State Theatre
131 Pike Street,
Port Jervis,
NY
12771
131 Pike Street,
Port Jervis,
NY
12771
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This was the State Theater in 1986.
Yes, I heard rumors for years that they wanted to put a theater somewhere in Matamoras near Wal-Mart and KMart-in one of those shopping centers. Then something about the strip mall in P.J. that housed Great American and KMart. It really sucks now with the Tri-States theater gone, you have to drive to the Galleria in Middletown to see a movie. I don’t know if the Milford theater is still open or not-usually opens in the summer. I heard from friends that the best theater in this area was Cinema 23 in Montague.
I heard somewhere recently, they might bring a theatre here.
The State theater closed in 1984. They showed mostly porn movies from the late seventies on. If anyone who lived in Port Jervis in the early eighties-they will remember the occasional rock concert here. They world-premired a Beatles film here-can’t remember which one.
The head of the Crescent Theater in Sussex, NJ told me it was demolished 5 or 6 years ago. They contacted them to offer assistance in saving the State and they refused. Never refuse help, unless you like tearing down history and having grass grow on an empty lot.
Was on 131 Pike Street. Biked by it yesterday and it was demolished.