About This Item
- TitleNew theater
- Call NumberTHEA_0007
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryCaption: "New theater--[Architectural rendering of] the new Century Theater's Brooklyn [sic] Theater which opens at Flatlands and Flatbush Aves. Jan. 25, incorporating the best in modern design in the 1,500-seat house. It has marked improvements in seating comfort as well as acoustics, lighting, film projection and air conditioning.." Note: Its actual name was the Brook Theater; the address is 3839-49 Flatlands Avenue. Note: At an undetermined time, it later became an office building.
- Date1950
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
- NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: Jan. 8, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectMotion picture theaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
- RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.