I was born 1959 and lived in Astoria for 27 years. I remember as a kid going bowling at a place called Astoria Lanes, circa 1968-1978, which is definitely the site of the Key Food. The bowling alley was huge, it had 24 lanes on the first floor and another 24 on the second floor. They had a bar, and a small diner area. They also had a kids nursery, where moms in leagues could bowl weekday afternoons, and an attendant would watch the kiddies (I remember my mom dropping me at this place while she bowled. I do not remember a roller rink ever being there, maybe after I moved.
I also remember the Ditmars Theater, and seeing Beneath the Planet of the Apes there, I must have been around 15.
I was born 1959 and lived in Astoria for 27 years. I remember as a kid going bowling at a place called Astoria Lanes, circa 1968-1978, which is definitely the site of the Key Food. The bowling alley was huge, it had 24 lanes on the first floor and another 24 on the second floor. They had a bar, and a small diner area. They also had a kids nursery, where moms in leagues could bowl weekday afternoons, and an attendant would watch the kiddies (I remember my mom dropping me at this place while she bowled. I do not remember a roller rink ever being there, maybe after I moved.
I also remember the Ditmars Theater, and seeing Beneath the Planet of the Apes there, I must have been around 15.