Baronet and Coronet Theatre
993 3rd Avenue,
New York,
NY
10022
993 3rd Avenue,
New York,
NY
10022
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Cineplex Odeon, Island Theater Circuit, Loews Cineplex, Walter Reade Theatres
Architects: John J. McNamara
Previous Names: Queen's Theatre, Arcadia Theatre, Baronet Theatre, Coronet I and II
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News About This Theater
- Jul 15, 2008 — Remembering "Die Hard" -- A 20th Anniversary Tribute
- Jul 15, 2008 — Remembering "Die Hard"
- Jan 6, 2005 — Cinema 1, 2, 3 Also Set To Close
The Queen’s Theatre was opened prior to 1914 and was still operating in 1928. It was operated by the Queen’s Theater Co. In 1929 it was renamed Arcadia Theatre. Around 1951 it had been renamed Baronet Theatre. In late-1962 a second screen, the Coronet Theatre, was built on top of the Baronet Theatre and it was renamed Baronet and Coronet Theatre. The former Baronet & Coronet was once one of the hottest places to see first run films on New York’s Upper East Side during the 1960’s and 1970’s. Cineplex Odeon renovated the theatres and combined the entrance on June 16, 1989. With a total seating capacity of 918, the Baronet Theatre had 418-seats, and the Coronet Theatre had 600-seats.
Sadly, it’s once famous façade and reputation declined in the past 25 years and the theatre finally closed on September 13, 2001, as the Coronet I and II. The old Baronet & Coronet lettering and crowns could still be seen through decades of dirt caked on to its fading exterior.
The theatre has been demolished to make way for an apartment building with retail space on the first floor.
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Ross Melnick
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Recent comments (view all 193 comments)
Re the dave-bronx post: Thanks! Until now, I’d heard about that 35/70mm projector, but I didn’t know it had a name (Cinemeccanica). Back in 1982 I had a meeting with Nestor Almendros about a project he was trying to get off the ground, but he had just come from viewing “Sophie’s Choice”(he was the DP) at the Cinema I and was screaming bloody murder about these awful dual 35/70 projectors which he thought made both formats look terrible. (It was the first I’d heard about them.)
The Coronet opened in late 1962. It was still under construction when Boxoffice of September 3 mentioned the project in an article about twin cinemas, several of which were slated to open or begin construction over the next several months. Rugoff’s Cinema I and II down the block from the Baronet had already opened on July 25.
The screen in The Coronet was huge. They had great tan curtains that rolled up.
The introduction to this article, leaves out an important piece of history, that the theater was owned by the Walter Reade Organization, circa 1960s through approximately 1989. I remember the “Dollar Trilogy ” with Clint Eastwood playing
there in the early to mid sixties. They were great movies.
themazin you must have managed under Cineplex Odeon. I have also been a Theater Manager too. It was one of my most fondest times.
milanp, the Baronet Coronet was part of The Walter Reade Organization, a chain of approximately 10 theater. Several of the films, you mentioned played at their other locations, most notably the Little Carnegie. They were great films, with SRO crowds, all weekend.
The Coronet had the exclusive showing of The Deer Hunter.
ride the train the Coronet opened in late 1962.
jwmovies, the theatre you’re thinking of that has three screens is not the Baronet and Coronet (which is actually further to the right in the picture, displaying the banner featuring the movie Shrek on its front above the theatre’s marquee (which identifies it at this point as Coronet I & II).
Fifty years ago today, CHINATOWN opened a world premiere engagement at the Coronet (and at the Loew’s State 1).