Mayfair Theatre
920 Avenue U,
Brooklyn,
NY
11223
920 Avenue U,
Brooklyn,
NY
11223
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Previously operated by: Century Theaters
Architects: Joseph M. Berlinger, R. Thomas Short
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Located in the Gravesend district of Brooklyn. The Mayfair Theatre opened October 11, 1926 and closed in the mid-1970’s, when it was operated by the Century Theaters chain. It was razed to make way for a McDonald’s.
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As far as I know I was in this theater only once. My older sister and her boyfriend took me to see The Sting there back in ‘74. I remember it was a pretty big theater. I’m planning to return the favor by giving them the new DVD edition of the movie for Christmas this year.
Thank you for sharing your experiences with us MichaelAnthony. That image of the tickets soaring in the air while the bulldozers did their work would be a great image for a movie in itself! It certainly does seem like a sad memory.
No pictures of it? How close to 86th street was this theater?
Not close.. This wa sin Gravesend not Bensonhurst…
I remember this theater being demolished. As a child, I was struck by the gaping hole into the enormous cavern of the theater. Even at a young age, I felt there was something very wrong with this being done. Little did I know… the beginning of the end for Brooklyn theaters.
My 86 year old grandmother just told me the story of her first date here with my grandfather in 1938. I would love to get a photo of the place for my personal family tree book. Does anyone know how to obtain one?
Attn Bloop from 2007 and jay2300 I came upon a photo of the Mayfair by accident and uploaded it today. I came upon it when I Googled “Historic Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn, NY photos”.
Did the Dave Clark Five appear at the Mayfair Theater around 1964-1965?
I saw Earthqauke here. in SENSURROUND. I still remember running to make the show from school with my friend Leon. This was a great old theater with the entrance on Avenue U not CI Avenue.
Added a photo of the Mayfair to the gallery, from the NYC Tax Photos, circa 1940.
The local papers and trade press state that Perri Construction built the Mayfair and the Marine theaters as “near twins” to the plans of Joseph M. Berlinger. Whether true or not…