Commodore Cinemas
329 Broadway,
Brooklyn,
NY
11211
329 Broadway,
Brooklyn,
NY
11211
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Hi Guys, anniegirl here, do any of you remember the Republic or as we called it the R&F on Grand Street in Williamsburg..It was demolished and turned into a Shell gas station. Talk about greed. The former owners must have made a mint. That moviehouse was on a tri-cornerlot of property….That was our alternate theater to go to on Saturday Afternoons…….
Billburg, have you been to Loew’s Jersey in Jersey City since its gala re-opening ?
Unlike the RKO Bushwick, the Commodore existed on a symmetrical lot.
I have to agree with PKoch. Those of us who cherish movie palaces are far and few.
I tried to see the inside of the Adams in Newark but was told that was not possible. I was able to glimpse from the street the auditorium and I could tell that it must be a sight to behold.
“HANG HUANG” is about all I’m aware of right now, Panzer65.
But even the desolation, desecration, abandonment and waste of RKO Keith’s in Flushing must eventually give way to the law of supply and demand, and economics in general.
Concerning the also greedy and ruthless criminal that formerly owned and desecrated the RKO Keith’s in Flushing Queens may I quote several citizens' opinion : “HANG HUANG”
Thanks guys for responding to my comments…As far as the Keiths Flushing lot, I guess the same applies to the greed set forth for the owners of the property……anniegirl
You’re welcome, Panzer65 !
Thanks friends for all your replies concerning the Commodore,
They were so negligent in the way they handled the Commodore, and now with their greedy ways, will most likely sit on the valuable property
until its value his a peak.
michelleandanniegirl & PKoch, Agreed 100%, may their greedy ways make them wish they preserved such a neighborhood gem.
I can’t help but wonder if a similar stalemate exists for the vacant RKO Keith’s in otherwise busy and booming downtown Flushing, Queens.
You’re right, Anniegirl ! Not making a cent : it would be a fitting comeuppance : in the Cinema Zone !
Dear All, It is my hope that the greed associated with these owners remains a vacant lot……The Commodore will always be in our memory and I hope they don’t make a cent for the land……I would like a memorial school built, but that is asing too much…..Well anyway long live the Commodore…….anniegirl
Yes, unfortunately, I doubt the owners of the site would do something like that, as they had absolutely NO respect for the building or it’s history. It was an ACTIVE theater in 2002!! And just 3 years later the building was in complete shambles as they allowed water to just pur through it, and most of it was deliberately destroyed, so there would have been no hope for restoration or landmarking.
The New Casino / DeKalb Theater is Theater # 6900 on this site.
You’re welcome, Panzer65.
You’re right, Bway, the Commodore can’t become a school, because it is now totally gone, and only an empty lot remains. Unless, of course, the school built on its site is named “RKO Commodore Memorial High School”, but that is not likely.
Unfortunately, the Commodore can’t “become” a school, as it has been robbed from Brooklyn. Thankfully, the people who bought the RKO Bushwick had the good sense to at least preserve it’s shell (and the RKO Bushwick was in WAY worse shape than the Commodore was). The Casino Theater (aka DeKalb Theater) is also a school now, or at least it’s shell is. I posted some photos of the Casio in it’s section. I am not sure what name it’s under, but try searching the theater section of either “Casino” or “DeKalb”. It’s on DeKalb Ave, between Broadway and Bushwick Ave.
PKoch,
Thank you for your reply concerning the Commodore,
The Com had such a special memory attached to it for me, so I feel so much better that the beautiful RKO Bushwick lives on today, standing tall and proud as a school.
Is the New Casino still standing today, or is its lot its only remains?
Thanks, Panzer65. Well-put ! The “almighty dollar” is all-too-common and easy a motive in our venture capitalist, free-enterprise economy.
If the Commodore becomes a school, it will join the illustrious company of the RKO Bushwick (School For Social Justice) and the New Casino / DeKalb (PS 274 ?).
This pretty much sums it up when I pass the Commodore sight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym0x3vTw6yc
PKoch
Yes, I feel that this 1921 beauty gave a good fight, many people tried desperately to save her. I feel that the folks who bought Commodore had no respect for historic buildings, they purchased it with the intent with one thing, make money, its an all too common evil these days ,greed. They closed the Com, let it deteriorate to the point where preservationists want it back, and then the owners, like greedy vultures, offer it for double the price they payed.Instead ,they leveled it, with the hopes for a religious facility and/or school.So I hope the Com’s death was not in vein, rather a new beginning on its land to educate youth.
Any new thoughts and feelings, Panzer65 ? You seem so passionate about this theater from earlier posts.
I passed by the empty lot today where a great old theater once stood.
Your welcome miceleandanniegirl.
You’re welcome, anniegirl.
Long live Williamsburg and Greenpoint !
Dear Billburg, The B53was the Metropolitan Ave Bus and it turned Right on Broadway and Marcy…In 1970 the Marcy Theater was gone and the Williamsburgh Theater was on Broadway towards Bridge Plaza. By 1970 the Ice Cream parlor on Broadway down the block east of the Commodore was run by 2 very portly brothers and by 1970 it was gone forever only to be remembered in our memories….Thanks for the compliments PKoch and Panzer65……..and Ligg are you going to the Our Lady of Mount Carmel feast. It is going on now. I spent many a Summer Nights at the Feast as a kid growing up in Williamsburgh…All the smells and good eats there…and I have not heard anything about the development on the Northside…as of yet..Take care all…anniegirl
Can someone fill me in on any new development of an Angelica or Film Forum, or other kind of art house that was suppose to open on Metropolitan avenue. I believe it was on this posting that I first heard on might be opening, but I have been out of the “Northside” loop, for a while, staying on my side of the BQE at the Lorimer Stop.
I do know that, from “minutes and agenda” mailings I get from the community board and calling the community board itself, I was told that approval was given for a theater to be able to be built on Metropolitan ave.
Does anyone know any details of this, or whether it is just Galapgos that shows movies is just finding a new space or it is it going to be true art house theater and if it opened yet.
Let me know,
Ligg