Marcy Theatre
302 Broadway,
Brooklyn,
NY
11211
302 Broadway,
Brooklyn,
NY
11211
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Bway, I stood physically ouside the bldg. 246 Broadway.
The Chase building is now the Echo drugstore, after that
are small businesses no more than one story high, and
then a tall bldg. with a storefront that sells lamps.
On the rightside of 246 Bway, there is a stairway that
goes up, it was probably the egress for the movie customers
on their way out.
Remember in that picture, there is a gap of air space where
you read predecessor name of Chase Manhattan.
Wow this is fun !!
Lou, I was actually on the Bway El today, and actually looked for the “Aster” building. It doesn’t appear to still be standing. There is a whole group of one story buildings were it should be. In the photo. The Chase building is gone. Does the Chinese Restaurant you mention occupy the actual Aster building, or does it just have the “address” in a new building in that location?
One of us should add the Aster to this site. I would, but you guys seem to have a little more information on it than I do.
I did a check of the building, the Aster theatre was at
246 Broadway, between the now gone Chase Manhattan bldg.
and building with storefront lighting.
It is now a chinese restaurant named “ Good Friends”.
There seems to full information on this “ Aster"
theatre, I was checking information on the Commodore
and someone inquired about a "Aster” on Broadway,
and the person named CJDV had a bulk of bio on
that theatre. It did go under several name changes.
Check it out.
Thanks Lostmemory for your response, I really couldn't
tell the name from the angle of the picture.
I live around the corner from B'way, So I will check
the address number for that bldg.
I noticed something else in that picture.
There seems to be air space over the theatre.
As of today, there’s a full bldg. on that spot.
I show the Marcy Theatre with a closing date of 1964.
My mother-in-law told me, that there was a movie theatre on
that site. Does anyone know how well it did with the Commodore
and Williamsburgh as its competitors?
That Aster on B'way & Havemeyer is a shocker, from the location
of it, it must be the Payless shoestore.
Does anyone know if this theater is the “Aster” theater seen in this photo below at the Marcy ave station? If it’s not, do any of you know if the Aster theater was also known by another name, as I can’t find any information on this site. There is also a Williamsburg Playhouse, and a “Square” Theater that also has a Broadway address that is in the 300’s or 200’s. which is correct for around the Marcy Ave station.
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marcy theatre is now a shoe store
This theater was near Broadway on Marcy Avenue in Williamsburg. My wife and her grandmother used to go there in the 60s to see movies.