Little left to identify it as the Drive-In sign anymore.
What will probably happen is the owner will eventually pass away and developers will snap that property up. From what I have been able to follow from down here in Florida there has been interest to build on that property for many years. That will be the ultimate end to the Rocky Point Drive-In.
robboehm – I’ve posted an entry as you suggested. Mainly about the drive-in, since that holds the most memories for me, last paragraph does pertain to the cinema but is lacking as I really do not recall much about the cinema.
I remeber the Cinema, 1st year or 2 it showed regular movies then turned X-Rated. The only movie I can remeber seeing was a western, Judge Roy Bean(?). When the kids I hung out with started coming of age we always talked about going to see a XXX but it was all
bluster we never went. The indoor movie theaters that I went to on a regular basis were the East Setauket Fox, saw Gone with The Wind for the 1st time on the “big screen” as compared with years of watching it on TV in B&W, it was amazing. Also the Brookhaven in Port Jefferson Station, I remember when they had a Herbie (The Lovebug) in the lobby. When it became a $1.00 theater we went just about every week.
If we were allowed to get a 2nd treat I always chose an eggroll and Yoo-Hoo too! I was terrified of the bathrooms, would not go by myself for the longest time, I think it was because of the exposed plumbing and dim lighting.
I remember the original Carvel on 25A on the north-west corner of Hallock Landing. It was the old walk-up style the front facade was slanted, later it moved down by the drive-in. I always got a chocolate cone with chocolate or rainbow sprinkles.
Shopped at Sears Surplus alot, the manager (tall bald guy) for some reason pegged me as a potential shop-lifter and would follow me around. So I would pick up merchandise walk around then set it down somewhere
else, drove him nuts.
I wonder if the neon was salvaged or saved before the upper portion was removed, it would be a shame if it was destroyed.
I just posted a photo taken in 1993 of the complete driving range signage: Golf Range At Rocky Point
Little left to identify it as the Drive-In sign anymore. What will probably happen is the owner will eventually pass away and developers will snap that property up. From what I have been able to follow from down here in Florida there has been interest to build on that property for many years. That will be the ultimate end to the Rocky Point Drive-In.
Sad to see it in this state. I think it would be nice to see it restored as a “historic monument”.
robboehm – I’ve posted an entry as you suggested. Mainly about the drive-in, since that holds the most memories for me, last paragraph does pertain to the cinema but is lacking as I really do not recall much about the cinema.
Check out New York Drive-Ins.com has some photos, and newspaper clippings about the Drive-In. It opened June 16th 1961, closed in 1988.
I remeber the Cinema, 1st year or 2 it showed regular movies then turned X-Rated. The only movie I can remeber seeing was a western, Judge Roy Bean(?). When the kids I hung out with started coming of age we always talked about going to see a XXX but it was all bluster we never went. The indoor movie theaters that I went to on a regular basis were the East Setauket Fox, saw Gone with The Wind for the 1st time on the “big screen” as compared with years of watching it on TV in B&W, it was amazing. Also the Brookhaven in Port Jefferson Station, I remember when they had a Herbie (The Lovebug) in the lobby. When it became a $1.00 theater we went just about every week.
If we were allowed to get a 2nd treat I always chose an eggroll and Yoo-Hoo too! I was terrified of the bathrooms, would not go by myself for the longest time, I think it was because of the exposed plumbing and dim lighting. I remember the original Carvel on 25A on the north-west corner of Hallock Landing. It was the old walk-up style the front facade was slanted, later it moved down by the drive-in. I always got a chocolate cone with chocolate or rainbow sprinkles. Shopped at Sears Surplus alot, the manager (tall bald guy) for some reason pegged me as a potential shop-lifter and would follow me around. So I would pick up merchandise walk around then set it down somewhere else, drove him nuts.