Kossuth Theater
Cypress Hills Street,
Ridgewood,
NY
11385
Cypress Hills Street,
Ridgewood,
NY
11385
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The Kossuth Theater was a short lived theater in the Ridgewood section of Queens. According to the Timesnewsweekly:
“It was a triangular-shaped building, bounded on the south by 70th Avenue, on the west by Fresh Pond Road and on the east by Cypress Hills Street. On the north it came to an apex”.
It was a short lived theater, probably never making it out of the silent era, opening some time around 1916 and closing some time around 1926 according to some accounts.
It was named the Kossuth, because Cypress Hills Street was once known as Kossuth Place.
Any further information would be appreciated.
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In the 50’s Strauss Stores Auto Parts store was at this location, I am not sure if was the theater building altered, or if it was a new buiding that replaced the theater. I do remember terra-cotta on the Fresh Pond Rd side of Strauss, but again, I don’t know if it was the old theater building or not. Strauss closed, and it became Crown Auto, and currently it’s a laundromat.
I drove by this location about a week ago, but didn’t have my camera with me. Anyway, there is a lot of terra-cotta on this building. I can’t be sure it is the actual theater building or not, but I guess it could be.
Here’s an aerial photo of the location. The Kossuth Theater location is the building with the blue awning, which is now a laundromat. I am not sure if it’s the same building or not. It’s an old building, with lots of terra-cotta, but can’t be sure without some further research:
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Another early “theatre” in this area was Kreuscher’s Arcade and Open Air Annex, advertised in 1916 as being situated on Cypress Avenue near Myrtle Avenue. On July 11th and 12th of that year, Kreuscher’s presented “Where Are My Children?,” one of the first movies dealing with abortion (described in ads as “the premeditated destruction of the unborn”). Persons under 16 years of age were barred from attending. Admission was 5 cents for a morning performance, and 10 cents the rest of the time.
I found the Kreuscher’s Arcade about two years ago and posted some info about it on one of these theater pages. If your interested in the Kreuscher’s Arcade, this article should be of some help.
I totally forgot about this theater. There is some ornamentation that survives on the exterior of this building in the form of terra cotta. It did at least when Strauss was on there.
I also forgot about this theater. We never did find an address for it. And Kreuscher’s Arcade was never added to Cinema Treasures either. The link to the article about Kreuscher’s Arcade is dead so it probably won’t get added.