{"nrhp_refnum":"12000534","name":"Loew's Kings Theatre","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1027 Flatbush Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.64801270700008,"lon":-73.95700973399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-08-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Loew's Kings Theatre is a three-story movie palace at 1027 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, built in 1928-1929. It was designed by the Chicago firm Rapp & Rapp and built by Thompson-Starrett Company.","why_significant":"The theatre is presented as an outstanding example of a French Renaissance movie palace by the prolific theater architects Rapp & Rapp, with an interior by the Rambusch Company. It was also one of the 'Wonder Theaters' built by the Loew's chain in the outer boroughs of New York City in 1928-1929, and it reflects the growth of the Loew's theater empire.","narrative":"Loew's Kings Theatre is a large movie palace at 1027 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, completed in 1928-1929. Rapp & Rapp of Chicago designed it, Thompson-Starrett Company built it, and the Rambusch Company worked on the interior. Its cream-colored terra cotta facade follows the French Renaissance style, with a bas-relief central bay, pilasters, finials and a broken segmental pediment, while the brick side and rear walls are plain. Inside, a vestibule leads to a three-story grand lobby with walnut pilasters, red marble and a coffered barrel-vaulted ceiling, followed by an inner lobby, foyers and a horseshoe-shaped auditorium. The theatre was one of the so-called Wonder Theaters, a group of grand houses planned for Paramount and taken over by the Loew's chain for neighborhoods outside Manhattan. Its architecture, its decorative detail and its place in the expansion of Loew's theaters are the grounds for its recognition. At the time of the form, the building's use was listed as work in progress.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Rapp & Rapp (Cornelius W. and George Leslie Rapp); Thompson-Starrett Company (builder); Rambusch Company (interior design)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revivals/French Renaissance","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current function is listed as work in progress; some windows are infilled, the original marquee face was replaced in 1949, and the blade sign was removed between 1983 and 1989.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.541256-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000534.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000534/d137a4cb4f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000534/d137a4cb4f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kings_Theatre_Flatbush_finished_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kings_Theatre_Flatbush_finished_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318439","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Theatre_(Brooklyn)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6413028"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/loews-kings-theatre-12000534/"}