Newkirk Theatre

Actually, the Newkirk Theater was NOT located over the Brighton Line Newkirk Ave station. It was across the street of East 16, on the east side of East 16th. The station on Newkirk Plaza is on the west side of the street, between East 16th and Marlborough Road. An A&P supermarket was there in the 1960s and presently, there is a C Town.

The Newkirk Theater was located over the BRT Brighton Line Newkirk Avenue station circa 1916 to 1933. This was an express stop on the rapid transit system from downtown Brooklyn to Coney Island. In 1922 the BRT became the BMT and then in 1940 the BMT Division of the Board of Transportation of the City of New York and circa 1953 the Transit Authority. The nearby Leader Theater on Coney Island Avenue which was newer, bigger and better spelled the doom of this small house.