The Ridgewood-Bushwick border was original a straight line cutting right through the streets there, as opposed to the zig-zag pattern they have now. I don’t know exactly when they zig-zagged the border as opposed the straight line though. Even so, the Alahmbra is only about two blocks out of Ridgewood now, perhaps when it was a straight line, the border was even closer to Halsey and Knickerbocker.
Ward and Glynne ran the Alhambra if I am not mistaken, the same circuit that ran the ornate Patchogue Theater in Patchogue.
I wish there were some available interior historic photos of the Alhambra available online somewhere.
All in the Familiy Guy, I tried searching for the article mentioned by Warren above in the Dauly News website, but couldn’t find it. I also feel it would be important to post it. Warren probably saw it in the print version. I don’t get the print version, so was hoping to find it online, but tried searching their site. If anyone has better luck, please post the link here.
The RKO Bushwick stopped showing movies sometime during 1969. I am not sure what month. The Church moved in some time after that. I don’t know exactly how many years the church was in the RKO Bushwick before moving into the Gates Theater. The Gates may also have sat empty for a few years before the church moved in, so even if we find out when the church moved into the Gates, that doesn’t mean it’s the same year it closed.
Of course, once the church moved out of the RKO Bushwick Theater, it began it’s now infamous decline into complete shambels over the following 25 to 30 years…..
The RKO Bushwick stopped showing movies before the Loews Gates, if I am not mistaken. Actually, the church congregation that is now housed in the old Loews Gates Theater, originally started out in the RKO Bushwick Theater for a while. However, when the Loews Gates became available, they for some reason moved into there, and out of the Bushwick Theater.
Luis, no I don’t watch foreign films, just because I can’t handle the subtitles, or the dubbing either for that matter. I could probably take the dubbing easier than subtitles, I just can’t come to the movies to read instead of listen.
The last movie I saw at the Plaza was Ghostbusters, and that came out in 1984, so it was still open in 1984. It closed soon after that though, but I don’t know if it was a year or two years later.
Thank you for identifying the Park! The local.live image is the Park Theater.
But then we have another mystery….
This photo from forgotten.ny, is NOT the same building. it’s narrower, only has two stores, and the stores here are the 239 and 241 Beach 116th St address…. View link
I am trying to figure out where this photo of a “Hyperion Theater” is. Is this the Loews College, former Hyperion in New Haven? The only other Hyperion I can find on the site is in Corona, NY, and I doubt that is the Hyperion in this photo:
Here’s the photo: View link
Lost, yes, I mean this building from local.live.com
I cropped it and uploaded so those that are having problems can see it. It’s obviously not the same building as the forgotten.ny. photo’s building:
RJ, I didn’t see your message until now…
I am still confused now. Which theater is the Park Theater? The one in the aerial photo, or the one in the forgotten-NY photo?
The aerial photo at 150 Beach 116th shows a theater with three stores in front.
The forgotten NY photo, which you say is the Park Theater, only has two.
I meant Beach 116th St, sorry.
Anyway, that theater is not the theater in the photo from forgotten ny, because in the aerial photo of that theater at 150 Beach 116th, there are three stores in the old theater. The forgotten ny photo shows only two stores, side by side, the Curves, and the Deli.
Wait a minute, is this even the same theater as the Park? The opening address has 150 as the number, and the two businesses in the photo are 239 and 240? These aren’t like your normal mis-conception of addresses, these addresses aren’t even on the same side of the street as the theater is listed as an even number, and the businesses in the photo of the theater are odd numbers.
So which is wrong here, or does this photo belong in a different theater section?
Haha. Actually, it’s so nice to see all of those old theaters in print. I see the RKO Bushwick, RKO Keith’s Richmond Hill, RKO Flushing, and all the other RKOs all were showing it.
In that it’s true. Ridgewood was always a working class neighborhood, even when it was new. It probably never housed the more affluent types that would have liked that sort of show, and especially not in the 60’s.
Ridgewood has always been a stable, viable, working class area, so perhaps the Madison itself may have even been “too fancy” of a theater for the area, even when it was new!
The Ridgewood-Bushwick border was original a straight line cutting right through the streets there, as opposed to the zig-zag pattern they have now. I don’t know exactly when they zig-zagged the border as opposed the straight line though. Even so, the Alahmbra is only about two blocks out of Ridgewood now, perhaps when it was a straight line, the border was even closer to Halsey and Knickerbocker.
Ward and Glynne ran the Alhambra if I am not mistaken, the same circuit that ran the ornate Patchogue Theater in Patchogue.
I wish there were some available interior historic photos of the Alhambra available online somewhere.
But Bob was talking about the UA Quartet….
Ooops, I am sorry, I see you are Al the film guy, I truly thought it said “All in the Family”…..Sorry about that!!
All in the Familiy Guy, I tried searching for the article mentioned by Warren above in the Dauly News website, but couldn’t find it. I also feel it would be important to post it. Warren probably saw it in the print version. I don’t get the print version, so was hoping to find it online, but tried searching their site. If anyone has better luck, please post the link here.
So which regular poster here under an alias are you Art Theater, trying to rock the boat?
The RKO Bushwick stopped showing movies sometime during 1969. I am not sure what month. The Church moved in some time after that. I don’t know exactly how many years the church was in the RKO Bushwick before moving into the Gates Theater. The Gates may also have sat empty for a few years before the church moved in, so even if we find out when the church moved into the Gates, that doesn’t mean it’s the same year it closed.
Of course, once the church moved out of the RKO Bushwick Theater, it began it’s now infamous decline into complete shambels over the following 25 to 30 years…..
The RKO Bushwick stopped showing movies before the Loews Gates, if I am not mistaken. Actually, the church congregation that is now housed in the old Loews Gates Theater, originally started out in the RKO Bushwick Theater for a while. However, when the Loews Gates became available, they for some reason moved into there, and out of the Bushwick Theater.
Luis, no I don’t watch foreign films, just because I can’t handle the subtitles, or the dubbing either for that matter. I could probably take the dubbing easier than subtitles, I just can’t come to the movies to read instead of listen.
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The same situation applies to all of the Spanish speaking immigrants in Jackson Heights.
And what about all the non-Spanish speaking immigrants or residents in Jackson Heights having to have that annoyance flashing under the screen?
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* If it bothers you, then you should go to another theater.*
When another theater is not close or convenient?
[i]The same situation applies to all of the Spanish speaking immigrants in Jackson Heights.[\i]
And what about all the non-Spanish speaking immigrants or residents in Jackson Heights having to have that annoyance flashing under the screen?
[i] If it bothers you, then you should go to another theater.
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When another theater is not close or convenient?
This theater is a real beauty. I remember driving by it a couple years back when I was in LA. I had no idea it was so beautiful inside though!!
The last movie I saw at the Plaza was Ghostbusters, and that came out in 1984, so it was still open in 1984. It closed soon after that though, but I don’t know if it was a year or two years later.
Wow, thanks for that info!! I will have to check that out next time I am in the area!!
Thank you for identifying the Park! The local.live image is the Park Theater.
But then we have another mystery….
This photo from forgotten.ny, is NOT the same building. it’s narrower, only has two stores, and the stores here are the 239 and 241 Beach 116th St address….
View link
I am trying to figure out where this photo of a “Hyperion Theater” is. Is this the Loews College, former Hyperion in New Haven? The only other Hyperion I can find on the site is in Corona, NY, and I doubt that is the Hyperion in this photo:
Here’s the photo:
View link
Lost, yes, I mean this building from local.live.com
I cropped it and uploaded so those that are having problems can see it. It’s obviously not the same building as the forgotten.ny. photo’s building:
Click here for photo
Either way, the theater in the local live aerial photo at 150 is NOT the same theater as is in the forgotten NY photo.
RJ, I didn’t see your message until now…
I am still confused now. Which theater is the Park Theater? The one in the aerial photo, or the one in the forgotten-NY photo?
The aerial photo at 150 Beach 116th shows a theater with three stores in front.
The forgotten NY photo, which you say is the Park Theater, only has two.
I meant Beach 116th St, sorry.
Anyway, that theater is not the theater in the photo from forgotten ny, because in the aerial photo of that theater at 150 Beach 116th, there are three stores in the old theater. The forgotten ny photo shows only two stores, side by side, the Curves, and the Deli.
Well, I did a little more research into this….and there is definitely a theater at 150 Beach 115th St…
Here’s an aerial view of the old building:
View link
Wait a minute, is this even the same theater as the Park? The opening address has 150 as the number, and the two businesses in the photo are 239 and 240? These aren’t like your normal mis-conception of addresses, these addresses aren’t even on the same side of the street as the theater is listed as an even number, and the businesses in the photo of the theater are odd numbers.
So which is wrong here, or does this photo belong in a different theater section?
Here’s the photo from forgotten-ny:
View link
Haha. Actually, it’s so nice to see all of those old theaters in print. I see the RKO Bushwick, RKO Keith’s Richmond Hill, RKO Flushing, and all the other RKOs all were showing it.
In that it’s true. Ridgewood was always a working class neighborhood, even when it was new. It probably never housed the more affluent types that would have liked that sort of show, and especially not in the 60’s.
Ridgewood has always been a stable, viable, working class area, so perhaps the Madison itself may have even been “too fancy” of a theater for the area, even when it was new!
But the Madison isn’t/wasn’t located in a “predominatly black neighborhood”***. It never was, even when it was operating yet.
***Not that there’s anything wrong with that