Nostrand Theatre
2817 Nostrand Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11234
2817 Nostrand Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11234
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The Nostrand Theatre was a first-run neighborhood house and was run by the Century Theater chain of Floral Park, NY. It had a small balcony. It opened on December 26, 1938 with Deanna Durbin in “That Certain Age” and Anne Shirley in “A Man to Remember”.
The theatre closed in 1984 and reopened as a furniture store, before finding its recent function as an Empire Gym.
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Hi – I grew up in L.A. and spent countless hours in theaters that had the “old theater smell.” When I was in film school, Norman Jewison came in with “Rollerball,” and commented on how the best theaters had “that smell!”
Moviemanforever,I love it.great story on “that smell” must have been Nationwide.
Here I thought I was the only one who recognized that distinct smell! You might have something there Mike! Hey, the guys who make the “New Car Smell” air freshner, should work on a formula for the “Old Movie Theater Smell”! We can use it to spray in the new Multiplexes, which most I’ve noticed smell just like a dirty toilet!
The Nostand theater had that great old smell for sure! I wonder if it managed to hold up over the years as a gym. I’ll have to stop in there one day, if I can find parking, lol, and give a look and a sniff!
Most old theatre dawgs know that smell.The Imperial in Augusta had it and the CAROLINA in Hendersonville,N.C. had it for Sure. Great idea,M.C..
They do alot of Polls on CT How about “That Smell'.LOL.
RobertR, WHAT inside pictures?
Here’s a 1980s tax photo of the exterior: lunaimaging
Here is a link to a Youtube video of the inside of the Nostrand Theater as it appears today in 2012. It’s currently a Harbor Fitness Gym. Some of the original theater architecture is still there. Check it out! –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALTOz91SKrw&feature=plcp
Here is another link, to the gym’s main website with photos. They really did a nice job fixing up this place.
http://www.harborfitness.com/webnew/marinepark.html
What a shame there aren’t more vintage pictures of the interior of old movie theatre. My wish list: The Commodore,Williamsburgh,The Marcy, The Rainbow.