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chastom commented about Embassy Theatre on Aug 21, 2006 at 1:02 pm

Embassy and Ridgewood Theaters along with the Duffield in downtown Brooklyn were run by the Randforce Circuit. Charlie C.

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chastom commented about Embassy Theatre on May 29, 2006 at 4:59 am

Don’t remember Schwartzapfels Baby carriage shop but do remember Embassy Carriage between Richmond and Logan on Fulton. Grey’s variety store on Fulton and Richmond is gone as is Tilotta’s on Fulton and Crescent. Mom used to work at Colony Restaurant on Norwood and Fulton during the early 60’s. It was a great Greek restaurant then. Guess that’s gone, too. Warwick and Arlington was going down at least 10 years ago. Haven’t been down that far in years. Passed Lane awhile back and it’s still the same armed camp that it was the early 60’s when I went there. Couldn’t wait to get out of there. Charlie

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chastom commented about Embassy Theatre on May 28, 2006 at 1:59 am

There isn’t much left of the old neighborhood, except the old Hamburg Bank (now North Fork) and the old drugstores on Fulton St—Mellor’s and Adelphi (not the same owners). The Showboat is a supermarket and the Cypress Hills Swimming Pool is a public school. The little Haven Theater (I know it was a dump) is a junky variety store and even Lewis' of Woodhaven (where you could get anything) is gone. F K Lane is still there, but it’s like an armed camp during the day. I remember people parking their convertible cars with the tops down on those streets and no one would think about touching them. Those were the good old days. We didn’t have VCRs, DVRs or computers, but we made our own fun playing ball in the streets. Charlie.

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chastom commented about Embassy Theatre on Dec 18, 2005 at 8:29 am

Mom & Pop’s was across from The Embassy. My sister and I would get a bag of potato chips and a box of stick pretzels for 10 cents and take them into The Embassy on a Saturday afternoon. We would sometimes go to Mom & Pop’s for lunch and get a soup and sandwich for 50 cents (PS 65 is around the corner on Richmond). Wilken’s ice cream parlor was on Fulton between Pine and Euclid. They made great sundaes and ice cream sodas.

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chastom commented about Embassy Theatre on Dec 18, 2005 at 8:17 am

Adelphi Drug Store is located at 3350 Fulton in a row of commercial/residential properties. The Gem was across the street that is now the parking lot of North Fork Bank (originally the Hamburg Savings Bank). I believe the Gem was torn down in the mid 1950’s.

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chastom commented about Embassy Theatre on Dec 17, 2005 at 4:24 pm

Embassy Theater was located on Fulton & Richmond Streets in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn 11208. It had an orchestra section, loge (today’s mezzanine) and a balcony. Decor was red carpeting and curtain with gold tooling all around. In the late 1950’s early 1960’s kids could get in for 35-40 cents from 12 noon to 5 pm on Saturdays. That was usually two movies, cartoons, Movietone newsreel and coming attractions. The regular movie would start after 5 pm. Movies were shown Wed-Sun. Always a double bill. Many movies were shown on Mon and Tues only. Remember seeing The Great Caruso and Showboat one Monday afternoon with my parents' permission. It was a cultural experience. Everytime I pass that Senior Citizen’s Center on the site I still have fond memories of many Saturday afternoons at The Embassy and still see the theater in my mind. Miss those days.