Farmingdale Theater
354 Main Street,
Farmingdale,
NY
11735
354 Main Street,
Farmingdale,
NY
11735
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The Farmingdale Theater was located right in the center (or near enough to it) in the village of Farmingdale. The theater blended perfectly in with the small town feel of the village area.
This section of Farmingdale was really charming in the 1970’s. I don’t know how it is now. In later years, the “downtown” area began to whither. The theater, I think, closed down in the early-1980’s but I don’t know for sure.
In the late-1970’s when I went there a couple of times, it was a discount theater. The admission was the last two digits of the year.
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Chris Connolly
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I worked at the Farmingdale Movie Theater in ‘81. Lenny Lopes and Mrs. Burns were the managers then. Fondest teenage memories working there…
This is a photo of the building from 1999.
Mrs Burns has passes away and Mr Lopes is now the head of NY theater
Historical society.
I remember both Mrs Burns, Mr Lopes & Mrs Vitale, who was one of my favorites. There was also a ditzy woman manager named Yvonne there for awhile who I could go on about for several paragraphs. She was married to one of the UA “big-wigs”. And to Jason W: Yes, I knew stuff went on there after hours. I could tell that light switches etc were not the way I left them the night before when I’d come in somtimes. I wasn’t trying to trip anyone up. I just had a “system” in the way I did things and I could tell when things were not the way I had left hem. But you guys never caused me any problems so I never said anything or complained. The staff at the theater I’m at now unplugs cables or TOTALLY screws up my sound & light settings sometimes and that kinda pisses me off now that I’m getting old & cranky! hahahaha
Here is a 2008 photo of the building. Function could be office space.
The main floor now houses a law office among other things. I’ve been told that the balcony is still intact including the seats. This was another theatre that didn’t have a signboard marquee – the alan and lindenhurst are two others which come to mind.
This is a pretty large building, I hadn’t realized this was a theater. When did it close?
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This is a 2009 photo of the building.
John and Drew Eberson had a project listed as Theatre Building for Farmingdale Theatre Inc with a date of 1941.
Orlando was Lenny any relation to you?