Merrick Theater

163-06 Jamaica Avenue,
Jamaica, NY 11432

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Modernized auditorium (1939)

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Comfortably Cool on January 28, 2016 at 9:38 am

Fluorescent murals flanked the proscenium…The firm of John & Drew Eberson handled the complete modernization of the theatre, in anticipation of the New York World’s Fair. Costs were shared by the Skouras circuit, which operated the Merrick, and Century Theatres, which owned it.