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Bushwick Theatre

1396 Broadway
Brooklyn (New York) NY

	Record #24033
Opened: September 11, 1911 Closed: 1969 Current Use: School Demolished:	Capacity: 2235 seats Architect(s): William H McElfatrick Architectural Style(s): Beaux Arts National Register: Current Organ: none
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Information for this tour was contributed by Allan Armstrong.

The RKO Bushwick, originally a Beaux Arts vaudeville show palace, sat 2235 patrons on its opening in 1911. Dwindling movie attendance left it converted to a church in 1969, then vacant after 1973. Although its interior was lost, it is currently being rebuilt as a school. Other historic Brooklyn theaters, desolate and abandoned, are not so lucky.

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Last updated 2003-11-15.

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