Walker Theater
6401 18th Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11204
6401 18th Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11204
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Located in the Mapleton district of Brooklyn. The Walker Theater was opened on January 5, 1926 with Wallace Beery in “Fireman, Save My Child”. Interior decorations were carried out by Vincent Margliotti. It was equipped with a Wurltzer 2 manual 10 rank theatre organ.
The Walker Theater was converted into a quad by United Artist’s Theatres in 1986. It closed in March 1988 with “Three Men and a Baby”, Satisfaction", “Shoot to Kill” and “Scavengers”. It is now used for retail.
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To Jtorriani-Thank you for the comment about my dad, Erwin Bader from Shallow. You can email me at
I would love to hear more.
Thank you!
Great movie ad. And the pictures were just great.
Hi All, loved all the stories, got you all I am 83+ and grew up on 71st Street, went to P.S. 112 and Shallow J.H
Hi all again, forgot a few details. I loved The Walker Theater and the Chinese Restaurant next door. The best was Roosevelt Ice Parlor. Write me. Caterina
I’m a musician….played drums in the orchestra pit in ‘79……midnight movies in the 80’s…..great place….what a sin….
Back in January 1976 or 1977 the late Carl Weiss and I spent an afternoon touring the Walker. Carl knew the owners from servicing the Wurlitzer so he had keys to the place. While Carl spent over an hour playing the Wurlitzer I took photographs of the auditorium. As I recall it was in near mint condition with some work being needed on the balcony rear wall and orchestra pit. If my memory is serving me correctly the house was still owned by the Walker family although UA was leasing it at the time. I will attempt to post some of the pictures when time permits. From what I’ve read in the comments it sounds as if the Walker could be restored with minimal effort. Doe anyone know if the Wurlitzer is still in the house?
The Walker theater was named after the then mayor of NYC, Jimmy Walker,in 1926 and was never owned by his family.
Is there any theater ornamentation left in the store?
Read what managing director Sam Berman said in 1929: archive
This 1980s tax photo shows a large theatre in the background. Could it be the Walker Theatre? lunaimaging