Victoria Theatre (Hammerstein's)

Victoria Theatre
Hammerstein's
Hammerstein’s
Address42nd Street and Seventh Avenue
New York City
United States
OwnerOscar Hammerstein I
OperatorOscar and William Hammerstein
TypeBroadway, Vaudeville
Construction
Opened1899
Demolished1915
ArchitectJohn B. McElfatrick

The Victoria Theatre was a prominent American vaudeville house during the early years of the twentieth century. Theatre mogul Oscar Hammerstein I opened it in 1899 on the northwest corner of Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street, along New York City's Longacre Square (now Times Square). The theatre was closely associated with the Paradise Roof Garden above it, and the two venues came to be known collectively as Hammerstein's. The Victoria closed in 1915.