Brooklyn Proud | Stuart Cinema & Café

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Broadway Stages. In celebration of our 40th trip around the sun, we are shining the spotlight on the heart of our community – the local businesses that provide the essential or simply enjoyable, goods and services that allow us to thrive and delight in this great city we call home, and where Broadway Stages operates. We begin our series in our beloved Brooklyn. The local shops that line our streets, providing a livelihood for our neighbors, family, and friends. Join us as we journey throughout Brooklyn and get to know the people and businesses that make our community home. Today, we feature one of Greenpoint’s own, Stuart Cinema & Café!

In the summer of 2021, we were all waiting for things to return to normal and for our favorite fun spots to reopen, including cinemas and movie theaters that spent much of 2000 closed due to the coronavirus. But alas, that is behind us (we hope), and things are indeed, back to a new-normal and our treasured cinemas are open to the public – and we can’t get enough! 

In 2018, Emelyn Stuart opened Stuart Cinema and Café, an independent one-room cinema, community center and monetizing warehouse for artists in what was once a former warehouse, and it didn’t take long for folks to take notice. Not only does this venue show the latest and greatest releases, including a variety of children movies, but also provide delicious menu items from savory to sweet treats including infused cupcakes by Antwoin “Chef Fresh” Gutierrez, one of New York City’s hottest bakers.

This local entertainment gem is to be appreciated for the hours of fun and services they provide to our community, and their unique offerings and attention to purposeful service.  Stuart Cinema & Café also offers their state-of-the-art theater for a variety of events.  Everything from movie premieres, fashion shows, book signings, photo and video shoots, and other staged performances. And they are expanding; watch for news about their second location, coming soon to Sunset Park!  

Supporting our local businesses helps our community to flourish, spurs investment, provides a livelihood for the staff, and makes Brooklyn amazingly unique and fun!

Be sure to take a look at what’s playing and coming soon at the Stuart Cinema & Café. Then, get your tickets, order a bite to eat and a drink at the café, and enjoy the simple pleasures of life in your own local community theatre!  Oh, and when you get there, be sure to tell them that Broadway Stages send you.