Pioneer Theatre
83 Pioneer Street,
Brooklyn,
NY
11231
83 Pioneer Street,
Brooklyn,
NY
11231
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A small theater located in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. The Pioneer Theatre was opened around December 1921. It was designed by architect Charles Merner.
The Pioneer Theatre was closed in 1955. In 1957, alterations were made for it to become a meeting hall. It was later used for storage, and today is in use as a medical center.
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The Pioneer (sc. 524—sometimes listed as 600) opened around 1922 and closed in 1955.
The Pioneer Theatre building is currently (June 2006), in use as Health Centre.
LostMemory;The building bounds two streets Richards Street & Pioneer Street (I am presuming the entrance was on the corner). There is actually more of the building running along Richards (the length of the auditorium) than Pioneer (the width of the theatre). So it must be the same theatre building which opened on your 1921 date.
There has been a new finish given to the exterior, but at the top of the building above what I presume to be the corner entrance, there are just faint traces of original decorative detail to be seen.
Film Daily Yearbook’s editions 1926 & 1927 give a seating capacity of 600. The 1930, 1941 & 1947 editions of F.D.Y. all give a seating capacity of 524.
Here is a June 2006 photograph I took of of the Pioneer Theatre:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/199875072/
My father owned this theatre when it closed in 1955. I have memories of watching Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis and Mario Lanza movies and being there every Saturday along with my sister. I would appreciate any history of the theatre.