Hyde Park Drive-In
4114 Albany Post Road,
Hyde Park,
NY
12538
4114 Albany Post Road,
Hyde Park,
NY
12538
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Opened in 1950 as the Auto-Vision Drive-In, the Hyde Park Drive-In has been a local haunt for decades and, at $6 per person, the drive-in is a cheap alternative to the local multiplex.
In 2000, the theater was sold to Scenic Hudson Inc., a Poughkeepsie-based environmental group. While the previous owner is still running the drive-in, no one knows what will happen to the Hyde Park Drive-In.
Many local residents were concerned that the Hyde Park Drive-In may close after the summer of 2001. So far, the current owners have refused comment on their plans and movies continue.
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It was still open for the 2007 season, and there is a farmers market there on Saturday mornings in the fall and summer. There is talk of Senic Hudson, which owns the property, building a welcome center or some other type of tourist oriented facility linking the FDR home and library across the road with some hiking trails to Eleanor Roosevelts house (Val Kill) nearby. Its future as a drive in is unknown.
This is a 2007 photo.
The Hyde Park Drive In WILL OPEN FOR THE 2008 SEASON in Mid April
I’ve been going to the HP Drive-In for years and years. I’m so glad it’s still around… We almost lost it a few years ago.
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Mentioned in the NYTimes CT Section about the last drive-ins in Connecticut.
This Thursday the 17th will BE the LAST day for the 2008 Season. The Drive In Will re-open inn April 2009.
The Overlook Drive In Will be open until mid Oct
In 1975 car capacity for the Hyde Park Drive-In was 480.
Playing in 1969 “THE LOVE BUG” and “BLUE SURF-ARI” both G rated.
Still in operation as of May, 2012.