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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Phil Goldberg
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I submitted a Comment about the Walker Theater and it was acknowledged on Dec 27, 2007 by ERD. Now I find that the submission has been deleted. Can you explain this? Thank you very much.
Bill Brandt
Here’s a rare view of the audtiorium in its last years prior to sub-division. Some of the special color effects still seem to be working:
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double feature and then hit the Richelieu for a frappe or a black and white soda?
Excellent photo of the auditorium posted by Warren. The proscenium was very beautiful, too. What a shame this theatre didn’t eventually become a performing arts center. Public transportation is near by, but no parking lot.
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!
A B&W photograph taken not long before the Walker’s well-preserved auditorium was sub-divided:
http://www.sidedown.org/blog_pics/1442/1442_12.jpg
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….