Fisk Theatre
68-02 Woodside Avenue,
Woodside,
NY
11377
68-02 Woodside Avenue,
Woodside,
NY
11377
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A small neighborhood theatre which opened in the late-1930’s in the Woodside section of Queens. I don’t believe it made it much into the 1960’s. Perhaps someone else has more information about this one. A few years ago, a picture of the Fisk Theatre appeared in the “Our Neighborhood” section of a local newspaper.
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Erwin Markisch
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The Fisk, which had about 600 seats, had previous names as the Apollo and the Winfield. The neighborhood was known as Winfield before it was merged into Woodside. The building still exists, but converted into an auto repair garage. It narrowly escaped demolition for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway…This was the first theatre that my mother attended after her family moved to Winfield from Cleveland, Ohio, during the WWI era. She always remembered seeing short comedies there featuring the “Dippy Doodads,” which were chimpanzees dressed up as people.
The Fisk was situated at 68-02 Woodside Avenue. The neighborhood used to be known as Winfield, but is now part of Woodside. To generate an accurate map, you need to enter the address as 6802 Woodside Ave., Woodside, NY. (Don’t include a hyphen in the building number or the word “Queens”).
This was apparently one of the first cinemas in this area of Queens. I’ve found advertising for it as early as July, 1915, under its original name of Apollo.
Here’s a 1938 view of the Fisk’s marquee and entrance:
www.i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/Warrengwhiz/fisk38.jpg
the name Fisk comes from the major cross street to Woodside Ave. at thatlocation, Fisk Ave. now known as 69 St.
Kurt M.
The Fisk Theater on WOODSIDE AVENUE at EAST 68th STREET 1939 is shown in photo on page 11 of Woodside photos this link:
http://www.queenspix.com/
This was another of those cinemas that used the “re” ending for the “t” word: Fisk Theatre (not Fisk Theater). Here’s a new link to a 1938 view of the marquee:
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