Starr Theater
233 Knickerbocker Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11237
233 Knickerbocker Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11237
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This theater was located on Knickerbocker Avenue near Starr Street. The Starr Theater was opened on June 26, 1926. It was equipped with a Wurlitzer 2 manual 4 ranks organ.
Operated by Fox Theatres, and later Brandt Theatres chain, it was closed in 1968. The building is an Associated Supermarket.
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Unfortunately, the link to the historic photo of the Starr linked above no longer works.
Star Theater at 389 Jay Street was a Burlesque house that closed in late ‘30’s. It may have shown movies for a brief period but it was torn down, probably just before or after war and became a parking lot.
This is in response to question by Lost Memory on Sep 28, 2004 at 6:40pm.
There definitely was a Star Theatre at 389 Jay Street. Go to the below link of 389s CofOs and you will see it was there. It was sold off in 1939 and likely demolished until 1954 when it was built as the Fulton Savings Bank. The bank remained until conversion to the present stores in 1999.
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The ultimate proof is seen here showing the Star in 1930 as a burlesque and vaudeville theater. Use the Pand and Zoom feature and you can see everything.
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Go to the Brooklyn Eagle site keyword search at
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Use “Star Theater” “Jay Street” and you will find scads of hits. The best is below telling the whole plan as of 1890.
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Go here to the New York Times archive and you will find the 1939 article about the Star Theatre going into receivership. You will have to pay to read the full article if interested.
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Hope this helps! The Star Theatre at 389 Jay Street in Brooklyn should ABSOLUTELY have it’s own entry.
Erik from Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
Thanks J.F. Lundy and Erik1849. I’m going to submit the Star Theater to Cinema Treasures. When the Star Theater is listed here, you could post those links to the new Star Theater page.
Here’s a side glimpse of the Starr Theater, which is now a supermarket, that I took last week:
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Nice photo Bway. I remember the park on the right side of the photo. Wasn’t the blue portion of the building where the “Associated” name is painted red before?
Yes, I think it used to be red.
O.K.
@Lost Memory, your photo of the Starr is not loading… Could you Please repost it again… I’m not even sure if your going to see this…(Since its been years since your last posting) As a child in the 60’s I went to the Starr every weekend… I would love to see it again… Either way, Thanks for the memories….
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