Pitkin Theatre
1501 Pitkin Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11212
1501 Pitkin Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11212
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Good for you, Sylvia. I’m not sure I can help you rescue the Loew’s Pitkin, though.
ouch. it would be great to rescue rehab and turn this building into a museum of brownsville’s unique history and classic film. anybody know how to make this happen??
sylvia
ps i am preparing my new book Brownsville: The Jewish Years for publication. It has an entire chapter on the LOEW’s PITKIN!!!!!!
Perhaps all too true, cypress.
Thanks, Ed Solero. An interesting, and probably significant, comparison to one of the five Loew’s “wonder” theatres of 1929 and 1930.
Wow… Look at that roof damage! The inside must in a complete shambles! The motif of the tower above the corner entrance appears nearly identical to that of Lamb’s Loew’s 175th Street Theatre, albeit on a somewhat smaller scale.
It looks like they are going to demolish that beautiful building and replace it with an ugly condo.
Thanks, Ken Roe. Good work. Good to read you. Hadn’t, for awhile. Glad you’re back on CT, and on the page of so illustrious a theater as the Pitkin.
Here are a few photographs I took on the Cinema Theatre Association(UK) visit to NYC’s movie theatres that I organised in November 2007:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1936118091/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1936972624/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1936143135/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1936987238/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1936987682/
Good idea, cypress. I hope you find that picture, too.
I don’t know the name of the rapper but he has a home theater with a marquee that reads, LOEW’S PITKIN. I think it’s 50 Cents. I would love to find that picture.
Hi,
I’m a member of the Three Stooges Fan Club in Pennsylvania. The Fan Club also has a museum: www.stoogeum.com
The Fan Club is presently trying to compile a list of all Three Stooges personal appearances. We’re sure there were personal appearances in the Asbury Park area. The era may range from 1930’s to 1980’s. Please let us know how a search like this could be done. The 1960’s to 1980’s appearances may have been in connection with Officer Joe Bolton.
Thanks,
Frank Reighter
Frank Reighter
501 West Court Apt A1
(Andalusia) Bensalem, PA. 19020-7773
267 523-5166
Bravo, Theaterat !
Thanks Ed!
Sheer genius, Theaterat. LOL!
Prehaps the purple prose placed on the Prince of Pitkin placed positive projections ,providing that the principal posturing promoted pride, prejudice and passion concerning the princley palace the Pitkin was purported to be. “Euphonious” anyone?
Yes, in it, you have a repetition of the “p” sound for emphasis (alliteration), and “Prince of Pitkin Avenue” was an idiom, long associated with that part of Brownsville.
Perhaps, Warren, but the “Prince of Pitkin Ave” is far more euphonious!
That is what my uncle told me! He STILL insists that this was the best theater in the neighborhood.
So the Pitkin Theatre was once “the prince of Pitkin Avenue” ? Great !
I was only at the Pitkin once. It was late in
68. I went to see "Rosemarys Baby" with my uncle Rocco and cousin Cosmo.The theater was absolutely beautiful- be it a “wonder theater” or nor. You could have spent days in there just exploring the statuary work and the details that were incorporated into it.Although the neighborhood was predominately Jewish{with a smattering of Italians}, it was sinking faster than the Titanic back then.From what I understand, there were many fine theaters in this nieghborhood, but the Pitkin WAS the prince! God only knows what the inside looks like now.At the very least there must be large holes in the dome. But my gut says that it is probably worse than that. What is the name of the former cinema off to the right, across from the basketball court. I visited that one too. But the identity is escaping me right now. It looked like a church at the time. Seems like it is in good repair these days.
Yikes! Life, if you view this satellite image, the damage to the roof is even more evident!
Doesn’t look good.
I visited this place around 1989. It looked neglected then. I don’t think there is a lot of hope in this particular situation, at least as far as reusing the interior goes.
I don’t know how often Google updates their image library. But in this satellite photo the roof does not look good at all:
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Warren, thanks for the advice. I’ll check in to The Brooklyn Eagle.