Meserole Theatre
723 Manhattan Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11222
723 Manhattan Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11222
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Greenpoint was a post-high school hangout of mine, 1973 to 1976.
Warren I used to hang out on the stoop next door of the Meserole on Loimer with my friends Paulette, Eddie, Zowie and others. We had so much fun in those day’s in the 60’s. I was in High School then. Loved hanging out in Greenpoint.
An update on the Chopin photo I posted above, apparently, the Burger King has moved out of the lobby area (see Chopin section).
Yes it is fun to find people who enjoy sharing these memories. I also enjoy seeing the old photos.
You’re welcome, Anniegirl. It’s easy and fun to write such pleasant memories.
Thanks to all for the info on the Chopin. Gee you guy’s are so informed on things. It’s great corresponding with you all. Anniegirl
That building is definitely the Chopin. You can see the eagle on top if you look closely. That eagle is still on top of the Burger King that is housed in the former lobby area.
Here’s a photo I took of the Chopin about two years ago:
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It was the Chopin’s location. That is the intersection of Manhattan Avenue and Greenpoint Avenue looking north on Manhattan Avenue and the theater is on the east side of Manhattan Avenue (exactly where the Chopin was). Many of the buildings in the picture are relatively unchanged to this date. (aside from thactual businesses in the storefronts).
As Warren said, the Chopin was not a large theater. As I pointed out earrlier, Not for Publication was a 1927 movie and the picture is dated 1928. There is no question that this is The Chopin (or whatever name it went under in 1928).
No Warren, Look at the picture that says Not for Publication, it is on the Northeast side of Manhattan Ave towards Long Island City. We are trying to guess what the business was. It does not look like the building that housed the Chopin but I could be wrong. Anniegirl
yeh Bob D and That moviehouse in the foreground that says Not for Publication of the pic looks like a meathouse our a vaudville pic place. We need to research that place out just to see what it really is. Anniegirl
The picture of the Chopin is the corner of Greenpoint Ave and Manhattan Ave. I do not know of any theater (nor do I see any) as far north as Freeman Street. The northernmost one that I knew in Greenpoint was the Chopin.
Anniegirl, the Arion Theater is # 4617 on this site.
Dear Bob D the pic showing Norman Ave is the Fox which probably became the Meserole Theater. The other I do not know because Freeman Street is past Greenpoint Ave going Northwest. Anniegirl
Does anyone remember that new movies came out on Wednesday instead of Friday (occasionally on a Friday). This was at least in the 1960’s / 1970’s when I hung out at the Meserole.
Sorry. I posted the link to the Chopin again in the previous post.
Here is the link to the Meserole:
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The Meserole was in another picture on the same page:
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Here is the link to the entire page of photos:
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The building that I mentioned in the May 13th post is definitely the Chopin, which is now a Burger King.
Bob I meant North West not West. That building in the foreground was at the very end of Greenpoint near the canal.Anniegirl
Bob I do not think it is the meserole because the pic is facing West and the meserole was south east of Greenpoint Avenue. Anniegirl
hey Bob I went to the Chopin when it first opened in Greenpoint. It was a rather small theater. My Wedding reception was at the Polainse Terrace across the street in 1970. I knew the owner Vincent. Great Guy. Lots of memories in Greenpoint for me. I used to go to Trunz Meat Market located next to St. Anthony’s Church and I bought my Christmas Tree (Mountain King) on Manhattan Ave at the Christmas Tree store 2 doors down from Trunz. Fun Times in Greenpoint. Anniegirl
There is a link to Grennpoint photos on an earlier posting to show a 1931 photo of The Meserole. On the same page is another photo of Manhattan Ave near Greenpoint Ave from 1928.
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If you look carefully at the right side of the photo is a movie marquee with the words “Not For Publication”. This is where a theater that I knew as The Chopin stood. IMDB does show that there was in fact a 1927 movie by that title.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142704/
I just went to Eddie’s last Sunday. Homemade ice cream and whipped cream in a great atmosphere. This is the way it ought to be. I’m also happy to see that the Cinemart is still there and still going well. That’s another place I would go to see movies once in a while in the 1980’s.
Dear PKoch. I remembered later on where the Arion was. and Yes I lived in Kew Gardens for 25 years and I always went to Eddie’s Sweet Shop. A great place for Ice Cream and all of his trinkets in the window case. Is Eddie still there? The cinemart is a pretty good place to catch a movie, but not the nostalgia moviehouses I am accostom to such as the Met and Albee downtown brooklyn. I now live in Suffolk County and all there is is Multiplex Moviehouses like Island 16 where they serve food at your seat if you sit in the Director’s Studio at a fee of $12.00.
Anniegirl, I was last in the Cinemart Saturday August 6 2005 to see the Tom Cruise – Stephen Spielberg “War Of The Worlds”, after having a hot fudge sundae at Eddie’s Sweet Shop nearby, so, yes, I know what it’s like inside now.
The Arion was on the south side of Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village, half a block east of 73rd Place, almost directly across Metropolitan Avenue from Kopp’s Bakery and Scheinfeld’s Men’s and Boy’s Clothing Store.
Dear PKoch, you know that the Cinemart is redone now and the inside is still the same. I remember the Arion, but the address escapes me was it in Forest Hills somewhere? Or was it on Metropolitan Ave in Middele Village? Anniegirl
I remember the Arion Theater very well. It was a dollar cheaper than the Ridgewood and the Madison. I have probably posted many movie memories on its page, on this website.
The first film I recall seeing there was “Marooned” in spring 1970. It was returned to theaters after the Apollo 13 astronuats got back safely in April 1970. The last film I saw there was part of “Terms Of Endearment” in late April 1984. I say “part” because I got bored with it, left, and went east on Metropolitan Avenue to see “The Right Stuff” at the CineMart in Forest Hills.
I next walked past the Arion in October 1984 when it was showing “Buckaroo Banzai” with Christopher Lloyd, but saw “Places In The Heart” at the Forest Hills Theater on Continental Avenue instead. Now that theater is gone, too. The last film I saw there was “Primary Colors” with John Travolta and Emma Thompson, Saturday March 21, 1998. It was the 50th birthday of the friend whom I saw it with.
In between, I saw “Carrie”, “Logan’s Run” and “Looking For Mr. Goodbar” at the Arion in January and December of 1977, respectively.