Alba Theatre
750 Flushing Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11206
750 Flushing Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11206
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The building with the eagle on top is actually on B'way at the corner of Sumner Ave. It was formerly an ornate and lovely Manuyfacturers Hanover Bank and should itself be considered for preservation. At last sighting it had become a Big Daddy’s retail store. The Alba was one block west, fronting on Flushing Ave.
Orlando, I found a photo of when Woodhull hospital is being constructed, but unfortunately, that won’t help:
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2213
Anyway, that’s the earliest photo I could find of that station or location. I wonder if the building on the left of the skeleton of Woodhull could be the theater. As far as I know, that building with the eagle on top no longer exists, as it too is I believe parrt of theh Woodhull complex. Here is another angle of that building taken on the exact same day in April 1972, when the hospital was under construction. I of course have no idea if that is the Alba, it could also be a bank that was demolished:
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2019
Was torn down in the mid-60’s for the building of the Woodhull Hospital eyesore. Had been primarily showing Mexican double features, primarily of the Columbia Picture’s mariachi westerns type. Probably a Randforce theater, had been showing sub-run American films until the post-war period. Ornate plaster interior with a large dome ceiling. Instead of a balcony, the theater had a raised seating area with several rows that served as the smoking section; the snack bar, lounge and bathrooms were under this raised platform. The bright marquee illuminated the busy intersection of Broadway & Flushing Ave., usually shadowed by the BMT el tracks of the Jamaica line.
This building has been demolished, anyone know of any photos?
This theatre seated 1680 people.