City Cinema
2081 Bartow Avenue,
Bronx,
NY
10475
2081 Bartow Avenue,
Bronx,
NY
10475
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The City Cinema was located in the Bartow Plaza in the huge Co-Op City apartment development. It appears to have been built in the late 60s or early 70s as a two-screen cinema. After it closed in the late 80s it was used as a church and later I think it was a community playhouse. It is now used as a bingo hall. This theatre predates and had no association with the City Cinemas [chain] in Manhattan.
Anybody have more info?
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This is the property report for this address. The build date given is 1969 so Dave is right on target with the dates that he gave.
2081 Bartow Avenue, Co-op City, New York 10475
Block & Lot #: 05141 – 0100
Building Class: Store Building, One Story (K1)
School District: 11 map/schools
City Council District: 12
Police Precinct: 45 (Crime Statistics)
Political Contributions: search
BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS
Zoning C4-3
Building Size (F x D): 550.00ft x 350.00ft
Lot Size (F x D): 1143.00ft x 762.00ft
Building Height: 50
Total Gross Area of Building:
Year Built: 1969
Historic District?: No
Corner Lot?: No
Has Garage?: No
Number of Floors: 1
Units: 0
FAR as built: 1.35
Allowable FAR: 3.40
MARKET VALUE1 HISTORY
Jun 01, 2005 $36,700,000
May 01, 2004 $33,500,000
Apr 01, 2003 $41,300,000
Mar 01, 2002 $43,500,000
Feb 01, 2001 $43,200,000
1 Market value obtain from the NYC Department of Finance
According to an ad posted by RobertR for another theatre, in 1974 the little City Cinema at Co-op City was a Brandt house, and was playing a double-feature of Disney’s “Aristocats” and “Song of the South”.
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I lived in CO-Op City for 6 years and went her a lot.Just an average twin cinema. Nothing special, but it was a first run house. Some of the films I remeber seeing there are Interiors, Carnal Knowledge, one of the Pink Panther movies, Busting, and many others.
I lived in thie area from 1973-74 and saw many films there with my grandmothers, who both lived in the area. For some reason, my most vivid memory is of Barbra Streisand in “What’s Up Doc?” My schoolbus used to pass the theater on my way to school (5th grade, 1973-74) and I always used to look out the window on Wednesday morning to see what the new movie for the week was.
City Cinema started out as a one screen theater. It later expanded to two screens.