Century's 110-Drive-In
288 Broadhollow Road,
Melville,
NY
11747
288 Broadhollow Road,
Melville,
NY
11747
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the town houses is were the drive in was.
As for the precise location of the old Smithtown Drive-In, the lines at that intersection are so fuzzy that just because Cue had it listed as Nesconset does not mean for sure it wasn’t Lake Grove. The Pep Boys property doesn’t really seem like it would be big enough.
As one member mentioned, this drive inn had a great play area for the kids……Its screen was not as bright as the Westbury Drive Inn, but it offered mainly family fare in the 1960s……It was not un-common to see a John Wayne double feature there in the 1960s……and as I mentioned, swings, slides and a playground for the kiddies——It was a great place to go on a Saturday night——or any night for that matter——Joe From Florida—-sasheegm——
Interesting Cassabel, I will have to check that out.
Bob, I didn’t remember this until you mentioned it, but I also remember seeing the Drive-In screen from the LIE in the 70’s!! I remember always looking for it when I would pass in the back seat.
Lost Memory-
The Rocky Point Drive-In led me to this site today- you can see the original sign peeking through underneath the DRIVING RANGE sign on rt25-A. If there’s that much left perhaps theres more?
Do you know where I can get a photo of the marquee?
The 110 Drive-in had one of the best drive-in marquees I’ve ever seen.
Do you know which site it is?
One of the drive-in sites has pics of the 110
MY FIRST DRIVE IN I EVER WENT TO , CANT FIND ANY PICS ,HAD A GREAT PLAY AREA FOR THE KIDS.
Interesting. Thanks for the info. This website is great.
Wow, everyone knows the location of the 110 drive in Huntington yet I have had no luck securing a photo of it. I even tried the Huntinton Historical museum…nothing there either. I am still searching. Please keep me posted… thanks for everyones responses.
That means it was somewhere on the south side of Nesconset Hway and Middle COuntry Rd. Could it have been where the Houlihans Bar and Pizza Uno Chicago Bar and Grill, and that shopping center is now?
One thing I know for sure the theatre was in Nesconset. I was looking through and old issue of Cue and the drive-in is listed as Smithtown Drive-In but under the town of Nesconset. The magazine was from May of 1979, so it was still open then.
It’s confusing because the Zip Code lines for all those towns run right through that intersection. It it was in the Southeast corner or southwest corner of that intersection, it was Nesconset. (I don’t believe it was either of those because there are older streets with homes right nearby. So that leaves north of the intersection. If it was in the northwest corner of that intersection it was in Saint James (a slight chance it was at that location). But if it is where I am thinking it was, it was in the Northeast corner of that intersection, and that is Lake Grove.
If I remember right the Smithtown Drive-In also had an indoor screen?
The ua Smithtown drive in i think had a lake grove address/
I am not sure of the address but it was right near the mall. I was only in that Drive-In one time. Another one that may not be listed is the Hempstead Drive-In. I was never there, I only heard about it.
I didn’t mean that lostmemory is adding the UA Smithtown too. That one is not on the site either. If you know a little description for the UA Smithtown, please add it Robert.
Funny you should mention that, as lostmemory is working on adding those. In private email, we were trying to figure out where the Smithtown Drive In was located. He found that it was at the intersection of Rt347 and Rt 25 (near Smithaven mall). Robert, do you know the exact location of the Drive In? He thought it may be where Pep Boys is now.
longislandmovies is right, this theatre was always advertised as Centurys Route 110 or Centurys 110 Drive-In. I just thought, is the UA Smithtown and SmithTown Drive-In listed on here?
Should be listed as Century’s 110 drive in
I REMEMBER AS AKID THE BEST PLAY AREA THEY HAD A SMALL TRAIN THAT WAS AROUND THE CANDY STAND KIDS COULD RIDE
I am looking for an old photo or postcard for the huntington drive in theater that exisited on long island new york as I would like an artist to commission a painting for a restaurant I will be building next spring. Any ideas where I might find this? Thanking you in advance for your time.
Rori
Check out www.drive-ins.com and look up the 110 drive-inn. They have photos from both open and closed drive-inns.