Route 303 Drive-In
121 Route 303,
Orangeburg,
NY
10962
121 Route 303,
Orangeburg,
NY
10962
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Previously operated by: Skouras Theatres, United Artists Theater Circuit Inc.
Architects: Leon M. Einhorn
Previous Names: 303 Drive-In
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Another of the bygone drive-ins in Rockland county. The 303 Drive-In was opened August 3, 1956 with Yul Brynner in “The King and I” & Walt Disney’s “Sardinia”. It was built for and operated by Skouras Theatres. It had a capacity for 1,834 cars, and had a playground for children.
The Route 303 Drive-In was last operated by United Artists and was closed on September 4, 1988 with Bruce Willis in “Die Hard”.
It became a flea market.
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Above address is now incorrect. Now Organic Recycling, Inc. @ 121 New York 303. The entrance for this business is the same as the drive-in.
August 3rd, 1956 grand opening ad in photo section.
This was a huge single screen site, could’ve easily been twinned. Anyway it looks like the giant concession building still exists on the site.
According To The Journal News, The Route 303 Drive-In In Orangeburg Lasted For At Least 31 Years Until It Is Converted Into A Flea Market In 1987.
Its funny, I just noticed on the newest street view image they just removed the drive in wording on the road sign and hung a banner saying nursery.
Also opened with Walt Disney’s “Sardinia”. Closed in 1988. The snack bar is now used for a horticultural landscape center and the marquee used as a sign for the building. The rest of the site is now used as the town compost/recycling center.
Closed on September 4, 1988 with “Die Hard”.
Interesting, it opened with a 20th Century Fox picutre, “The King and I” and closed wit a 20th Century Fox picutre, “Die Hard”!
Well yeah, some theaters did just that with opening and closing with the same motion picture company.
On July 30, 1961, a 48-year-old Brooklyn native named Arthur Raymond Sundman collapsed and died from a fatal heart attack after stepping out of his car at the Route 303 Drive-In. Manager John McKenzie immediately rushed over to provide him oxygen but pronounced him dead five minutes later. The fatal heart attack most likely happened at intermission during the double feature of “Morgan The Pirate” and “The Green Helmet” plus an unnamed cartoon, at approximately 11:50 PM that night.
Sundman last lived in Harrington Park, was a former elevator contractor for the Western Elevator Company of New York City and served in the United States Army during World War II in the European Theater of Operations.