Classic Theatre

I remember the Wycoff during its final days as a theater company run by a community group but not sure of the name. I should have gone in but never did. I believe it still had the marquee up.

BROOKLYN THEATRE BOUGHT BY CHAIN; The Classic on Tompkins Ave. Is Sold for $35,000 Subject to Existing Lease

NY Times December 25, 1939

The Classic Theatre, a one-story building containing 600 seats, at 180 Tompkins Avenue, corner of Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, was sold by the Perlmutter Holding Corporation to the S.R.F. Amusement Corporation, a subsidiary of the Interborough Theatre, Inc., a chain controlling forty-eight theatres in the metropolitan area.

A Wurlitzer organ Opus 717 Style 105 was installed in the Classic Theater on 10/18/1923.

Thanks Warren for the posting, Bway for the photo. Over the years I have passed by this theatre innumerable times, never realizing its history. As much as we appreciate the role of the ornate movie palaces, the simple, often non-descript “storefront” movie houses played a vital role in the neighborshoods they served.

I’m sorry, I posted a bad link to the Classic Theater Above:

Here is the proper link for the Classic Theater photo

The classic Theater building’s status can be changed from unknown. It is the “People’s Church of Apostolic faith”. It looked similar to the Wyckoff Theater and Mozart Theater.

Here is a photo I took of the building yesterday:

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