Monroe Theatre

I did some research into this, and this is as far as I could get. The one corner which is a bigger lot recently had condos built on the site. The address is 532 Broadway. This is the lot that has the construction on it in the Local.live image. Next to that is an L-shaped piece of property, which wraps around the condo building and the main part of the property wraps to Lynch St. Youc an see the L shaped property also on the local.live image. it’s address is 27 Lynch St Block 2238 Lot 27, but also is “at the corner of Broadway and Throop, because of the angle that Throop Ave comes in at. (lost memory, perhaps you could look into those two lots with whatever you use to find out about them).
The larger lot, that is vacant, is actually a bunch of smaller lots that had their buildings taken down. None of them large enough for a 1600 seat theater.
The only other prospect would be the school that is on the block bounded by Throop, Walton, Lorimer, and Harrison. It looks like a "newer” school, and is close to the corner of Bway and Throop, that it could have been considered. I guarantee it’s one of those three locations.

In 1927, the Brooklyn Eagle lists the Monroe Theater at B'wy and Monroe seating 600, as part of the Keith’s Circut. Teller’s Schubert Theater at B'wy and Howard seating 1800 was run by Teller and Ascher.
The Gayety at Throop and B'wy seating 1600, resident manager Frank Abbott (father of famous son).

Yes, Bway. The Gates and Empire were closer to Bway-Howard-Monroe than were the Casino and Colonial : it depends how far out you want to go.

There was also the small Pictureland Theatre at Bway and Lafayette Avenue.

Thanks, Bway. That area of Bway, Howard Avenue, and Madison and Monroe Sts. is now beginning to seem like the “Forest Hills Movieland” of its day, that is, the Midway, Forest Hills, and Continental 1, 2 and 3 Theaters all within a few blocks of each other at Queens Blvd., Continental Avenue and Austin St.

The Century Theater was right next door to the Monroe Theater, except on Monroe instead of facing Howard. It’s right across the Street from Mc Donalds, and caddycorner across the street to the RKO Bushwick. That’s 4…yes 4 theaters on 4 adjoining lots basically….
Here’s more on the Century Theater….

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The Century Theater was also right there on Monroe……

Thanks Lost Memory. I never knew “that” Madison Theater, at 1410 Broadway, even existed, until now.

You get to watch 15 to 30 minutes of commercials, before the feature goes on, most of them coming attractions, to get you to buy tickets for still more over-priced, over-hyped movies, or high tech products you can’t afford, and are better off without.

Hi Rose did you know my brother Allan Murphy or his best friend Ronald Green from JHS57?(1955-1958) I also went to PS26 and knew Ritchie Havens during the period of 1954 before they closed the school.Warm Regards would love to hear from you. Mike Murphy

Well, Patsy, let’s see what the other folks on this site can come up with.

Patsy, do YOU have any idea where such photos of the Monroe might be found ?

I did a thing going on 3 years ago, called “Els showing the cinemas”, in which one of the chief fan sites at which one could see images of these old theaters was nycsubway.org (Bway knows what I’m talking about) but, unfortunately, the Monroe was not one of them, or, if it was, I missed the image.

For example, there were images of the Ralph-Rockaway Avenue trolley, in which one could see Loew’s Empire in the distance at Ralph and Lexington Avenues and Bway, also the tower for the old Lex el turnout in the bargain. Or, a block away, looking east on Gates Avenue from Ralph Avenue, a view of Loew’s Gates. Or many images of the Gates Avenue station on the Bway el showing the RKO Bushwick in the distance.

Very interesting!!

Thanks, Bway and Patsy.