God, everything on Staten Island is hard to get to. I lived there from 1966 until 1988….and it just became an infrastructure nightmare…..I loved it, but I hated it…..
I remember going to rock and roll shows at the Paramount when I was like 11 or 12, maybe younger. But I always thought they were Murray the K shows….weren’t they? I remember seeing the Ronettes, the Shangra-las and maybe even the Four Seasons…..we used to get up at like 4am to get the train to the theatre and wait on line for hours………memories!!!!!
OMG….thanks to VinnyBrooklyn for the pictures. What memories. I don’t know how many movies I saw there when I was a kid……and frankcan you are right, it is sad………love those old movies theeaters.
I believe that downstairs was a bowling alley that you entered thru a doorway to the right of the marquee……I think it was a separate business….very small, but still fun….
To Kong1911….Wow….that’s right….thanks so much….I forgot all about those days til I found this site…..thanks again!
God, everything on Staten Island is hard to get to. I lived there from 1966 until 1988….and it just became an infrastructure nightmare…..I loved it, but I hated it…..
I remember going to rock and roll shows at the Paramount when I was like 11 or 12, maybe younger. But I always thought they were Murray the K shows….weren’t they? I remember seeing the Ronettes, the Shangra-las and maybe even the Four Seasons…..we used to get up at like 4am to get the train to the theatre and wait on line for hours………memories!!!!!
The movie theatre in SNF is the Loews Oriental under the el on 86th street.
OMG….thanks to VinnyBrooklyn for the pictures. What memories. I don’t know how many movies I saw there when I was a kid……and frankcan you are right, it is sad………love those old movies theeaters.
I believe that downstairs was a bowling alley that you entered thru a doorway to the right of the marquee……I think it was a separate business….very small, but still fun….