Brooklyn Paramount
The Brooklyn Paramount is a music venue in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City, at the intersection of Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues. It opened in 1928 as a movie palace that occasionally hosted jazz, blues and early rock and roll concerts.Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
- Type: Theater building
- Description: former movie theater in Brooklyn, New York City
- Also known as: “Brooklyn Paramount Theater”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include DeKalb Avenue station and Junior’s.
DeKalb Avenue station
Metro station
Photo: GeneralPunger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The DeKalb Avenue station is an interchange station on the BMT Brighton Line and BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues in Downtown Brooklyn.
Junior’s
Pâtisserie
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Junior's is a restaurant chain with the original location at 386 Flatbush Avenue Extension at the corner of DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City.
Fulton Street station
Historic site
The Fulton Street station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Fifth Avenue Line in Brooklyn, New York City. Served by trains of the BMT Culver Line and BMT Fifth Avenue Line, it had two tracks and one island platform. Fulton Street station is situated 440 feet southeast of Brooklyn Paramount.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene.
Downtown Brooklyn
Photo: Red trela, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downtown Brooklyn is in Brooklyn. In addition to the downtown area proper, it includes Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and the Navy Yard.
Fort Greene
Neighborhood
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Flushing Avenue and the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension and Downtown Brooklyn to the west, Atlantic Avenue and Prospect Heights to the south, and Vanderbilt Avenue and Clinton Hill to the east.
Boerum Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Boerum Hill is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Fourth Avenue to the east.
Brooklyn Paramount
- Categories: movie theater, arena, performing arts center, music venue, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.69021° or 40° 41′ 25″ northLongitude
-73.98116° or 73° 58′ 52″ westOpen location code
87G8M2R9+3GOpenStreetMap ID
node 12306576556OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q7135369
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Satellite Map
Discover Brooklyn Paramount from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Japanese—“Brooklyn Paramount” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “ברוקלין פרמאונט”
- Japanese: “パラマウント・シアター (ブルックリン)”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Long Island University Brooklyn Campus and Brooklyn Tower.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Tristram W Metcalf Hall and DeKalb Avenue & Flatbush Avenue Extension.
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