Kingsbridge Theatre
15 E. Kingsbridge Road,
Bronx,
NY
10468
15 E. Kingsbridge Road,
Bronx,
NY
10468
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The Kingsbridge Theatre opened in 1921, located on Kingsbridge Road near Jerome Avenue. It had seating for 1,125. The theater closed by the early-1950’s and has served as a supermarket for many years.
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A 1947 image of the theatre:
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The site in 2002:
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A Wurlitzer organ Opus 472 Style 160 was installed in the Kingsbridge Theater on 10/19/1921.
Two photographs of the Kingsbridge Theatre that I took in June 2005 from the Elevated platform of the Metro at Kingsbridge Road Station:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/226585773/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/226586269/
Old Theatre in Bronx To Be a Supermarket
NY Times January 22, 1958
The old Kingsbridge Theatre at 15 East Kingsbridge Road will be altered into a supermarket. Leased by Emil Mosbacher to Red and White Food Markets at rentals that will amount to about $500,000. The property is L-shaped and runs through to 2674 Jerome Avenue.
Here is a photo of the Kingsbridge Theater.
This is a larger version of the photo posted on Jul 29, 2007.
The Kingsbridge can also be seen in this photo.
The April 28, 1921, issue of Engineering News-Record said that architect and engineer I. Margon was preparing plans for a theater and store building, 138x160 feet, on Kingsbridge Road at Jerome Avenue.
A few years after this theater was built, architect Irving Margon, then in partnership with Adolph Holder, would design, in association with Emery Roth, one of New York City’s iconic apartment buildings, the twin-towered Eldorado Apartments at 300 Central Park West.
As a kid I worked there after it was converted to an A&P food market. Never knew it was a theater.