Whitestone Drive-In

2505 Bruckner Boulevard,
Bronx, NY 10465

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Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on October 8, 2004 at 10:08 pm

I see the Cinerama was removed from the style of this drive-in and I think that is correct. As things would happen the day after I made the above entry I found information on the second Cinerama Drive-In. The Mann, France Avenue Drive-In at 7800 (HWY 494) France Ave South, Bloomington, Minesota (Mineapolis suburb). It opened June 15, 1966 and the ad says it was equipped for Cinerama (most likley 70mm), Todd-AO, 70 MM, and all other film processes. The ad goes on to say it had the “World’s Largest Screen!” 150ft by 92ft (the Cinerama expert Roland Lataille writes that the screen size has not been confirmed) and had a 1700 car capacity (that seems awful big), but it did end up with 3 screens. It closed in 1982, was demolished in 1986 and is now the Minnesota Center office complex. Now, is there a third Cinerama Drive-In?

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on October 6, 2004 at 11:32 pm

I see the style is listed as Cinerama. I could be wrong, but the only Cinerama Drive-In I ever heard of was the Century Drive in Los Angeles (Inglewood) California.

RobertR
RobertR on September 26, 2004 at 7:45 pm

In November of 1968 this drive-in was playing a double bill of “Around The World In 80 Days” and “Hang Em High”. It was also playing at it’s sister theatre in Valley Stream. By the way this theatre is advertised as The Whitestone-Sunrise Drive-In. It’s counterpart is just Sunrise Drive-In

42ndStreetMemories
42ndStreetMemories on August 23, 2004 at 5:11 pm

For those of us living in Manhattan in the late 50s/early 60s, another DI choice was the Route 3 DI outside the Lincoln Tunnel, where the Meadowlands is now. Jerry from 42nd Street Memories

JonTMarin
JonTMarin on July 24, 2004 at 2:14 am

The Whitestone Multiplex Theater sits on the site of the drive in now. That theater is not that good. But back in the day that was where we took our dates to see “House Party” and I believe I saw “Boyz N The Hood” there.

p7350
p7350 on April 25, 2004 at 1:57 pm

Staten Island had only one Drive-in , The Staten Island Drive-In Theater, which was torn down in the mid sixties and replaced by the Island theater, now torn down.

joemasher
joemasher on April 25, 2004 at 11:56 am

There were one or two on Staten Island….and before the Whitestone closed, it was ‘triplexed’ in the late 70’s, early 80’s…