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Prospect Theatre, 9th St. and 5th Ave., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N.Y.
"B.F. Keith's Prospect Theatre opened its doors on Ninth Street at Fifth Avenue in Prospect Park on September 7, 1914. After the Final Curtain explains that at the time of its construction, it was heralded as an engineering marvel with its woodless construction and floating balcony that was advertised as being able to bear the weight of ten of the world's heaviest locomotives... The theater closed its doors in 1967..." ny.curbed.com
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Prospect Theatre, 9th St. and 5th Ave., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N.Y.
"B.F. Keith's Prospect Theatre opened its doors on Ninth Street at Fifth Avenue in Prospect Park on September 7, 1914. After the Final Curtain explains that at the time of its construction, it was heralded as an engineering marvel with its woodless construction and floating balcony that was advertised as being able to bear the weight of ten of the world's heaviest locomotives... The theater closed its doors in 1967..." ny.curbed.com
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Posted in the Past: Revealing the true stories written on a postcard
 (Flatbush) (Coney Island) - Prospect Theatre, 9th St. and 5th Ave., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N.Y.
"B.F. Keith's Prospect Theatre opened its doors on Ninth Street at Fifth Avenue in Prospect Park on September 7, 1914. After the Final Curtain explains that at the time of its construction, it was heralded as an engineering marvel with its woodless construction and floating balcony that was advertised as being able to bear the weight of ten of the world's heaviest locomotives... The theater closed its doors in 1967..." ny.curbed.com){kind=small}
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