Flora Theatre
201 Atlantic Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11201
201 Atlantic Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11201
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Additional Info
Architects: Murray Klein
Functions: Church
Previous Names: Eden Theatre, Milo Theatre
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The Eden Theatre was opened by 1914. In 1928 it was briefly renamed Milo Theatre and later that year following alterations to the plans of architect Murray Klein it was renamed Flora Theatre. By 2006 it was in use as a church and has a new brick facade.
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It would be interesting to note if this is a relation of the Sam Levinson we all knew and loved from quiz shows in the fifties.
Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook;1927 edition with a seating capacity of 550. It is last listed in the 1941 edition of F.D.Y. with a seating capacity of 500 (Closed) and is still listed as (Closed) in the 1947 edition!
As seen today (June 2006), the facade has a new brick cladding and the building is in use as a church.
Interestingly there is an Eden Theatre listed at Atlantic Avenue (no number given) in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914-1915.
In the 1926 Film Daily Yearbook the Eden Theatre is listed at 201 Atlantic Avenue with 500 seats (no Flora Theatre listed). As I stated in my previous post above, the Flora Theatre is listed at this address in the 1927 F.D.Y. with 550 seats. with no listing for an Eden Theatre in that edition. Was the former Eden Theatre modified or partially rebuilt as the Flora?
Here is a photgraph I took in June 2006 of the Flora Theatre, now with new brickwork on the facade:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/193043029/
Lost Memory…regarding the ‘other’ Eden Theatre, its listed in the 1926, 1927 and 1930 Film Daily Yearbooks that I have:Eden Theatre, 409 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY seating 500. It gone from listings by 1941. It’s currently not listed on Cinematreasures.
In the late 1870s and 1890’s 201 Atlantic Avenue was advertised as a Latimer’s Storage for furniture. Click here to see Ad
The Flora may have been also known as the Den and/or Eden. I found an article on the closing of three New York Theaters in 1922. The article included the Subway Theater and the Bevilacque Theater. Click here to see the 1922 Article
Photo added to Gallery.