AMC Loews Fresh Meadows 7
190-02 Horace Harding Boulevard,
Fresh Meadows,
NY
11365
190-02 Horace Harding Boulevard,
Fresh Meadows,
NY
11365
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This large theater, which sits along the Long Island Expressway, began its life on November 23, 1949. It was a giant 2,184-seat suburban movie palace serving a 3,000-family, middle income housing project in Fresh Meadows, Queens, New York.
It was constructed by the firm of Voorhies, Walker, Foley & Smith and was built for Century Theatres which had the automobile in mind when it constructed an adjoining parking lot with space for 1,000 cars.
The theater itself contained an enormous auditorium with a balcony, a large lobby and foyer, and a lounge in the theater’s mezzanine.
The modern opulence of the Meadows, and its late-1940’s stylings, have been lost over the years as the former Century Theatres movie house has slowly morphed into a seven-screen multiplex.
Now operated by AMC Theatres, the ghost of its former operators, Cineplex Odeon, can still be seen in the theater’s marquee.
The AMC Loews Fresh Meadows 7, as it is now known, was located near a five-screen Loews theater on the other side of the Long Island Expressway that recently closed.
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They are currently playing an Indian film here “Ra. One” or “Random Access One”. I wonder how the nearby Phoenix / Bombay theater feels about this.
I think this film is in 3D which the Bombay may not have been able to accommodate.
“Ra One” is one of the most expensive Bollywood films ever made, and being booked into many mainstream theatres.
Why does Auburndale appear in the address at the top of the listing page? Fresh Meadows is not part of Auburndale, which is adjacent to Flushing and has a station on the Port Washington line of the LIRR.
The Bombay theater nearby is also playing “Ra One”.
Went there Friday to say Harold and Kumar and they are still only charging $3 extra for 3D as opposed to AMC’s Bay Terrace which is now charging $4, why is this???
What’s happening here? Both the escalor to theaters 5, 6 & 7 has been out for a few weeks and so has the elevator. I have bad knees and find it a struggle walking up. And if you have to use the bathroom during the film it’s a horror scene for your knees with nothing working. In addition Friday they couldn’t seem to get any picture going. The sound was bad on “This Means War” and when the film shut down for a few seconds after first being loud then like a whisper one of the ushers announced all here would get free passes to another film, which we did. Question is when will the repairs get done.
There again today, still no escalators or elevators fixed. A woman over 60 with a walker struggled for about 10 minutes to get down to the lower level of the theater, holding on to the handrails. Nice to see also that a few bathroom stalls are not in service either.
I was here yesterday to see “The Three Stooges” and it was shown in auditorium 2. The sign says the theater can hold no more than 250 people which is I believe the seating listed in someone else’s comment from 2009. It looked smaller to me despite what the sign said so I counted and came up with 185 seats. It’s weird too how they have 2 seats in one corner in the back and I believe 1 each by themselves in the back for the middle section and the left side of the theater.
I believe those single seats are for companions of wheelchair patrons, who use those open spaces.