Imperial Theatre
157 Irving Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11237
157 Irving Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11237
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Opened in 1914, the Imperial Theatre was located on Irving Avenue between Dekalb Avenue and Stockholm Street in the Ridgewood section of Brooklyn.
It was closed in 1940, and in 1943 was in use as a knitting factory. In later years it has become a storage facility.
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Blondie10, has anyone expressed any interest in this site? Hope you have some good news to share.
The building is officially off of the market and currently in the last stage of being sold. From what I know the building will remain as it is and be utilized as a storage warehouse. I was kind of hoping someone would restore it to its former glory but at least it isn’t being torn down or turned into condos!
Thanks for the update!
Photo of the Imperial Theatre courtesy Nick’s Classic American Theatres.
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Thanks for the picture, which provides a recent view of this long closed theater. It would be great if a real vintage picture of the Imperial in its cinematic hayday could also be posted.
If someone ever gets to the Municipal archieves on Chambers St, they have photos of all the properties in NY taken in the 1930’s and again in the 1980’s. They are available for purchase online, however, if you go in person, you can print photos on their printer. Not as good as a real photo, but at least it’s affordable (they charge like 10 cents or something per print page).
Bway, does the library have the same program online?
Too bad there are no vintage photos.
No, unfortunately you have to go to their CHambers St location to do this. I know someone that did…and it’s all there, but you have to do it there. It also helps if you have the section, lot, and block when you go there for whatever you want to see the 1930’s photos of, although you don’t have to, they have books there. But it would save you a lot of time. Block and lot numbers can be gotten from their website. You just type in an address, and it will give you the block and lot. It’s all organized by block numbbers.
An article that I recently wrote, linked below, discusses a number of old Bushwick movie houses, including the Imperial. In addition to the text, the article contains an excellent slide show, which the staff of the wonderful BushwickBk blog assembled.
Hope you enjoy it.
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