Stone Theatre
389 Mother Gaston Boulevard,
Brownsville,
Brooklyn,
NY
11212
389 Mother Gaston Boulevard,
Brownsville,
Brooklyn,
NY
11212
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Previously operated by: Fox Circuit, Randforce Amusement Corp.
Architects: Samuel Cohen
Functions: Supermarket
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Named for the avenue on which it was situated, the Stone Theatre was opened in 1920, and operated for most of its life by the Randforce Circuit, though it was briefly part of William Fox’s empire during his buying spree in the late-1920’s. It was equipped with a Wurlitzer 2 manual 9 ranks organ.
It should be noted that Stone Avenue is now known as Mother Gaston Boulevard. The Stone Theatre is in the block between Pitkin Avenue and Belmont Avenue. That’s the Brownsville-East New York section of Brooklyn.
It was closed in 1966, and was converted into a supermarket in 1967, the facade modified. It became a Pioneer supermarket and by 2017 is a Cherry Valley supermarket. By 2024 it was a Fine Fare supermarket.
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Recent comments (view all 18 comments)
@ fatman saw the picture, was demolished before i was born ( 1944).
Family moved to brownsville in 1947, one of the first families in brownsville housing project, but i know the area.the Dr. Betty Shabazz public school( formly p.s 298) and a park is there now, it is surrounded by the Howard houses projects.
@peetgirl I lived, worked or played in Brownsville, Ocean hill and ENY for many years. I love to learn and know about what was there before me. I remember bakers were bakers, grocers were grocers, etc. I went to JHS 64 and FK Lane. I am part of an FK LANE HS group on facebook, I maintain a JHS 64 page on MySpace and I belong to “Places in NYC and LI that are no more” group. I am sharing a photo of Belmont Avenue where my parents went to shop once a month, I am looking for photos of Blake Avenue pushcarts also. I know the area of the Howard houses well also since I had a sponsor a Carpet Store on Rockaway Avenue, lived on Pacific St and a friend of mind had a garage on Stone and ENY Ave. Take a look at:
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@Fatman, Have you ever went to brooklynpix.com they have pictures of brownsville up to 1952. I went to david marcus j.h.s 263 and Clara Barton h.s. was the blake ave market in E.N.Y.? I remember a carpet store on rockaway, lived on rockaway bet sutter and blake.
Thanks for the information Fatman and peetgirl.
Thanks Fatman and peetgirl. Evidently the theatre I was looking for was the Liberty.
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They give the address as 61 Liberty Avenue. “It had a second entrance on Stone Avenue.”
I lived at 247 Stone Ave and remember the closed theater when I was a kid. My brothers would play inside the building. I would love to see an old photo of the theater itsellf
I also went to the school at Stone and Glenmore. In 1942 it was known as PS 84. My grandfather was the janitor at the school and I went to Kindergarten there
At the lower right corner of this page of the July 3, 1922, issue of Exhibitors Trade Review is a photo of the auditorium of a Brooklyn house called the Stone Avenue Theatre. It doesn’t look quite large enough to have held the 1,552 seats we have listed for the Stone Theatre (I’d guess more like 1,100-1,200), so I’m wondering if it is the same house or not, or if perhaps the Stone was later expanded.
For all you fans who frequented Brownsville’s theaters I am pleased to announce the release of Brooklyn’s Historic Brownsville, a 228-page hardcover photographic history of Brownsville including images of the Pitkin, Sutter, Ambassador, Stone and others, as well as the schools, synagogues and institutions that were the heart of this neighborhood. For more details visit www.tapeshare.com/BrownsvilleBook.html
Showed Spanish language films in 1964, photo added. It is Fine-Fare Supermarket as of October 2024 Google Street View.