Drive-In
2875 Richmond Avenue,
New Springville,
NY
10314
2875 Richmond Avenue,
New Springville,
NY
10314
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The Drive-In theater opened on April 22, 1948. Located in New Springville, Staten Island, it was the first drive-in theater to open in New York City. This drive-in had a capacity for 600 cars and was operated by Fabian Theatres.
The Drive-In theater closed in the late-1960’s and was demolished.
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The Drive-In Theater was replaced by a mall and an enclosed theater called the Island Theater. I believe that the Island Theater has also been demolished.
The theater that replaced a portion of this drive-in is here:
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Also known as The Fabian Drive-In Theater.
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The Staten Island airport was to the right of the theater in the photo.
hi, the fabian staten island drive-in did not close in 1965, reason being is that as a child i saw ROSEMARYS BABY there and i confirmed that with my sister and cousins and ROSEMARYS BABY did not come out till 1968
Here’s an article from a recent S.I. Advance about bygone Island movie theaters. The Drive-In is mentioned; what I didn’t know is that it cost $350,000 to build. I remember my dad taking my mom, sister and me to the drive-in to see a Bing Crosby pic, “Say One For Me” back in 1959. The second feature (remember them?) was “Hercules Unchained.”
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