Winthrop Theater
135 Driggs Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11222
135 Driggs Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11222
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This theater was located on the corner of Driggs Avenue and Russell Street in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. The Winthrop Theater was opened in early-1923.
It was closed in 1959, and in November 1961, was converted into a supermarket.
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BabyBoomer, I know that bar, most recently known as Goodman’s, very well. Before exiting Greenpoint for Forest Hills in 2001, I spent many hours at Goodman’s – and had a farewell drink there on the night we moved away. As far as I know, the place is still going strong.
This bar very much resembles the old “Batatics”, which was situated just across the street from the Winthrop and now hosts a liquor store. It is exactly the kind of bar that existed when the old Winthrop still showed movies.
Well, this marks the third anniversary of the date when I first stumbled over this wonderful site and posted my first comment. It’s been a lot of fun over these last three years.
In 2011, I hope someone will find and post a picture of this modest but greatly missed theater.
Amazingly I am going on almost 7 years now here….I don’t know where the time went! I also stumbled on it by accident, back in 2003 when I was trying to find out what the “theater on Broadway by Howard is”….and found the RKO Bushwick, and the rest is history….
I use this site even when I go on vacation and find an old theater somewhere….when I get home I try and look it up here!
John…….Just one more mention of a Greenpoint bar and I won’t stray from the movie house thread anymore.
Do you remember a bar on the corner of Diamond and Driggs(it’s now a closed down pizza place)? Thirty six years ago on my wedding day my bestman and myself got to St.Stans early and stopped in this bar for a bracer to get through the events.The bartender knew we weren’t from the neighborhood and asked what we were doing in the neighborhood …in suits no less.After the ceremony we met him at the door of the church wanting to kiss the bride.
BB, I vaguely remember the place, which I believe was considered to be something of a dive, though I doubt if I ever went there. While I grew up across the street from St. Stans at 606 Humboldt, by the time that I started to frequent bars, my family had moved to Morgan Ave. and had a different selection to choose from. At the time, there was literally a saloon on every block in Greenpoint. They were as much a part of the neighborhood as were – well – the local movie houses.
Yes, the same was true for Ridgewood and Bushwick too. There were very few corner intersections that didn’t have at least one bar on the corner….
Well, I now start my fifth year as a member of this wonderful site. Still hope that someone will identify and post a photo of this old theater. Hopefully, this will occur this year. Happy New Year to all.
Well another year has passed as I now start my sixth season as a member of this site.
I am still hoping that someone will come up with a picture of this old movie house. Perhaps this will occur this year – and hopefully more people will add comments to this page – and the other pages of the old north Brooklyn movie theaters in 2013. I noted a sharp decline of such comments in 2012, but perhaps this will change.
The Google street photo suggests that the theatre was demolished, and NOT converted into a supermarket. I see nothing that suggests a previous existence as a cinema.
As was noted in a previous comment, the only thing remaining from the old movie house is the wall along Russel Street – and even that cannot be said for certain. Except for that, supermarket is an entirely new building.