Utica Theater

1410 St. Johns Place,
Brooklyn, NY 11213

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Willburg145
Willburg145 on December 31, 2012 at 8:41 am

I have tried lately but why are some owners/managers against people taking pictures of interiors?

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on February 5, 2012 at 5:08 am

It looks like A. Stockhammer’s involvement in this theater project ended soon after the notice in the April issue of The American Architect was published, and the new developer, Isaac Miller, switched architects.

Minutes of a May 27, 1919, meeting of the NYC Board of Appeals say that permission was granted for a theater to be built on the property at 1408-1420 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn. The application had been made on May 5 by R. Thomas Short, on behalf of owner Isaac Miller.

The minutes of a December 9, 1919, meeting of the Board of Appeals establish that R. Thomas Short was the architect of the theater then under construction at 1408-1420 St. Johns Place.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on February 3, 2012 at 6:34 am

The Utica is the only theater in the neighborhood that fits the timing and description of the proposed house mentioned in an April, 1919 issue of The American Architect:

:“A. Stockhammer, 1368 St. Johns Place, is having plans prepared by Carlson & Wiseman, Architects, 226 Henry Street, for two story theater, 100 x 120 ft., brick and steel, on St. Johns Place and Schenectady Avenue. $150,000.”

Bway
Bway on June 20, 2011 at 11:32 am

Does any of the original ornamentation of this theater reamin in the supermarket? The exterior is quite attractive, even today.

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 9, 2007 at 8:32 pm

MARKET TO USURP THEATRE BUILDING; Property on St. Johns Place in Brooklyn Leased for New A. & P. Store

NY Times October 29, 1954

Plans have been completed for the conversion of the Utica Theatre building at 1410 St. Johns Place in Brooklyn into a supermarket. The building, on plot 120 by 140 feet, has been leased by the Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Company from the Randforce Amusement Corporation through M. C. O'Brien, Inc., as broker.

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 22, 2006 at 11:57 am

This is another recent photo of the former Utica Theater building.

KenRoe
KenRoe on July 6, 2006 at 5:04 pm

The Utica Theatre was certainly not demolished as seen here in my exterior photographs taken in May 2006;
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/183677633/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/183678375/

The Film Daily Yearbook;1926 and 1927 edition’s give an address at 1416 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn and a seating capacity of 1,628. In the 1930 edition of F.D.Y. the street address is given as 1410 St. Johns Place with a seating capacity of 1,508. Operated by Randforce Theatres from at least 1941, it closed in 1954 and is now in use as a MET Supermarket.

lostmemory
lostmemory on February 25, 2006 at 6:42 pm

A C/O was issued on March 26, 1920 for a New building at this address. Purpose of building: Motion picture theater. On Jan 14, 1955 a C/O was issued for an altered building at this address. Purpose of building: Supermarket. According to NYC records, the theater was not demolished. It was converted to a supermarket in 1955. It is currently listed as a Met foodmarket.