Brookhaven Theater

Did Century's run this at the end?

yes

This was a reduced price house

i think this theater is listed twice

Brookhaven Theater in Port Jefferson Station was closed and probably demolished before the Brookhaven Multiplex in Medford was opened. These are two separate venues.

I worked at Brookhaven part hours and the giant screen with three speaker systems behind created a fine presentation. Frank Cunning.

very Nice theater, I knew joe, keith, and tommy that used to do the cleaning there.

the theater was very pretty inside it was done in cranberry and gold. It had mosaic water fountain. My Mother used to work behind the candy counter, and I used to tag alone I saw Davy Crockett 5 times. I remember Bill that use to work there. It was a sad day in town when the theatre was torn down. Linda Dawson Port jefferson Station

If this is the theater on Route 112 that's now the site of a Blockbuster, I remember lying about my age to go see Poltergeist there with my cousins!

It had a balcony, didn't it? I think they closed the balcony by the time I was going there (in the 80's.)

There's some discussion on this theater under the Fox theater entry in East Setauket.

Layout and seating count resemble those of other Prudential theaters designed by Maurice Sornick. Could he have been the architect?

I remember seeing Pinnochio there sometime in the mid-80s...didn't realize it had such a long history on LI!

I was born (1951) & raised and still live in Port Jefferson Station.I remember this theatre well and remember it's interior, very grand. Bill Ecca was the usher. He died some years ago. The earliest movies I saw were 'Thirteen Ghost'(with 3D glasses), 'Psycho','The Birds' & 'Peppermint Twist. Saw the Beatles movies there. (we were able to dance in the isles).My girlfriend and I would sit upstairs. We would have the 'Battle of the Bands' on Saturdays on the stage. I miss this theatre.(wish i have a pic. of it)

To my recollection this house was identical to that of the Sayville. As with all of the theatres operated by Prudential there was a small smoking loge for which you paid a premium.

1983 Photo

During my summers in Rocky Point in the 1950's one would go to Port Jeff for a movie. When the Brookhave opened you didn't have to go as far. Always a packed house in the summer with the AC and vacationers. I remember one night seeing an Esther Williams movie. The next day at the beach people were trying to do an "adagio Lift", an aquatic movement executed from a floating position with one leg elevated. Thru hand and arm motion you 'gracefully' submerge". Yeah, right!

Years later when I attended Queens College in Flushing, Miss William came to the new pool and did a special with the swim team. They, too, could not execute the "lift".

The Brookhaven Theatre was designed by architects John and Drew Eberson. Photos of it accompanied an article by John Eberson in the April 1, 1950, issue of Boxoffice. Prudential's new Art Moderne house seated 872, with 668 in the orchestra nad 204 in the balcony.

Am I not correct in my presumption that the Sayville Theatre was virtually identical to the Brookhaven?

I've never seen either theater firsthand, so I couldn't say anything about the interiors, but, judging from the photos, the exteriors (Brookhaven and Sayville) are quite similar.