Carroll Theater
381 Utica Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11213
381 Utica Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11213
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Neighborhood theater in Crown Heights area of Brooklyn. Unusual corner marquee, buit on sloping street ascending to the entrance. Was a Fox house till early-1930’s.
Served by Utica Avenue trolley. Competion to south was the Empress Theater on Empire Boulevard. and the Lincoln Theater to North on Lincoln Place.
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J.F. Lundy
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I remember the Carroll Theater and it definitely had a wrap-around marquee. It also had a small lobby with the ticket window in the right hand corner as you entered the lobby.
I recall going there several times in one week in the mid-50s to see Godzilla. I must have sat through the movie 3 or 4 times.
Great memories of the good old days.
New York Times of November 26, 1925
“1,800-SEAT THEATRE FOR UTICA AVENUE; A. Brody, Builder, Sells Crown St. Corner for $75,000.
A. Brody, builder, sold the northeast corner of Utica Avenue and Crown Street, being 140 feet on Utica Avenue by 100 feet on Crown Street, to the N. R. Theatres, Inc., which will improve with a theatre to contain 1,800 seats, with stores, facing on Utica Avenue"
Here is a 1968 photo.
My JHS school graduation was at the Carroll in 1958
The LAST thing this poor theatre ran was 16mm porno and was operated by a guy named Archie Diskin. The organ had been ripped out, but, the white console was still sitting up front below the stage.
The last time I was there was to run a TV fight in 1970 between Muhammad Ali and Jerry Quarry. It ended so fast they lit the seats on fire and tried to throw them at the screen.
Wow! An 1863 seat porno theater. Sorry I missed it. (How does it look inside now with a church in occupancy?)
i go to this church now go to WWW.LEGLISEUTICA.ORG
There are a couple nice photos of the interior on the church website.
thanks it look relly nice and they keept the dome.
and its a haitan church