Lyric Theatre

523 Tompkins Avenue,
Staten Island, NY 10305

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Functions: Martial Arts School

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Lyric Theatre

The Lyric Theatre is located in the Rosebank district of Staten Island. The first reference I have found for the Lyric Theatre is in the the 1927 edition of Film Daily Yearbook which lists it, but gives no seating capacity (usually this means it has just opened and no details have been passed on the F.D.Y.).

In the 1930 edition of F.D.Y. it has a seating capacity given as 350. By 1941 it has disappeared from listings.

The small single storey building still stands and in 2003 was in use as a retail/wholesale store known as Island Electronics. This business has since closed and by 202 it is a martial arts school.

Contributed by KenRoe

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Garth
Garth on February 5, 2006 at 9:39 am

thanks to KenRoe for this , i live in the area and had no idea there was once a theatre there. i’ll have to stop in there and look around….

Garth
Garth on June 6, 2006 at 12:27 pm

island electronics is apparently kaput . wonder why the theatre didn’t last long , that was unusual back then…

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on July 30, 2007 at 4:45 pm

I believe 523 Tompkins Avenue now maps as Hylan Boulevard.

JohnJohn44
JohnJohn44 on January 22, 2014 at 11:35 am

 Lyric theater is in the the 1927 edition of Film Daily Yearbook which lists it, but gives no seating capacity

In the 1930 edition of F.D.Y. it has a seating capacity given as 350. for photos of this and many more Staten Island Movie Houses go to my website here http://www.statenislandhistory.com/staten-island-theaters.html

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