Kingsbridge Theatre

15 E. Kingsbridge Road,
Bronx, NY 10468

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Previously operated by: Grob & Knobel

Architects: Irving Margon

Functions: Supermarket

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Kingsbridge Theatre

The Kingsbridge Theatre opened on January 26, 1922, located on E. Kingsbridge Road near Jerome Avenue. It had seating for 1,125 and was equipped with a 2 manual, 6 rank Wurlitzer organ. The theatre closed by the early-1950’s and has served as a supermarket for many years.

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Ken Roe
Ken Roe on August 27, 2006 at 4:20 pm

Two photographs of the Kingsbridge Theatre that I took in June 2005 from the Elevated platform of the Metro at Kingsbridge Road Station:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/226585773/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/226586269/

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on February 12, 2012 at 6:06 am

The April 28, 1921, issue of Engineering News-Record said that architect and engineer I. Margon was preparing plans for a theater and store building, 138x160 feet, on Kingsbridge Road at Jerome Avenue.

A few years after this theater was built, architect Irving Margon, then in partnership with Adolph Holder, would design, in association with Emery Roth, one of New York City’s iconic apartment buildings, the twin-towered Eldorado Apartments at 300 Central Park West.

rickenlouie
rickenlouie on May 6, 2013 at 12:55 pm

As a kid I worked there after it was converted to an A&P food market. Never knew it was a theater.

Willburg145
Willburg145 on July 4, 2017 at 9:18 am

I wonder if it was an ornate interior.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on January 17, 2019 at 12:17 am

The Theatre Historical Society says that the Kingsbridge Theatre opened on January 26, 1922. The house had a 2 manual, 6 rank Wurlitzer organ, opus 472.

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