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| Address | 1027 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, New York United States |
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| Owner | New York City Economic Development Corporation Loew's Theatres (1929–1977) |
| Operator | Ambassador Theatre Group |
| Type | Movie palace |
| Capacity | 3,250 |
| Current use | Entertainment venue |
| Construction | |
| Opened | September 7, 1929 |
| Rebuilt | 2013–2015 |
| Years active | 1929–1977 2015–present |
| Architect | Rapp and Rapp Martinez & Johnson (restoration) |
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| Location | 1027 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°38′45″N 73°57′27″W / 40.6458°N 73.9575°W |
| Built | 1929 |
| Architect | Rapp and Rapp |
| Architectural style | French Baroque |
| NRHP reference No. | 12000534 |
| Added to NRHP | August 22, 2012[1] |
The Kings Theatre (formerly Loew's Kings Theatre) is a theater and live performance venue at 1027 Flatbush Avenue in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States. Designed by Rapp and Rapp as a movie palace, it opened on September 7, 1929, as one of five Loew's Wonder Theatres in the New York City area. The theater's interior decor was supervised by Rapp and Rapp along with Harold Rambusch. Owned by the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the Kings Theatre has been operated by the Ambassador Theatre Group since 2015. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Kings Theatre occupies an irregular site and is divided into two sections: the lobby section and the auditorium. The lobby section has an elaborate terracotta facade with a marquee and an arched entrance storefront. The entrance leads to a vestibule and two lobbies with high ceilings, in addition to several foyers and lounges. The auditorium has 3,250 seats on two levels, with an elaborately decorated proscenium arch, walls, and ceilings. Like the other Wonder Theaters, the Loew's Kings Theatre featured a "Wonder Morton" theater pipe organ manufactured by the Robert Morton Organ Company, though the organ has since been removed.
A theater on the site was originally proposed in 1919 by William Fox. Allied Owners Inc. took over the theater site and developed it starting in 1928, leasing the venue to Loew's Theatres. The Kings Theatre originally presented films and live shows, although the live shows were discontinued within a decade of the theater's opening. The theater slowly declined after World War II, screening films almost exclusively. The theater closed in August 1977 due to high costs and low attendance. Despite several attempts to redevelop the Kings Theatre, it lay abandoned for more than three decades and gradually decayed during that time. ACE Theatrical Group leased the theater from the New York City Economic Development Corporation in 2013 and, after a $95 million renovation, reopened it on January 23, 2015. Since then, the Kings Theatre has functioned as an event venue.
- ^ "Loew's Kings Theatre". 22 August 2012. National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.