Sheridan Theatre

1149 Liberty Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11208

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tapeshare
tapeshare on May 3, 2010 at 8:26 pm

I found an article from a 1917 Brooklyn Eagle that makes reference to 4 obscure theaters in the East New York area, including the Sheridan. It reads “A big motion picture carnival has been arranged by the Home Defense League of the 153rd District, East New York.."
It goes on to name the Sheridan, the Cleveland (On Pitkin and Cleveland, I don’t believe that is listed on this site), the Norwood,
(listed as Fulton and Richmond? we know it as Fulton and Hale) and the Sheffield on Sheffield Avenue. Ironically only the Sheridan lasts in the sound era yet all of these are still standing!
This article gives us an interesting time stamp for these theaters, and raises one mystery. Was the Norwood originally on Richmond Street, and then turned into the Embassy, with a "new” Norwood appearing in the building that would become Hale Lanes?