Olympia Theatre (New York City)

Olympia Theatre

Hammerstein's Olympia, New York Theatre, Loew's New York, Criterion Theatre, Vitagraph Theatre
Hammerstein's Olympia
Address	1514–16 Broadway New York City United States
Type	Broadway
Current use	restaurant
Construction
Opened	1895
Rebuilt	1935
Years active	1890–1935
Architect	J. B. McElfatrick & Son

The Olympia Theatre (1514–16 Broadway at 44th Street), also known as Hammerstein's Olympia and later the Lyric Theatre and the New York Theatre, was a theater complex built by impresario Oscar Hammerstein I at Longacre Square (later Times Square) in Manhattan, New York City, opening in 1895.

It consisted of a theater, a music hall, a concert hall, and a roof garden. Later, sections of the structure were substantially remodeled and used for both live theatre and for motion pictures. As a cinema, it was also known at various times as the Vitagraph Theatre and the Criterion Theatre.