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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » New York » Great Kills, Staten Island » Strand Theatre

Strand Theatre

Great Kills, Staten Island, NY
15 Nelson Avenue
, Great Kills, Staten Island, NY 10308 United States
(map)
Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Restaurant
Seats: 978
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
Strand Theatre
Exterior view of the former Strand Theatre
Photo courtesy of Jean
"My mother and I would go on Monday nights (circa 1933) because that is the night they gave away free dishes. On weekends, admission was 10 cents for kids. They showed Western serials, comics - we'd be there for hours."

The theater has been expanded and converted into a restaurant.
Contributed by Liv Ingrid Kristoffersen Macken

YOUR COMMENTS

 
Located in Great Kills on Staten Island, the current occupant is the restaurant "ARIRANG."
posted by Jean on Sep 7, 2002 at 6:24am
The address for the Stand Theatre is 15 Nelson Avenue, Staten Island, NY.
posted by Chuck1231 on Sep 10, 2004 at 11:50pm
the website oldstatenisland.tripod.com has a great photo of this theatre.
posted by garth on Sep 14, 2004 at 5:26pm
As a result of garth's comment I paid a visit to the oldstatenisland website and had a wave of nostalgia overtake me. The last time I saw the Strand was in 1948. As a kid living in Brooklyn, a visit to my aunt and uncle, who lived in Elltingville. was a trip to the country. This was the pre Verrazano bridge period. The only theatre in the area was the Strand in Great Kills...the next town down the line. I remember vividly walking a couple miles on a dirt road one night to get to the Strand; all the while listening to a baseball game on my portable radio. It was a great little theatre.
posted by Bob Camfiord on Nov 30, 2004 at 12:40pm
A vintage photo of the Strand Theater can be seen here.
posted by Lost Memory on Oct 15, 2005 at 2:01pm
The Arirang Restaurant is currently located at 23 Nelson. 15 Nelson is a post office, so something is amiss. Perhaps someone local has more information on this.
posted by ken mc on Dec 5, 2007 at 4:57pm
Your right, 15 Nelson is a post office and has been for many years.

posted by Lost Memory on Dec 5, 2007 at 5:10pm
Maybe the theater address is 23 Nelson. I don't know.
posted by ken mc on Dec 5, 2007 at 5:11pm
Click on the link that I posted on Oct 15, 2005. There is a photo of the Strand Theater. On the left side of the photo is an address. I'm not sure if it reads 23 or 25.

posted by Lost Memory on Dec 5, 2007 at 5:17pm
I can't tell either.
posted by ken mc on Dec 5, 2007 at 5:18pm
There are addresses on buildings on both sides, though. The house on the right looks like 25.
posted by ken mc on Dec 5, 2007 at 5:19pm
Okay, I think the one on the right is 25 which should make the Strand 23.

posted by Lost Memory on Dec 5, 2007 at 5:21pm
Actually, the Arirang Hibachi Restaurant gives an address of 23a Nelson Ave. That should make the original theater building address 23 Nelson Ave.

posted by Lost Memory on Dec 5, 2007 at 6:25pm
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