Century's York Theatre
811 New York Avenue,
Huntington Station,
NY
11746
811 New York Avenue,
Huntington Station,
NY
11746
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Another of Century’s Long Island houses which thrived in the 1950’s and 1960’s. The theatre was located in the Huntington Shopping Center and opened in 1961.
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Where is this pic ?
There was a Woolworths in the same strip of stores (next door?) . I imagine that many patrons stopped there for candy before the show!
All I remember was LILCO per my predicament finding the car above.
The theater was next to a pharmacy then fabric shop then Woolworths. Fanny Farmer was the last store at the end of the strip next to Sears .(Sears then became Pathmark)
The theatre was an auto parts store for awhile. Now it’s Famous Footwear.
Well I put the correct address in but the Google map hasn’t been updated. Is that something that takes time?
PIC POSTED——–
Noticed on another site that the facade of the York and the lobby, such as it was, was done in green and white glazed brick. The large Century’s sign was in green with the name of the theatre in white.
The green bricks were very light and the signage was dark green.
I worked at the York for a couple of years as an usher beginning in August, 1962, evenings after school and weekends. Century envisioned this theater as: 1) an art house which played films such as La Dolce Vita and Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and 2) a more conventional theater which played more commercial releases, including the Huntington premier of West Side Story. We had a Manager named Peter Manzione, and an Asst. Manager named Nick Mastacouris, both of whom were obliged to work in tuxes. We had two union projectionists, plus uniformed ushers, matrons and concession stand people. In the lobby photo posted on this site, the doors on the left lead to the concession area, and the small door in the cashier’s booth leads to the manager’s office. The theater was slightly smaller (and older) than the Whitman Theater in South Huntington. Century also operated the Huntington Theater and Shore Theater in the Village of Huntington, and a drive-in theater on Rte. 110 in South Huntington, and I believe they also owned the Huntington Lanes opposite the Shore Theater.