Idle Hour Theatre

308 St. Nicholas Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11237

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johndereszewski
johndereszewski on January 8, 2011 at 1:38 pm

I made a quick site visit earlier today – very quick one since I had to run to the B52 bus to make my next stop. In a nutshell, 208 St. Nicholas is now occupied by a brick building that is very similar to the houses constructed in the late teens and early nineteen-twenties. Thus, this is the buiilding that clearly replaced the Idle Hour Theatre after its demolition.

johndereszewski
johndereszewski on January 3, 2011 at 5:29 pm

I think the cross streets were Linden and Gates – on the south and – now Brooklyn – side. I am sure that nothing cinematic has existed here for many decades, certainly not since this site joined the County of Kings!

PeterKoch
PeterKoch on January 3, 2011 at 8:33 am

Thanks, John D.

What’s the cross street ?

johndereszewski
johndereszewski on January 1, 2011 at 7:48 am

I think you are probably right Bway. I will try to visit this site on my next free day just to get a sense of where this old theater was situated.

Bway
Bway on January 1, 2011 at 5:06 am

The building must have been torn down, as I looked in google street view, and the current building doesn’t look to date to 1914

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on January 1, 2011 at 5:04 am

More info and photos are always welcome.