Leader Theater
947 Coney Island Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
947 Coney Island Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
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This neighborhood theater on Coney Island Avenue was once owned by the owner of the Kent (still operating as a triplex) a few blocks away. It closed in the early 1960s and became Leader Lanes.
Later it became a disco, before the entire building was gutted and subdivided into stores and office space.
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Here is an anti-trust suit involving the Leader in 1945:
http://tinyurl.com/2belyv
In 1959 the Leader revived the 1927 Al Jolson hit “The Jazz Singer"
View link
The photograph to which a link is posted above by Lost Memory was taken from the corner of Newkirk and Coney Island Avenue, just in front of the schoolyard of P. S. 217, which I attended from 1944 to 1952. I spent many hours in the Leader. There’s a bit of a reminiscence at View link
A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 1436 style H PL was installed in the Leader Theater on 8/28/1926.
The date given for this ad is September 1950.
This is the photo that was posted on 9/8/04. as that link has expired.
http://tinyurl.com/59hw5n
The link is not expired. You have to search for the photo. Not a good idea to take photos from that site.
So noted.
I used to bowl there back in the 70s and played bingo at the casa del rey. The marque was still attached to the building so i figured it was once a movie theatre. The 2nd floor was a bar . also there was a great chinese restaurant THE NEW TOY SUN located between the 2 places.
Me and my friends walked along Cony Island Ave from newkirk and ocean ave to Ditmas J.H.S in the area, the area was a divided line of many neighborhoods (tention) and has a great beagle shop in the area (COPS), I know in the bowling lanes were new when we dented them and there was a big video store in that lot in the late 1980’s. But the Kent was established as the Marquee theater so why go there, thats why they closed and remaind closed…