Parkway Theatre | |
Location | 1768 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°40′11″N73°55′7″W / 40.66972°N 73.91861°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1928 |
Architect | Wiseman, Harrison G. |
Architectural style | Moorish |
NRHP reference No. | 10000136 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 31, 2010 |
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. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]
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