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Schwartz Athletic Center
Brooklyn, NY
Opened: January 1, 1928
The Brooklyn Paramount Theater is a former movie palace at 1 University Plaza at the intersection of Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues in downtown Brooklyn, New York. Opened in 1928, the building has been owned by Long Island University (LIU) since 1954. Converted for use by LIU as classroom space and a gymnasium, the building retains much of the theater's original decorative detail. Until recently the venue operated as a 1200-seat multi-purpose arena, formerly home to the Brooklyn Kings basketball team. It is now in the planning stages of a renovation to reopen the theater as a performing arts venue in 2019.

In 1962 the Paramount Theater was converted by Long Island University for various uses. The auditorium was adapted as a gymnasium, now called the Arnold and Marie Schwartz Athletic Center.

LIU renamed the Brooklyn Paramount building Metcalfe Hall after the University's first president, Tristram Walker Metcalfe. Metcalfe is remembered for his announcement in 1936 that LIU's Blackbirds basketball team had refused to attend Germany's Olympics due to Hitler's discrimination against Jews.

The former Paramount was the home of the LIU Blackbirds basketball team until 2005. The Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held here three times. Since the Blackbirds moved to the LIU Athletic, Recreation & Wellness Center, the venue has served as an occasional host of Gotham Girls Roller Derby bouts and as the home of the Brooklyn Kings of the now-dormant USBL.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Feb 27, 2006St. Francis (NY) @ Long Island 64 - 67
Feb 18, 2006St. Francis (PA) @ Long Island 60 - 72
Feb 16, 2006Robert Morris @ Long Island 69 - 74
Feb 11, 2006Monmouth @ Long Island 72 - 78
Feb 9, 2006Fairleigh Dickinson @ Long Island 96 - 74
Jan 28, 2006Wagner @ Long Island 65 - 75
Jan 26, 2006Sacred Heart @ Long Island 60 - 63
Jan 7, 2006Central Connecticut St. @ Long Island 83 - 74
Jan 5, 2006Mount St. Mary's @ Long Island 57 - 73
Dec 22, 2005CCNY @ Long Island 39 - 80