Parkway Theatre

1498 Eastern Parkway | also 1768 St Johns Place | Ocean Hill | built 1927

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1928
The Parkway Theatre goes up at St. Johns Place and Eastern Parkway as a buff-brick, steel-framed theater
The Parkway Theatre, also called the Rolland Theatre, was built in 1928 at 1768 St. Johns Place in Brownsville. It has a steel frame and concrete walls, faced with buff-colored brick and terra cotta trim. A low three-story block runs along St. Johns Place, while a triangular lobby sits in front of the tall auditorium and the stage loft behind it.
Source: Wikipedia
1956
The former Parkway Theatre becomes the Holy House of Prayer for All People
From 1956 the old theater at Eastern Parkway and St. Johns Place has gone by the name Holy House of Prayer for All People. The building is also known as the Rolland Theatre and the Parkway Theatre.
“…also known as the Rolland Theatre and since 1956 as the Holy House of Prayer for All People…”
Source: Wikipedia
2010
The Parkway Theatre building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
In 2010 the former Parkway Theatre, by then the Holy House of Prayer for All People, was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The listing recognizes the 1928 theater building on St. Johns Place at its intersection with Eastern Parkway in Brownsville.
“It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.”
Source: Wikipedia

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