The building that house the Marcy is no more, it’s been demolished. I had planned to take some pics from the Jamaica-bound J platform but I didn’t get the chance.
Here is a tax photo, circa 1939-41. [http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/NYCMA~7~7~846002~746244?sort=borough%2Cblock%2Clot%2Czip_code&qvq=q:723%20manhattan%20avenue;sort:borough%2Cblock%2Clot%2Czip_code;lc:NYCMA~7~7&mi=4&trs=]
Here is another shot of the Jewel theatre from the NYC tax photo collection.
http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/NYCMA~7~7~840785~652976?sort=borough%2Cblock%2Clot%2Czip_code&qvq=q:6664;sort:borough%2Cblock%2Clot%2Czip_code;lc:NYCMA~7~7&mi=13&trs=66
Is this the theatre by the Pelham Bay 2/5 train? I was on the BX12 bus today and I saw a movie theatre a feet away from the elevated station.
Was it a grand theatre inside? I remember passing by as a kid with my grandmother after church and the lobby was small. This was in the early 1970’s.
The building that house the Marcy is no more, it’s been demolished. I had planned to take some pics from the Jamaica-bound J platform but I didn’t get the chance.
I added two new photos
Here is a tax photo, circa 1939-41. [http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/NYCMA~7~7~846002~746244?sort=borough%2Cblock%2Clot%2Czip_code&qvq=q:723%20manhattan%20avenue;sort:borough%2Cblock%2Clot%2Czip_code;lc:NYCMA~7~7&mi=4&trs=]
Too bad there are no photos of the old interior when it first opened
At least when an old theatre is showing ‘smut’ we can get in to see the once grand place. It’s better than having it shuttered and demolished.
[Triangle 2019] (https://www.google.com/maps/place/1209+Quentin+Rd,+Brooklyn,+NY+11229/Stanley Theatre.608027,-73.9604976,3a,75y,333.65h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sm40GhZtCWhW9MMAuA2E8Jw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dm40GhZtCWhW9MMAuA2E8Jw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D86%26h%3D86%26yaw%3D333.64697%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c244eca3f5f903:0x362c60c28f6c8b7b!8m2!3d40.6081122!4d-73.9605967)
I was walking by yesterday and the ‘marquee’ caught my attention. There is now a clothing store, Clothes Horse.
Lyric Theater
Was this still the interior in it’s later years?
Testing.
Lindy Theatre
Thanks, Comfortably Cool.
Might this have been a movie theatre?
http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/NYCMA~7~7~772815~854486?sort=borough%2Cblock%2Clot%2Czip_code&qvq=w4s:/where%2FKnickerbocker%2BAvenue;q:3278;sort:borough%2Cblock%2Clot%2Czip_code;lc:NYCMA~7~7&mi=0&trs=6
I was too scared to go into these theatres. Shame.
Does it still exist or was it gutted?
Was it segregated?
How do I add a URL that will take you to the site?
Here is another shot of the Jewel theatre from the NYC tax photo collection. http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/NYCMA~7~7~840785~652976?sort=borough%2Cblock%2Clot%2Czip_code&qvq=q:6664;sort:borough%2Cblock%2Clot%2Czip_code;lc:NYCMA~7~7&mi=13&trs=66
My mom’s name was Alba. She told me she went to this theatre when they played Spanish-language movies.
So this was a furniture place before it became the Film Forum?
I don’t know if I can post this here…. Here’s a tax photo of the Lindy.
http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/NYCMA~7~7~1004275~851766?sort=borough%2Cblock%2Clot%2Czip_code&qvq=w4s:/what%2FMoving%2BPictures;q:3080;sort:borough%2Cblock%2Clot%2Czip_code;lc:NYCMA~7~7&mi=0&trs=2
Shame there are no pictures of the interior during its heyday.
Was the auditorium gutted?
Are the photos of the interior prior to demolition still available on Flickr?