New Park Cinemas
23 W. Westfield Avenue,
Roselle Park,
NJ
07204
23 W. Westfield Avenue,
Roselle Park,
NJ
07204
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The Park Theatre was opened in 1927. The New Park Cinemas were closed in February 2010.
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Thats the problem with a lot of these multiplexes today. You have these teenage projectionist wanna-bees, and you end up with piracy. All these companies wont hire union guys cause they say it costs too much, so they hire these kids for $8.00 an hour, and of course they want more money, so they do what they can to get it. You would never catch an old timer like me doing this. I have more brains then to get caught and lose my job.
this theater is been closed now since February i don’t know why does anyone know when they will be back open again? its a ok theater seen great movies there over the years since i was a kid.
In the 1970s and the early 1980s the Park was still a single theater. It did not have a balcony – it was what they call today stadium-type seating. The entrance into the auditorium was in the center with the stadium seating/loge on either side. The aisles were in the center and on both sides. It was a wide theater.
It had a large ornate, circular relief in the center ceiling where there was probably once a large chandelier. By the time I saw this place, it ran double features for a dollar and later two dollars. I saw many good double bills here and I remember the Park fondly. Not much money was put into maintenance which meant some sticky floors, broken seats, and beatup restrooms painted in odd colors.
There were several leaks in the ceiling ornamentation which resulted in water-damaged plaster. Years later I returned to see it when it was quad-ed. It was cleaner and a lot more expensive but it had lost its charm.
new park cinema is up for rent hope someone rents it so it reopens again
As the only theater in Roselle Park, and with an organ having been installed in 1927, the Park Theatre must have been this project noted in the “Theatres in Construction” column of Variety for December 1, 1926:
Architect Willaim Friedberg opened his office in Newark in 1922, but I’ve been unable to find out anything else about him.hello all my self and my business partner are looking to open a movie theater any investors looking to go in we would love to talk .
let’s talk @ParkTheater.I’m trying to make moves Asap
i wish i could buy this theater i been going there since i was a kid. It’s since for rent they really want someone to fix looks clean inside from the pics. i hope someone reopens it been since there closed since 2010
Saw quite a few movies here in the early 90’s. I specifically remember seeing CANDYMAN and EVENT HORIZON. It was a nice theater.