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The theatre occupied an L-shaped lot, with the [[Proscenium|proscenium theatre]] occupying the {{convert|127|x|70|ft|adj=on}} wing fronting Johnson Street. The stage and scene doors opened onto Johnson Street from this wing. The scene doors were {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on|adj=mid|wide}}, large enough to accommodate scenic flats and large props.<ref name="SceneDoorWidth">'The Construction of the Theatre' "Assistance for the Destitute" ''[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] 1876-12-08'' [http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Layout/Includes/BEagle/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=BEagle&Continuation=5&BaseHref=BEG%2F1876%2F12%2F08&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T&PageLabelPrint=&EntityId=Ar00211&AppName=2 page 2 column 4] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612124041/http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Layout/Includes/BEagle/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=BEagle&Continuation=5&BaseHref=BEG%2F1876%2F12%2F08&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T&PageLabelPrint=&EntityId=Ar00211&AppName=2 |date=June 12, 2011 }}</ref> The stage doors were smaller, but still could accommodate people carrying heavy loads. These Johnson Street doors were utilitarian and little used by the public.<ref name="KeeneyInterview">'Interview with Colonel Abner C. Keeney' "Assistance for the Destitute" ''[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] 1876-12-08'' [http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Layout/Includes/BEagle/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=BEagle&Continuation=4&BaseHref=BEG%2F1876%2F12%2F08&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T&PageLabelPrint=&EntityId=Ar00211&AppName=2 page 2 column 4] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612124032/http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Layout/Includes/BEagle/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=BEagle&Continuation=4&BaseHref=BEG%2F1876%2F12%2F08&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T&PageLabelPrint=&EntityId=Ar00211&AppName=2 |date=June 12, 2011 }}</ref> The shorter {{convert|27|x|40|ft|adj=on}} wing on Washington Street housed the main entrance to the lower floors and a separate staircase to the third floor theatre gallery. They were for public use and Jackson thought that these main entry ways were sufficiently large to discharge a full house of 1,450 people in under five minutes.<ref name="EvacuationTiming">"The Inquest: Statement of Thomas B. Jackson, Architect" ''British House of Commons'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=D0ATAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT376&lr=&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES#PPT374,M1 page 4]</ref>
There were three sets of doors which Jackson designated as special exits. They led onto Flood's Alley, a small street that bisected the block from Johnson to Myrtle Avenue, running along the east side of the building.<ref name="BuildingPlan">"The Inquest: Statement of Thomas B. Jackson, Architect" ''British House of Commons'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=D0ATAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT376&lr=&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES#PPT374,M1 page 3]</ref><ref name="RochfordOpensDoors">Rocheford opened one set of the three, in the vestibule opposite to the Washington Street entrance. 'An Account of the Fire' in "Holocaust" ''[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] 1876-12-06'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20110612122724/http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Layout/Includes/BEagle/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=BEagle&Continuation=1&BaseHref=BEG%2F1876%2F12%2F06&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T&PageLabelPrint=&EntityId=Ar00208&AppName=2 page 2, column 6]
==== Seating, interior passages, and spaces ====
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