click on image to enlarge Flatbush Theatre 2207 Church Avenue at Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. 11226             The 1605-seat Flatbush Theatre, designed by architect Robert Rasmussen, featured vaudeville, plays, and occasional movies. In later years it was taken over and operated by the Brandt Theatres Circuit, which closed it in 1952. After the theatre closed, the marquee was removed, and it became a rug and carpet store.             Wurlitzer Organ Company North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 59 (1915) Electro-pneumatic action Style V 2 manuals, 8 ranks, 1 tuned percussion, 0 traps, piano console This organ was shipped on April 8, 1915.             Pedal – 32 notes 16   Ophicleide 8   Cello 16   Bass 8   Oboe Horn 16   Bourdon 8   Flute 8   Tuba Horn 8   Dulciana 8   Open Diapason             Accompaniment (Manual I) –- 61 notes 16   Contra Viol (TC) 4   Dulcet 8   Tuba Horn 2 2/3   Twelfth 8   Open DIapason 2   Piccolo 8   Viol d'Orchestre   Piano 8   Viol Celeste   Mandolin 8   Oboe Horn     8   Flute   Accompaniment 2nd Touch 8   Dulciana   Tuba Horn 4   Octave   Open Diapason 4   Octave Celeste   Cathedral Chimes 4   Flute             Solo (Manual II) – 61 notes 16   Ophicleide 4   Octave Viol 16   Bass 4   Flute 16   Contra Viol (TC) 2 2/3   Twelfth 8   Tuba Horn 2   Piccolo 8   Open Diapason 2   Fifteenth 8   Viol 1 3/5   Tierce 8   Viol Celeste     8   Oboe Horn   Solo 2nd Touch 8   Flute 16   Ophicleide 8   Vox Humana 8   Tuba Horn 8   Dulciana 8   Open Diapason 4   Clarion   Cathedral Chimes 4   Octave                 Tremulants General                 Sources:      Cinema Treasures web site: http://www.cinematreasures.org      Junchen, David L., comp. and ed. by Jeff Weiler. The WurliTzer Pipe Organ – An Illustrated History. Chicago: The American Theatre Organ Society, 2005.      Kaufmann, Preston J. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 3. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1995.             | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organs List |