The theater was designed by William E. Lehman. It was built by Alexander Morecraft, a Bound Brook resident, and had a grand opening on January 19, 1927. Originally a 1,300-seat vaudeville house, the theater was the hub of a theater district serving surrounding towns and counties. As motion pictures took over in the 1930s, the theater became a performing arts center and first-run movie house, operating until the floods of 1999 and 2007 required extensive rebuilding. The theater is notable for its contributions to Bound Brook and remains the only surviving vaudeville theater in the county.

The theater offers plays, bands, dance, silent film and classic movies year round. The venue is a rental house for plays, film shoots, and various other events. The Brook Arts Center is also home of the Brook Orchestra and Brook Arts Center Community Players

The towns of Bound Brook and South Bound Brook are separated by the northward curving bend of the Raritan river and are connected by the 540 foot span of Queen’s Bridge

The earliest Queen's Bridge was completed in 1731, ordered by an act of the Colonial Government in 1728. It was likely named after Queen Caroline, wife of King George II.

Another early bridge at this site was a wooden one built in 1767. Later, in 1771, an act was passed that provided for the maintenance of the bridge as the Queen's Bridge. Over a hundred years later, a class steel pipe truss bridge was built at the site in 1875 to replace the previous one. The current bridge's span was built in 1984.

1991

  • (Everything I Do) I Do it For You

  • Right Here Right Now

  • Unbelievable

  • Summertime

  • It Ain’t Over ‘Till it’s Over

ON THE RADIO

  • Terminator 2: Judgement Day

  • Hot Shots

  • 101 Dalmations

  • Boyz in The Hood

  • Point Break

ON THE BIG SCREEN

  • Persian Gulf Cease Fire

  • NY GIANTS win Superbowl

  • Fall of the Soviet Union

  • Grunge Movement

  • Dissolution of Warsaw Pact

IN THE NEWS