FLATBUSH/LEFFERTS GARDEN SOUTH

luv4dapeople

Is there an organization strickly centered on the blocks in flatbush below lefferts manor/garden, I mean from winthrop street thru church avenue, will we ever get the same attention as does lefferts g north? If so what is going on, we do nothing here.

bobmarvin

This website deals with the southern part of PLG:

http://www.theqatparkside.blogspot.com/

And PLGNA deals with all of PLG [Ocean to NY Ave. and Empire to Clarkson]:

http://www.plgna.org/

I don't know of any organization that goes as far south as Church Avenue [except, perhaps, for the Flatbush Development Corp., which doesn't cover PLG].

luv4dapeople

Subject: parkside link

Good Morning Bob,

Thanks for sending da link. We need to shake up this stretch of the avenue. By the way, I've believe I may have met u at community board 9 meeting, so how u doin?? And lastly, this is just a curious question. Is there any organization looking to revamp the old kings theatre?

bobmarvin

Could be chrissy--I was briefly a CB9 member a couple of years ago; it was an interim appointment and, after serving a few months, I was rather disenchanted and decided not to re-apply for a full term.

I believe there ARE plans to redo the Loews Kings, but I don't know the details.

whynot_31

Bob-

It took a while for the plans to come together, but it sounds like they are now well under way:

http://gothamist.com/2013/01/23/loews_kings_theater_returns.php#photo-1

http://gothamist.com/2013/01/24/more_loews_kings_theater.php#photo-19

bobmarvin

Indeed they are!

whynot_31

It would not surprise me if the renovation of the theater resulted in some sit down restaurants opening up within walking distance.

The theater is going to be renovated in such a way that it is going to attract nicer events and shows.

...it isn't going to be showing movies.

Slowly, I am seeing changes on Flatbush north of Church Ave.

http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/01/changes-for-the-corner-of-flatbush-and-lefferts/#disqus_thread

whynot_31

Loews theater work "action shots"!

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/187269/ny1-exclusive--inside-the-loews-kings-theater-restoration-project

whynot_31

a similar effort in Washington Heights

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/08/22/huge_ornate_washington_heights_cinema_returns_to_its_roots.php#more

whynot_31

more photos of the good things happening inside Loews Kings

http://untappedcities.com/2013/08/21/new-photos-renovations-abandoned-loews-kings-theater-brooklyn/

whynot_31

more press: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/nyregion/giving-old-loews-theater-in-brooklyn-a-second-chance.html?_r=0

...huge project. $94M is being invested.

photo: NYT

whynot_31

NYCEDC webpage about the project:

http://www.nycedc.com/project/loews-kings-theatre

whynot_31

Coverage of the theater's opening here: http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44123/the-refurbished-kings-theater-opens#Item_8