Bell Cinema

801 Washington Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11238

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amby_moho
amby_moho on October 31, 2021 at 6:46 pm

This looks to have sadly been demolished and turned into a high-rise apartment by about 2017.

Astyanax
Astyanax on November 26, 2008 at 7:26 pm

Fascinating that specialty films ran in several Brooklyn neighborhoods in theaters like the Bell, the Astor, the St. George.

jflundy
jflundy on April 5, 2007 at 11:49 am

In 1937 there was a Crystal Theater listed in the Brooklyn telephone directory located at 327 Washington Avenue in Brooklyn. Does anyone know anything about it being listed under another name in a different time period ?

ataplow
ataplow on August 5, 2006 at 5:10 pm

Actually it was known as the Bell Cinema. It had a very ‘art deco’ marquee – very modern back then. I lived around the corner on Eastern Parkway when they opened it – 1936 or thereabouts sounds about right. Didn’t go too often as a kid unless I was with my parents seeing something they wanted to see. My only vivid memory is seeing Kind Hearts & Coronets while sitting in the balcony – I guess around 1949 or thereabouts.

Alan Taplow