Cobble Hill Cinemas
265 Court Street,
Brooklyn,
NY
11231
265 Court Street,
Brooklyn,
NY
11231
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Please update, became a twin on September 24, 1982, Triplex on March 25, 1988 and a fiveplex on July 19, 1991
Please update, total seats 635 Theatre 1 133 Theatre 2 211 Theatre 3 83 Theatre 4 106 Theatre 5 102 Source: Cobble Hill Cinema ticketing system
Numerous images taken by patrons of Cobble Hill Cinemas can be viewed here
In anticipation of Halloween, the Cobble Hill is among venues participating in the 2019 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, currently running through October 24th. Full program and other details can be found here
When was it built? Any photos of the original interior? I went there today to see Victoria and Abdul. Interesting little place. I’ll be going back since the early movies are 9 bucks.
I will always remember it as the Lido, @Iamma9… was your mom the matron up to the 60s or just early 50s? as a kid going to Sat. matinee we would drive the poor matron nuts(Sorry if it was your mom). my mom and grandmother knew Louie Cohen, in the days(mid late 40s-early 50s)with much less traffic in the street my irish setter would roam the street even being crossed by a cop at times. he would make a stop outside the Lido and relieve himself on the tri-angle ad in the street showing coming attractions, Louie would asked my grannie to tell my mom please dont let your dog piss on my sign as its turning colors. my grandmother would always sit in the back row of the Lido and talk to the screen, we seen many double features in the 50s/60s for 25 cents and Sat.
This place has charm. Glad it’s still open.
Very nice looking theatre.thanks for the picture.
Here is an eye-popping, two-sided handbill for the Lido Theatre circa 1937. The Hurricane was playing. One side is in full color. I think this item is for sale on ebay. View link It’s really cool.
Was there for the first time on Sunday to see Frost/Nixon. Small theatre, the line outside, yep. The “main” theatre inside is quite small but has a high ceiling. We had to truck it up 2 flights to our theatre and it was quite cramped. The seats were bucket seats like in a coupe and didn’t recline, rather they were oblique to begin with and my rather large legs had no room at all.
My Mother worked at the lido theater as the matron and cashier when Louie Cohen owned it. (early 50’s) We lived on Carroll st. and I remember walking up president with my father to go there. Sometimes Louie would watch us while my mom cashiered. They also owned the candy store across from PS 32. where we went to school.
THE ONLY THEATER IN NY TO PICK UP POSTAL….
in response to film101, i work at the cobble hill and he’s way out of line. i know for a fact that this person was totally unprofessional and ran a film festival for ten years and did everything an hour before the first screening. of course everything went wrong. he hooked up a 220volt projector without letting anyone know by his own technician using jumpers directly to a rectifier. he could have burnt down the building. he shorted out three power supplies. the sound systems are all dolby with QSC state of the art amps. the two auditoriums are also digital, DTS and Dolby Digital. he’s taking out his frustration on the wrong theatre. take some blame yourself for being so unprepared to run the festival properly.
What’s interesting in the directory is that the New Cine Lido and the Rex Theater are both listed at 265 Court, but have different phone numbers. Perhaps one of the addresses is a typo.
Advertised as the New Cine Lido in the 1972-73 Brooklyn yellow pages.
Thanks for sharing.
i rented this theater for an event and it was a technical nightmare from the very start. the equipment (booth) is antiquated and not taken care of, the projectionists work in an unsafe environment (i.e. exposed wires), the sound system is old and the entire theater needs to be rewired completely, the management is rude and unwilling to accommodate very basic requests. do not rent this theater.
I made my first visit to the Cobble Hill Cinema a few weeks ago and it seems to duplicate and be run in the same manner as the Kew Gardens Cinema. I had never been in Cobble Hill before as far as I can recall, though I’ve lived in NYC since ‘82 and actually lived in nearby Park Slope for my first six months in NYC.
The Cinema is kind of a bar bones deal, but does have some charm and the matinee price is right. I paid $11 to see a movie at the Angelika last Friday and $11 to see a sepia print of Altman’s THAT COLD DAY IN THE PARK at the IFC the same day. These outer borough arthouses are a great bargain if you are patient enough to wait for the art films to move here.
I’ve never been here but may do a double-bill of NOTES ON A SCANDAL & PERFUME, both opening at this theatre. The bargain matinee prices have risen though, it is now $6. The theatre has the same policy as the art house in Kew Gardens Queens, $6 M-F before 5, all day Tuesday & Thursday, and first shows, before 2, on weekends & holidays. I go to BAM quite a bit and this is only one or two subway stops further.
It was called the Rex during the 70’s, and it played “Kung Fu” movies, and alot of B films. I loved it. I once stayed there for eight hours watching “Go Ape” the first four Planet of the Apes movies in a row. My mother had to come and take me home.
I remember during ‘70and '80s this thearter was known as the Rex cinema. or i’m thinkinking of another theater
I assume that at some point those painted glass fanlights seen in a few interior shots above the front doorways actually had daylight shining through them. I wonder when or why they were bricked over? And that shot at the end of the Mandees entrance… where and what is that?
This was certainly known as the Lido Theatre, listed in Film Daily Yearbooks from 1926 through to at least 1957. Seating capacity given as 600.
cool place to see all types of films.. the rates are great with many bargain shows.. $5.50 all day and night on tues and thurs.. they have all new seats in the theatres also.. looking good.. lobby still small and u got to wait outside before film.. recommend buying tickets earlier and just show up about 10 minutes before showtime and go right in
The porno movie theatre on Court Street may have been converted to a multiplex theatre….not sure but I think so. It’s been a while since I’ve been to the old neighborhood.