Melrose Theatre

421 E. 161st Street,
Bronx, NY 10451

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 24, 2008 at 2:50 am

From Boxoffice magazine, 1/9/38:

The Melrose, 417 E. 161st St., is now being operated by Jacar Theaters, Inc. The Jersey City Holding Company, Inc., has acquired the Strand, East Orange, N.J.

shoeshoe14
shoeshoe14 on July 31, 2007 at 12:32 am

I biked by here the other day and noticed it too. It didn’t look to grand. I find it hard to believe that it sat more than 1,000 but the facade is very nice. Upon close inspection of one of the friezes, (the one in the picture didn’t show what I saw), there was a date of “March 19, 1921”. Was this the date of the decorative piece?

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on August 27, 2006 at 4:40 pm

Two photographs I took of the Melrose Theatre in June 2005:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/226224030/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/226224754/

charliek
charliek on September 12, 2004 at 8:40 pm

Considering its age, this is still a handsome building, with some nice detail on the facade. To view some recent pics, click here:
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