Possibly part of a pair of buildings (152 Broadway, to the west, was heavily altered between 2005 and 2007). Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 366, March 20, 1875), 204.
Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 362, February 20, 1875), 137.
The theater consists of a one-story building fronting on Manhattan Avenue, which serves as the main entrance, and the two-story theater house located to the rear on Lorimer Street.
"Th. Engelhardt is preparing plans for a four-story brick (stone front) store and flat, 22x90, to be erected on the northeast corner of Bedford avenue and Hayward [sic, Heyward] street, and a similar private flat, 28x65, adjoining, for Jacob Bossert, to cost $30,000..."