Utica Theater
1410 St. Johns Place,
Brooklyn,
NY
11213
1410 St. Johns Place,
Brooklyn,
NY
11213
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Fox Circuit, Randforce Amusement Corp.
Architects: R. Thomas Short
Functions: Retail
Styles: Neo-Classical
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This theater was on St. Johns Place, just west of Utica Avenue in Brooklyn. The Utica Theater opened on February 12, 1920. It was equipped with a Kimball 13 ranks organ.
After closing in 1954, the theater was converted into a supermarket from 1955 and continued to function in this use until 2018 when it was converted into retail units.
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ALLAN F HYATT
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The Utica Theatre was certainly not demolished as seen here in my exterior photographs taken in May 2006;
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/183677633/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/183678375/
The Film Daily Yearbook;1926 and 1927 edition’s give an address at 1416 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn and a seating capacity of 1,628. In the 1930 edition of F.D.Y. the street address is given as 1410 St. Johns Place with a seating capacity of 1,508. Operated by Randforce Theatres from at least 1941, it closed in 1954 and is now in use as a MET Supermarket.
Does any of the original ornamentation of this theater reamin in the supermarket? The exterior is quite attractive, even today.
The Utica is the only theater in the neighborhood that fits the timing and description of the proposed house mentioned in an April, 1919 issue of The American Architect:
It looks like A. Stockhammer’s involvement in this theater project ended soon after the notice in the April issue of The American Architect was published, and the new developer, Isaac Miller, switched architects.
Minutes of a May 27, 1919, meeting of the NYC Board of Appeals say that permission was granted for a theater to be built on the property at 1408-1420 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn. The application had been made on May 5 by R. Thomas Short, on behalf of owner Isaac Miller.
The minutes of a December 9, 1919, meeting of the Board of Appeals establish that R. Thomas Short was the architect of the theater then under construction at 1408-1420 St. Johns Place.
I have tried lately but why are some owners/managers against people taking pictures of interiors?
The Met is out and Rainbow Shops are in, also an additional 3 storefronts. All of the façade is covered now. A Shame.