New Plaza Cinema
1871 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10023
1871 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10023
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NYIT Auditorium (Official)
Additional Info
Previously operated by: Cineplex Odeon, Clearview Cinemas
Previous Names: Cinema Latino, 62nd & Broadway Cinema, Clearview's 62nd & Broadway Cinema, NYIT Auditorium on Broadway
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
646.273.6100
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Cineplex Odeon opened this 300-seat single screen theatre on December 8, 1989 with “The War of the Roses”. Clearview took over operations when Cineplex Odeon merged with Loews, but had to divest some Manhattan cinemas due to anti-trust concerns. The movie theatre is downstairs.
On April 2, 2009, Clearview closed the theatre. Later in 2009 the auditorium was taken over by the New York Institute of Technology. In January 2019 it was renamed New Plaza Cinema. It was closed on January 13, 2020 when it was flooded by a local burst water main.
Contributed by
Gerald A. DeLuca, Howard B. Haas
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I have been wondering lately why the Lincoln Plaza owners didn’t consider buying the theatre. It would have made for a good seventh screen.
This was a good venue for catching offbeat art films and avoiding crowds. Always empty, not shocked to see it go.
Exterior photo from June 2008.
This is now called the NYIT Auditorium, but it’s sometimes still rented out for some screenings and/or premieres of smaller movies. I walked past a couple of years ago and saw Maggie Gyllenhaal being interviewed here for “Won’t Back Down”.
Now advertising as the New Plaza Cinema.
Thanks to Facebook contributor Steve Abraham. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/nyregion/new-plaza-cinema-uws.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_191215&fbclid=IwAR1M93M8zH45JrXxe9xWbg4QsSFtmNKj36cL-MSJjYieidUaNo_fxk7xJc0
Sadly, this cinema was ruined on the morning of January 13, 2020, when a massive water main break in the neighborhood flooded its basement auditorium up to the ceiling, collapsing the walls and wiping out the projection room. It’s very sad to see this labor of love meet its end this way.
Oh, damn.
Actually, this happened once before and this space came back as a cinema.
Please update, Clearview Cinemas closed the theatre on April 2, 2009 as a first run movie theatre.