6. Crescent Theatre, 25-24 Astoria Boulevard
The Crescent Theatre was another Small & Strausberg location built near the elevated BMT line in the 1920s. Unable to compete with the Grand (demolished) and Broadway Theatres that flanked it, the Crescent closed in the 1950s. Since then, the building has been incorporated into a catering hall, Astoria World Manor, which has had several different owners since the 1960s. You can see a fabulous photo of the hall from the 1960s on Cinema Treasures, here.
