Maybe. The Ridgewood’s already a five-plex, and would require less interior work than the Austin, which was a single cinema. But would an art house cinema thrive in Ridgewood when the Ridgewood did not thrive as a first-run mainstream cinema ?
That’s true, Bway. The most direct route from Ridgewood to Forest Hills that I know of, and I walked this way many times, is Myrtle to Cooper to Yellowstone to Austin to Continental, and there you are in busy downtown Forest Hills. The only part of it with a bus is Myrtle (Q55).
I was expressing my opinion that Ridgewood should have a movie theatre, and that it should be the Ridgewood, within walking distance of much of Ridgewood and Bushwick. I was not commenting on the likelihood of the Ridgewood being restored to full time operation as a movie theater, but, while we’re on the subject, what would it take to upgrade the Ridgewood to a state of the art multiplex cinema (like the Midway in Forest Hills, only smaller) and, once this was done, would it make enough money to survive ?
No, Anniegirl, I didn’t mean to say there were shantytowns in Williamsburg. All I was saying was that, just as nature abhors a vacuum, vacant lots tend to be squatted on by the homeless, who are perhaps afraid of being robbed, raped, and murdered in the NYC shelters, kids play baseball, or other games, in them; in general, unused vacant horizontal space tends to become used again very soon.
John D., I agree wholeheartedly with you about the destruction of the Commodore Theatre.
Thank you, Ross, for your attention and help !
Yes, LuisV, it’s a Catholic church. There’s lots about it on the Bushwick Buddies website.
Good work, Warren and Bway, and thanks. Let’s keep on this.
Wow, Bway, almost like, and even “better” than, the RKO Madison.
Thanks for the date correction, Bob F. Missed the Stooges on stage at the Madison. I vaguely remember hearing they were going to appear there live.
I saw “Premature Burial” at the Madison, summer 1962, also.
Grover Cleveland High School had its 1965 and 1972 graduations there.
It’s also a picture of the Bushwick before it was the RKO Bushwick.
Thanks, Prov. and ticketseller, for all these Kerouac details !
Thanks, Bob F.
Thanks, Jayar1, and welcome.
YankeeMike, when was Film Forum forced to close its 57 Watts St. location ? Summer 1990 ? The last summer Sci Fi festival I attended was 1989.
Didn’t think you were, LuisV !
Thanks for the pic, Lost Memory !
Yes, Lost Memory, that’s true.
Thanks, Lost Memory. I don’t get it, either.
True, all, Bway. Thanks.
When did the RKO Keith’s Richmond Hill stop showing movies ? 1968 ? 1970 ?
Good points, Bway. Thanks.
Maybe. The Ridgewood’s already a five-plex, and would require less interior work than the Austin, which was a single cinema. But would an art house cinema thrive in Ridgewood when the Ridgewood did not thrive as a first-run mainstream cinema ?
Thanks, LuisV and Bway. I’d forgotten about the stage area and Hank’s Billiards upstairs.
True, Bway.
Thanks, Bob Furmanek ! That’s an average of seven theaters a day !
Nyuk nyuk nyuk !
That’s true, Bway. The most direct route from Ridgewood to Forest Hills that I know of, and I walked this way many times, is Myrtle to Cooper to Yellowstone to Austin to Continental, and there you are in busy downtown Forest Hills. The only part of it with a bus is Myrtle (Q55).
I was expressing my opinion that Ridgewood should have a movie theatre, and that it should be the Ridgewood, within walking distance of much of Ridgewood and Bushwick. I was not commenting on the likelihood of the Ridgewood being restored to full time operation as a movie theater, but, while we’re on the subject, what would it take to upgrade the Ridgewood to a state of the art multiplex cinema (like the Midway in Forest Hills, only smaller) and, once this was done, would it make enough money to survive ?
I’ll have my say, LuisV.
Thanks, Warren.
No, Anniegirl, I’ve had no similar experiences. I am now 53 years of age.
Just about.
What about them ? They’re four or five miles away from the Ridgewood Theatre and the center of Ridgewood.
Good point, Billburg. Thanks.
Thanks for posting for me, LuisV.
No, Anniegirl, I didn’t mean to say there were shantytowns in Williamsburg. All I was saying was that, just as nature abhors a vacuum, vacant lots tend to be squatted on by the homeless, who are perhaps afraid of being robbed, raped, and murdered in the NYC shelters, kids play baseball, or other games, in them; in general, unused vacant horizontal space tends to become used again very soon.
John D., I agree wholeheartedly with you about the destruction of the Commodore Theatre.