Fair Theatre
90-18 Astoria Boulevard,
East Elmhurst,
NY
11369
90-18 Astoria Boulevard,
East Elmhurst,
NY
11369
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Please. Enough already. Discuss this off-site. (Check profiles for email contacts.) Thanks.
MarkieS: “Yes, there is an adult "theater” in the back with plenty of seats, plus a couple of dozen booths behind the screen. I was just there two days ago."
Ah, good. Not just a figleaf for a videostore type of operation! Is it populated? If so, exclusively male or might MF couples wander in from other parts of the theater?
Yes, there is an adult “theater” in the back with plenty of seats, plus a couple of dozen booths behind the screen. I was just there two days ago.
My question is getting separated from the item that prompted the question!
They show adult films in the back; that’s also where the “buddy” booths are.
posted by MarkieS on Mar 20, 2009 at 4:28pm
In other words, there is an actual adult-film “theater” in the back, meaning at least 5 or 6 seats and a shared screen?
posted by faberfranz on Mar 20, 2009 at 9:33pm
Really!
dose the fair seem to be still stuck in the 70s or has it bin changed.has any body bin thear latly and care to share thear story.
In other words, there is an actual adult-film “theater” in the back, meaning at least 5 or 6 seats and a shared screen?
They show adult films in the back; that’s also where the “buddy” booths are.
iv called and i was told the no longer show adult films,but still have grindhouse fair like kung fu films just whanting to know
Oh yeah, the place is still hopping on weekends!
A full year since the last comments regarding the Fair!
Hope all is well with my fellow intrepid theatre enthusiasts.
I couldn’t find any news online about solicitation arrests at the Fair, but I remember seeing several stories in the NY Times recently
about undercover officers targeting men exiting adult shops in Manhattan. The only one I remember specifically mentioned was the Blue Door in the East Village, which I understand isn’t even a theatre in the traditional sense.
So it’s wise for all to be alert and use common sense when visiting any theatre, adult or otherwise. I’ve driven past there recently & the place certainly looked the same from outside. Perhaps a 2009 trip is in order…..
Yes, Someone told me that it was reported in Newsday this past weekend that two men were arrested in the Fair for solicitation. There may now be undercover cops baiting guys in the booths. So if you go there, be careful, I certainly into!
any body knows any new news
Comments have now been reopened for this page. Let’s keep it civil please. :)
Maybe the Fair is showing the Bollywood versions of Mission Impossible & Speed! I’m joking here, but the Indian film industry has been making blatant rip-offs of Hollywood hits for years. I saw a hilarious version of Reservoir Dogs that was called Kaante. It had some of the same dialogue, camera shots, some scenes filmed in English with a Los Angeles location and of course, many intervals of singing & dancing! I had to fast-forward a great deal, since it was a 3-hour movie.
Anyway, maybe Warren would like to visit with us to see what’s going on in the Fair these days. Heh heh…
The idea of a group trip to Kings Highway would be a fascinating sociological expedition!
I was wondering what the “much less out-of-control” remark above meant. Care to elaborate?
Yeah. Group “Cinema Treasures' trip to Kings Highway might be fun.
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I went to the Cinema Kings Highway in Brooklyn for the first time today, and I much prefer it to the Fair in every way. Very courteous management, not surly like at the Fair, and cleaner too. Even has some charm. I like the Fair pretty well, but people had always told me Cinema Kings Highway wasn’t nearly as much fun—it’s a lot more so,much less out-of-control, and people should go there. Trouble is, it’s pretty far out, but its Brooklyn neighborhood is not nearly so depressing as the Elmhurst Heights location of the Fair, which looks like something out of ‘The Sopranos’, especially with that gross-looking ‘Kozy Kabin’ topless club across Astoria Blvd.
“You’re drifting away from the purpose of this website."
Drifting away? We jumped off a cliff a long time ago!
Yeah, offline is fine with me! Just click on my name, I guess.
exactly, that’s why I felt I had to comment on such rudeness.
Let’s take this discussion offline, guys.
You’re drifting away from the purpose of this website.
I’d like to comment on the remark above concerning “predators” at the Fair. Get the hell over your narrow minded self. I’m sure you’re very well informed about the history of all these old theaters and you have posted some fascinating pictures. But you insist on making judgmental remarks about the people who patronize the Fair. Why? What do you know about it? Have you visited recently? If not, shut up! I am a 49 year old intelligent, professional man who goes to the Fair about twice a month. For the most part,everyone I’ve encountered there has been very nice, just looking for some discreet fun. Nary a predator in sight; so you are sadly misinformed. If you don’t agree with these mens' lifestyles or choices, that’s your right. But please don’t sermonize and spew your prejudice in here where it doesn’t belong, especially since you have no idea whereof you speak.
Thanks for laughs, guys!
Or do they get off on weekends?