Parkway Theatre

1768 St. John's Pl., Brooklyn, New York. County/parish: Kings.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 31, 2010. NRIS 10000136.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Holy House of Prayer for all People
  • Rolland Theatre

From Wikipedia:

Parkway Theatre

The Parkway Theatre, also known as the Rolland Theatre and since 1956 as the Holy House of Prayer for All People, is a historic former theater at 1768 St. Johns Place, at the intersection with Eastern Parkway in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City. It was built in 1928 and is a steel-frame-and-concrete building faced in buff-colored brick with terra cotta trim. It consists of a long and low three-story block along St. Johns Place, with a triangular lobby block fronting a tall, rectangular-plan auditorium block and stage fly loft block.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318477

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