Absecon Drive-In
421 E. Absecon Road,
Absecon,
NJ
08201
421 E. Absecon Road,
Absecon,
NJ
08201
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The Absecon Drive-In was located on E. Absecon Road, a few miles east of Shore Road. It opened in 1955 and was operated by Walter Reade Theatres. It had a capacity for 1,000 cars with room for expansion for another 250. There was a golf course next door, along with a Howard Johnson’s restaurant. I went to theater in my pajamas as a child.
In later years, my friends and I would sit on the railroad tracks behind the theater and watch Russ Myer movies like “The Attack of the Supervixens”. The drive-in has been closed for years.
Later operated by Milgram Theatres. There is a Home Depot on the site now.
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Ken McIntyre
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OK, thanks. I will be back there next month. I will try and take some pictures.
I drove by today and saw the intact screen. It’s pouring rain, so I’m not stopping.
I remember sitting on the tracks around 1968. We saw “You Only Live Twice”, & “Hotrods To Hell”.
Here is a June 2008 photo that shows the screen still standing.
If you enter 421 E. Absecon Avenue, city of Absecon, on this site and pan down a bit, you can see some nice aerials from the sixties and seventies.
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Here is a 1963 aerial view:
http://tinyurl.com/ye5ryd4
I will be in Absecon in May. I hope to stop by the ruins to take some photos. Last time there was a deluge so I passed.
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/y2f96ug
The entrance was further south-approx. 512 E. Absecon Road.
The information up top needs to be updated. The theater was never 3 screens and it’s later years it was operated by The Franks not the Milgrams