Park Slope’s Pavilion Theater closes
New Nitehawk Cinema to Open Fall 2017
The Pavilion, Park Slope’s only movie theater, had its farewell party on Nov. 1. The well-attended event marked the closing of the theater, which has been unspooling films in the neighborhood since 2006.
After opening in 1928 originally as the Sanders and lasting nearly 70 years before being shuttered in 1978, the theater reopened with three screens in 1996 as the Pavilion. It was then divided into nine screens by 2000.
In 2011, the theater underwent a major makeover; it was furnished with comfortable leather seats, a fresh paint job and new carpeting. A few years later, there was great concern that the building would become condominiums. The community’s fears were almost realized last year when the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the construction of a six-story condo, which meant cutting the theater space back to house just three or four screens.