Architect: Fred Wentworth
Opened 1928 with the silent movie “The Dove” and the stage show “Sky Blues”.
Organ: Wurlitzer
Seats: 4,332
Closed as a movie theater April 20th, 1978
The proscenium arch is modelled after the Rialto Bridge in Venice.
The theatre was an “atmospheric”.
The church still retains this feature.
Many of the surviving wall paintings are by Willy Pogany.
New Building 1921
Opened 1922, seating capacity 1427
Architect: Groneberg & Leuchtag
Kimball organ
At one time part of the following chains: Fox, Randforce, UA
closed late 1970s later reopened.
Not only is it the last Williamsburg theatre, it is also the last along Brooklyn’s Broadway
(an area once lined with theaters).
Architect: Fred Wentworth
Opened 1928 with the silent movie “The Dove” and the stage show “Sky Blues”.
Organ: Wurlitzer
Seats: 4,332
Closed as a movie theater April 20th, 1978
The proscenium arch is modelled after the Rialto Bridge in Venice.
The theatre was an “atmospheric”.
The church still retains this feature.
Many of the surviving wall paintings are by Willy Pogany.
New Building 1921
Opened 1922, seating capacity 1427
Architect: Groneberg & Leuchtag
Kimball organ
At one time part of the following chains: Fox, Randforce, UA
closed late 1970s later reopened.
Not only is it the last Williamsburg theatre, it is also the last along Brooklyn’s Broadway
(an area once lined with theaters).