Announcements
Popcorn and cocktail at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg. Courtesy of Nitehawk Cinema.Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to reform antiquated prohibition-era laws and support New York’s growing craft beverage industry by allowing booze in cinemas that don’t serve food. The proposed amendment to the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) law would
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PROSPECT PARK – The Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/], Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/event/a-summer-movie-under-the-stars-4/2018-07-18/] , and Nitehawk Cinema [https://nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg/] are hosting another season of A Summer Movie Under the Stars [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/summer-movie-under-stars-2018/] starting in July.
Business
PARK SLOPE – The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] approved plans to restore 192 Prospect Park West, a single-story retail space beside the former Pavilion Theater situated across from Prospect Park. 188 and 192 Prospect Park West via Google MapsBack in 2014 [/relax-the-pavilion-is-not-becoming-condosjust-yet-kensington/], neighbors
Arts & Culture
Crowds lined up for the Nitehawk Haunted House under the old Pavilion marquee—which featured spooky poems about movie plots (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) PARK SLOPE – The line wrapped around the corner from the old Pavilion Theater in Park Slope, with many of the attendees in costume, but it wasn’t
Announcements
Spike Lee’s Crooklyn is the One Film (like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah was the One Book [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/mome/initiatives/1book1ny.page]) that New Yorkers will get a chance to watch together on September 13. Thousands of New Yorkers voted and selected [/vote-nyc-film-want-see-free-citywide-screenings/] Lee’s
Announcements
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Prospect Park Alliance, and Nitehawk Cinema are kicking off this year’s A Summer Movie Under the Stars [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/event/a-summer-movie-under-the-stars-3/2017-07-19/] series tomorrow, July 19. In celebration of Prospect Park’s 150th anniversary, the next four Wednesday evenings will begin with
Nonsponsored
From behind the Pavilion’s facade, the marquee is visibleFor years, the Pavilion Theater on Prospect Park West was the cinema we loved to hate [/sticky-shoes-so-long-neighbors-invited-to-give-pavilion-a-sendoff-on-november-1/] . Since the theater re-opened in 1996, neighbors watched its steady decline — sticky, gum-spackled floors, broken heaters in the winter, rats roaming the screening rooms
Arts & Culture
The long-shuttered Circles Restaurant appears on the left of the Pavilion Theater in this photo from 2008. (Photo via Kristian Rickert / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifoo/3151359223/in/photolist-5NtxiH-hHxEi-68hLYY-8wdFgH-eaNTMa-9LCx6d-2TTKrc-xp6hr-9yRWmE-8KDbDR-9iiwdT-jZEY5-nA2AGd-9yRBfh-aZQ34p-9yRE5J-9yRyE3-9yRCbf-9yNzs6-8ZWpRR-9yNFyZ-9yNxQc-9hPEXE-9yNzPx-9yNLnP-anGpSt-9yNBb8-9yREwm-9H1iwU-9yNF5g-9yRxob-9yNG5M-9yRVfh-9yRPYq-9dUkB4-9yRMDb-beUqJe-9yNJye-9yNEzT-9yNMRF-anKbty-9yNuzg-9yRwV
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The long-shuttered Circles Restaurant appears on the left of the Pavilion Theater in this photo from 2008. (Photo via Kristian Rickert / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifoo/3151359223/in/photolist-5NtxiH-hHxEi-68hLYY-8wdFgH-eaNTMa-9LCx6d-2TTKrc-xp6hr-9yRWmE-8KDbDR-9iiwdT-jZEY5-nA2AGd-9yRBfh-aZQ34p-9yRE5J-9yRyE3-9yRCbf-9yNzs6-8ZWpRR-9yNFyZ-9yNxQc-9hPEXE-9yNzPx-9yNLnP-anGpSt-9yNBb8-9yREwm-9H1iwU-9yNF5g-9yRxob-9yNG5M-9yRVfh-9yRPYq-9dUkB4-9yRMDb-beUqJe-9yNJye-9yNEzT-9yNMRF-anKbty-9yNuzg-9yRwV
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe Pavilion Theater on Prospect Park West will undergo a major and strikingly fast transformation which will keep the building a movie theater, the New York Times reported [http://nyti.ms/2bRR1j7]. And none other than the popular Nitehawk Cinema [http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/
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Updated Pavilion plans. (Plans courtesy of LPC)In a meeting on Tuesday, October 20, the Landmarks Preservation Committee [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] (LPC) approved plans for the Pavilion Theater project to move forward. The approval comes after a round of updates and adjustments to