Hollowbrook Drive-In
Oregon Road and Red Mill Road,
Peekskill,
NY
10567
Oregon Road and Red Mill Road,
Peekskill,
NY
10567
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Outdoor theater in Peekskill (about 30-45 miles north of NYC) that I visited in the early-mid-1970’s. Part of the Liggett & Florin chain, it closed about 1984.
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I’ve lived down the street from the old theater for some time now. Remember taking my wife there numerous times. One of the last in the area. I watched it torn down and replaced with a housing development. Yes indeed the Carvel is still in business.
Folk singer Pete Seeger was one of those stoned while the local cops watched from a distance. Pete still recalls those days.
GT
I lived on old Oregon Rd Walking distance to the drive-in. We didn’t go to Peekskill city schools.
I think we hung some Tories during the revolutionary war also. Who knows what we did to the Indians but I don’t believe the Drive-in was involved.
Peekskill was part of our mailing address, the closest city. I don’t ever remember seeing Peekskill police. But Peekskill had a quaint style indoor theater with a balcony if I remember correctly. And also it’s the birth place of Mel Gibson and maybe that’s where he saw his first movie.
Well it was a nice area to live, I Liked going the drive-in and carvel when in season.
I got a kick watching “No Direction Home” that the totally open Pete Seeger was so outraged over the electric Bob Dylan he wanted to get a axe and kill the power. bvg
I also grew up in Peekskill during the 60s, and the drive-in was a regular feature of my weekends. I saw the first half-dozen of the James Bond films on their screens. I learned to fish in the stream that run along one side of the theater, and I can also remember running through the DDT Fog that they used for mosquito control, all three of my children have the normal number of fingers and toes, and otherwise seem normal. Well, sort of normal, at least for teenage human-beings.
I believe that the “Lakeland Acres” referenced in the Robeson incident might have at one time been the semi-private swim club located a half-mile or so southeast of the drive-in. The area looks like it is part of the Golf Club now.
The first Peekskill concert was at Lakeland Acres Picnic Area directly across from Hillside and Assumption Cemeteries.
The second Peekskill concert was held at the Hollow Brook country club.
I did a lot of playing and exploring in that brook next to the drive-in. Also enjoyed a few trout.
I am looking for information about the ORIGINAL Hollowbrook golf course that was in or around the area of the cinema. The course was abandoned, possibly during the Depression years of the 1930’s. If anyone can provide information, photos, possible information sources, etc. about the original golf course I will be grateful.
Hey Richard can you send me a pic of that old sign?
Car capacity in 1975 was 700.
Bernie Brooks was the owner of the Hollowbrook in 1958. Here is a 1974 aerial photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ygwzzlv
Both 700 cars and Bernie Brooks are correct facts.
Thanks Ken and Mike.