Gem Theatre
3355 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn,
NY
11208
3355 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn,
NY
11208
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Previously operated by: Meyer & Schneider
Firms: Charles Infanger & Sons
Previous Names: Adelphi Thetare
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The Adelphi Theatre was a small neighborhood theatre in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn. It was opened in 1914. Alterations were made in 1938 and it reopened as the Gem Theatre in 1939. It was closed in 1954, and demolished in 1955.
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Thank you, onni, for revealing your age, and for contributing to a theater page that I started. I hope Karl B returns to this site, and that you, being several years older, and apparently quite knowledgable, are able to answer some of his questions, and clear up some mysteries.
Thanks for coming here.
The correct spelling is “competitor”, and thanks for asking. Poor spelling is one of my bete-noirs, bugbears, and pet peeves.
Please check out Tapeshare’s Cypress Hills – East New York site, the link to which is several posts above this one.
I am familiar with this neighborhood because my father’s parents and sister lived at 169 Chestnut Street from sometime between 1956 and 1960, to summer 1968, when they moved to Woodhaven.
Here’s a photo of the Gem Theater. I assume it’s the bank building on the corner:
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Sorry, but that is not a photo of the Gem Theater. The Gem
was torn down to make room for the expansion of that bank building
and a parking lot/drive thru. The Adelphi/Gem sat where that
parking lot is now.
As Onni confirmed, the Adelphi
was renovated and a CO dated July 25, 1932 was issued after
the renovation.
I thought it was where that lot was, but in the description above it says, “Use: Bank” and that’s what confused me. Then it should be changed above to “Closed/Demolished” if it was in fact where that parking lot is.
I can see your confusion. The tax lots and addresses were
merged over time so when people research this they often
get thrown off. If you visit my website you can see a lot
of shots of the area over time. Unfortunately a shot of
the Gem has eluded me so far.
For some reason I cannot open the link to the picture that you provide. I worked for the bank in 1955 when it was known as the Hamburg Savings Bank. the bank had the theatre and two store fronts razed to double the size of the bank building, and create a drive in banking window. The Gem was located in the middle of the block, just about half way between Crescent and Hemlock Sts. If the parking lot is still there that is where most of the Gem stood.
Karl B, good to have you back ! I was hoping you would be. I hope you are well. You could certainly help in these Gem and Embassy Theater discussions !
The Complete Street Guide to Brooklyn, 1939 World’s Fair Edition, lists the Adelphi Theater at 3355 Fulton Street.
Is the building the bank using the old theater?
My grandparents lived on Campus Pl., right behind The Gem. The bank used to be The Hamburg Savings Bank.