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Brooklyn
Center has installed a variety of aids to assist our patrons
with disabilities in gaining access to and enjoying the
performances. All theatres comply with the State and
Federal ADA regulations and our staff has been specially
trained to assure that patrons in need of these assists can
utilize them to their best advantage.
If
you have special requirements, by all means contact us at
718-951-4600 ex 16
as
far in advance as possible
so that we might be better prepared to meet your particular
needs.
 
Patrons with hearing difficulties are encouraged
to use the Center's infra-red headset system. Wireless,
lightweight headsets are available at no cost to those who need
hearing assistance. The headsets may be picked up at a
designated area in the Grand Lobby on the main floor. To obtain
a headset, a driver's license or major credit card will be
required and will be returned upon receipt of the equipment at
the close of the performance.
Accessible locations for patrons with wheelchairs
are available for both single ticket and subscription ticket
holders. Along with advanced notice, we recommend that patrons
using wheelchairs be accompanied by a companion to provide
assistance. Seating for one accompanying patron is available
next to a wheelchair space. Additional guests in your party
will be seated as near as possible.
In the
Whitman Theatre there are a number of transfer seats on the
isles for patrons with wheelchairs. These seats allow easy
access from the wheelchair to the seat, so the patron who
chooses to do so, may sit in the theatre seat during the
performance.
All theatres are
accessible to wheelchairs via ramps and elevators. In the
Whitman Theatre, wheelchair ramp accessibility is available only
for the orchestra level. ADA parking spaces are located near
wheelchair ramps. Parking attendants will direct patrons who
will be using wheelchairs to designated ADA parking spaces.
 
Restrooms that can
accommodate wheelchairs are accessible from all wheelchair
designated areas in each theater.
Note: In the Gershwin Theatre, wheelchair access
to restroom facilities is accomplished by using an elevator to the lower level. This
will require transversing the exterior of the building to reach
a secondary entrance.
Push-button and proximity operated doors are located in the Grand Lobby
of the Whitman Theatre as well as the lobby of the Gershwin
Theatre and on the access ramp to the elevator that is used
for access to both the Sam Levenson Recital Hall and the New
Workshop Theatre.
 
Our
usher staff will be happy to escort and aid patrons who request
assistance to and from their seating location.
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