135 Brooklyn Theatres!

A to L M to Z

Courtesy of the New York City Municipal Archives, the Museum of the City of New York,
Cinema Treasures, the Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn.com, and the Library of Congress.

Photos were taken in 1940, unless otherwise indicated. Below is a simple listing of all the theatres shown here.

Majestic	Marboro	Marcy	Mayfair	Mermaid	Meserole	Midway
Model	Monroe	Mozart	Nassau	National	New Brighton	New Montauk
New Singer	New United	Nostrand	Novelty	Oxford	Parkside	Parkway
People's Cinema	Plaza	Premier	Rainbow	Rialto	Rio Piedras	RKO Albee
RKO Bushwick	RKO Greenpoint	RKO Madison	RKO Orpheum	RKO Prospect	RKO Shore Road	RKO Tivoli
Rogers	Rugby	Savoy	St. George's Playhouse	Stanley	Star	Stone
Strand	Subway	Supreme	Surf	Sutter	Towne	Traymore
Triangle	Utica	Vanity	Venus	Wagner	Waldorf	Werba's
Williamsburg Playhouse	Willougby	Windsor	Saratoga

Majestic Theatre, 651 Fulton Street

Marboro Theatre, 681 Belt Parkway

Marcy Theatre, 302 Broadway

Mayfair Theatre, 920 Avenue U

Mermaid Theatre, 2816 Mermaid Avenue

Meserole Theatre, 723 Manhattan Avenue

Midway Theatre, 1059 Manhattan Avenue

Model Theatre, 131 Lee Avenue

Monroe Theatre, 4 Howard Avenue

Mozart Theatre, 1525 Avenue

Nassau Theatre, 88 Nassau Avenue

National Theatre, 720 Washington Avenue

New Brighton Theatre, 3101 Ocean Parkway

New Montauk Theatre, Livingston Street and Hanover Place
1906

New Singer Theatre, 375 Stone Avenue

New United Theatre, 207 Myrtle Avenue

Nostrand Theatre
2817 Nostrand Avenue
Courtesy of Brooklyntheatreindex.com

Novelty Theatre, 7800 Street
circa 1912

Oxford Theatre, 552 State Street

Parkside Theatre, 728 Flatbush Avenue

Parkway (formerly Rolland) Theatre, 1768 St. John's Place

People's Cinema, 781 Saratoga Avenue

Plaza Theatre, 312 Flatbush Avenue

Premier Theatre, Sutter and Hinsdale Avenue

Rainbow Theatre, 167 Graham Avenue

Rialto Theatre, 1085 Flatbush Avenue

Rio Pedras Theatre, 912 Broadway

RKO Albee Theatre, 1 Dekalb Avenue
1925

RKO Bushwick Theatre, 1396 Broadway
1911

RKO Greenpoint Theatre, 825 Manhattan Avenue

RKO Orpheum Theatre, 578 Fulton Street

RKO Prospect Theatre, 327 9th Avenue
1966
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.

RKO Shore Road, 435 86th Street

RKO Tivoli Theatre, 167 Graham Avenue

Rogers Theatre, 835 Broadway

Rugby Theatre, 823 Utica Avenue

Savoy Theatre, 1515 Bedford Avenue

St. George's Playhouse, 100 Pineapple Street

Stanley Theatre, 7415 5th Avenue

Star Theatre, 389 Jay Street

Stone Theatre, 389 Stone Avenue

Strand Theatre, 647 Fulton Street
1918?
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.

Subway Theatre, 158 Myrtle Avenue

Supreme Theatre, 530 Livonia Avenue

Surf Theatre, Surf Avenue and W. 32nd Street

Sutter Theatre, 1 Sutter Avenue

Towne Theatre, 327 Washingt0n Street

Traymore Theatre, 4611 Avenue N

Triangle Theatre, 1205 Quentin Road

Utica Theatre, 1410 St. John's Place

Vanity Theatre, 5612 5thAvenue

Venus Theatre, 1224 Prospect Avenue

Wagner Theatre, 110 Wyckoff Avenue

Waldorf Theatre, 9401 Church Avenue

Werba's Theatre, 409 Flatbush Avenue Extension (and Fulton Street)
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.

Williamsburg Playhouse, 279 Broadway

Willoughby Theatre, 260 Knickerbocker Avenue

Windsor Theatre, 4001 15th Avenue
1933
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.

Saratoga Theatre, 201 Saratoga Avenue
(closed in 1921)