Centre Street Theatre
424 Centre Street,
Trenton,
NJ
08611
424 Centre Street,
Trenton,
NJ
08611
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A neighborhood house that was operated by a local chain called Associated Theaters of Trenton. Until about 2000 the building was occupied by a party-supply rental firm; later it became a pharmacy that now appears to be closed. The name of the theater can still be clearly seen in a stone panel at the top of the building’s red brick facade.
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“Centre Street Theatre, (Isaac Levy), 422-426 Centre”
listing from the 1920 Trenton City Directory as hosted by trentonhistory.org. I believe that Mr. Levy was the theatre manager.
so it looks like sometime between 1920 and 1923 this theater changed names from Center/Centre Street to Center.
Okay Trentonians, the CYO occupies a building which was obviously a theater at some time in the past. Little has been done to hide that fact. A marquee still exists (although it now says CYO on top), even the parking lot is still intact. The address is 920 S. Broad Street. There was a long forgotten Bijou theater on South Broad, but nobody’s come forward with any information about it, and the address is not the same. If you know anything, I’d be curious to know.
The theater you are referring to is the Victory Theater. In fact, there is a Victory Florist across the street or around the corner. It is located on the same side of the street as the RKO BROAD but a half-a-block closer toward downtown. It was another small neighborhood theater that has been a Salvation Army thrift shop ever since I remember it.
Listed on page 126 of the 1917 Trenton City Directory under “Moving Pictures”. Address is given as 422 Centre Street.
According to The Times of Trenton article “Trenton’s Bijou days are bygone” 5/24/1993, the Centre was at 422 Centre Street and it is now Adams Rental. A web search finds http://www.adamsrental.com/ still an active business.
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
Nicholas Capone and Michael Fonde are now operating the Center in Trenton.
1980 Photo
August 2009 photo here.
See “Photos” for the October, 2011 photo that I just posted. This building currently houses a laundromat.
the bijou is now a church & has been for several years——there is also a church on broad st in hamilton across from mcdonalds that used to be a theater to—does anybody know the name?