Classic Theatre
180 Tompkins Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11206
180 Tompkins Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11206
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The theatre may or may not have been a classic, but it served its neighborhood well for many years with late-run double features. The Classic Theatre was opened in 1916. In 1923 it was equipped with a Wurlitzer 2manual 3ranks theatre organ. The Classic Theatre was closed in 1942.
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Warren G. Harris
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I find no listing for this theatre after 1950. It may have closed or changed names.
The classic Theater building’s status can be changed from unknown. It is the “People’s Church of Apostolic faith”. It looked similar to the Wyckoff Theater and Mozart Theater.
Here is a photo I took of the building yesterday:
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Did the same owners run both the Wyckoff Theater and the Classic Theater?
The buildings are identical twins!!!
Click here for a photo of the Wyckoff (linked above), and compare to the classic linked above.
I’m sorry, I posted a bad link to the Classic Theater Above:
Here is the proper link for the Classic Theater photo
Argh!!! One last time, this time I promise it’s the right link!
Click here for the proper link to the Classic Theater Photo I took
Thanks Warren for the posting, Bway for the photo. Over the years I have passed by this theatre innumerable times, never realizing its history. As much as we appreciate the role of the ornate movie palaces, the simple, often non-descript “storefront” movie houses played a vital role in the neighborshoods they served.
I wonder if they put one into the Wyckoff the same year. The buildings are 100% identical.
Here’s a google street view of the Classic. it’s a twin to the Wyckoff theater in Ridgewood/Bushwick, although the Wyckoff is in better shape, at least on the exterior:
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I remember the Wycoff during its final days as a theater company run by a community group but not sure of the name. I should have gone in but never did. I believe it still had the marquee up.
New photo added to gallery, from the NYC Tax Photos, 1939-41. Only the marquee, no film, looks closed for good.