Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn
445 Albee Square West,
Brooklyn,
NY
11201
445 Albee Square West,
Brooklyn,
NY
11201
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Operated by: Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas
Functions: Movies (First Run)
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Manager:
718.513.2547
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After a failed attempt to renovate the Metro Theatre(it has its own page on Cinema Treasures) on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Alamo Drafthouse finally makes their long-awaited New York City debut at Downtown Brooklyn’s City Point, an up-and-coming residential-retail complex, built on the rear portion of the site of the RKO Albee Theatre(it has its own page on Cinema Treasures). The theatre made its soft opening on October 21, 2016, and made its official opening on October 28, 2016 with a total seating capacity of 840-seats in its 7-screens.
Alamo’s signature in-theatre dining and customized pre-shows are integral to the Alamo Drafthouse moviegoing experience, and this location bears no different. All 7 screens are equipped with Sony 4K projectors and QSC sound systems. Theater 1 is also equipped for 35mm screenings and Theatre 7 is equipped for 70mm presentations.
In early-February 2024 work commenced on renovations and an expansion from 7 to 12 screens. The theatre remained opened during the renovations. In May 2024 new recliner seats were installed reducing the total seating capacity to 796-seats. In early-July 2024 screens 9 & 11 opened 49 & 35-seats respectively. Screen 8 opened in July 2024 with 68-seats, Screen 10 with 67-seats and Screen 12 with 53-seats. The total seating capacity became 798-seats.
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From Alamo Drafthouse Since first opening its doors in 2016, our Downtown Brooklyn location has been a cornerstone of our little cinema company. It was our first foray into NYC, and we’re extremely proud of the community of moviegoers that have built up around it – but even the Mona Lisa needs to get some work done every once in a while. On February 5th and 6th, we’ll be closing our doors to begin work on a comprehensive remodel and expansion, including new seats, more screens, new projectors, and more bathrooms.
First up, the seats. Every single auditorium will be getting a plushy, ultra-comfy upgrade in the form of premium recliner seats. Not only will they be more comfortable and afford you a better view of the screen, they each come with their own swivel table. Now you can swing your popcorn and beer right to your face, just as the good lord intended. We’ll be updating our seats a few auditoriums at a time, but we plan to have the first batch installed and ready for your butt soon.
In addition to the updates we’re making to our existing auditoriums, we’ll be doing a massive five screen expansion. This nearly doubles our screen count, which means more movies and more awesome events for you. It also means more bathrooms, as we’ll be adding a few more of those by our new auditoriums as well.
Every auditorium will also be getting a big upgrade in the form of state-of-the-art Laser projectors, with select auditoriums receiving RealD 3D, 70mm, and 35mm capabilities.
As always, we’ll continue to do everything we can to provide you the best cinema experience possible, but we kindly ask that you be patient with us and excuse any dust. After we open back up on 2/07 we’ll be running a limited menu through 2/13 of appetizers, pizzas, drinks, and a few other favorites. This will allow us to continue to provide the best service possible throughout the renovation process, but we apologize if your burger cravings go unsated for a little while.
That’s it for now, but be sure to check back here and our social channels for all the latest updates on Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn’s transformation. Until then, we’ll see you at the movies (just not on 2/05 or 2/06).
Alamo is currently installing recliners in every auditorium in the orginal 7 screens, currently screen 3 and 6 are full recliners. When the location open, it was originally the first row only. It looks like each house so far only lost about 9-10 seats.
New reclining seats, same narrow width. Not much room for one’s elbows. If you have people on either side and then move the table towards you it’s something like being strapped into a high chair. By middle of next week six of the original screens will be back in service with #5 just about done and #4 not far behind. I was told sometime in July for the expansion to be completed.
I thought Alamo went into bankruptcy and closed all their theaters. I know some were taken over by Sony in Texas
not all their theatres. Amazing what typing words into search engines can do…
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/alamo-drafthouse-theaters-close-bankrupt-1236027457/
New screens 9 and 11 are now open. According to the capacity signs - 8-68, 9-49, 10-67, 11-35, 12-53: for a total of 272 more seats in 5 screens when all are in operation.
Has just been renamed Spike Lee Cinema in honor of the revered filmmaker. News article here
Please rename it back to Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn, the official website of the theatre hasn’t change it to the Spike Lee Cinema, maybe one of the screens is dedciated to him. Until the website changes the name, please put it back to the original hame.
Total Seats: 1018
Theatre 1 95 seats (35MM)
Theatre 2 35
Theatre 3 70
Theatre 4 107
Theatre 5 101 (REALD 3D)
Theatre 6 159
Theatre 7 179 (REALD 3D) (70MM)
Theatre 8 68
Theatre 9 49
Theatre 10 67
Theatre 11 35
Theatre 12 53
On September 12, 2024 the theatre was dedicated to Spike Lee Cinema, but the official name is still Downtown Brooklyn.
Pictures of the renovations and the placque in the photos section.
Labor problems and declining attendance threaten to shut down the Alamo Drafthouse chain. Click here