Cineplaza 13
2115 69th Street and Tunnely Avenue,
North Bergen,
NJ
07047
2115 69th Street and Tunnely Avenue,
North Bergen,
NJ
07047
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with the closing of the columbia park 12..there are no more theatres in north bergen anymore…
Mostrando películas en español a partir del 18 de diciembre de 1998.
showing movies in spanish as of december 18th, 1998
Should be marked as closed – both the Pathmark and Forman Mills (which replaced the theatre) on site are now sitting empty. The big box shops only a few blocks away seem to be thriving, not sure why exactly this location failed so horribly.
The article linked by Lost Memory refers to the other North Bergen theatre, now run by Big Cinemas (at Columbia Park, about two miles away). That theater is still up and running. By the way I discovered a while back that the theater was originally going to be a Bradlees – when they went bankrupt Magic Cinemas signed the lease to open this theater.
Regal acquired Magic Cinemas (which had a few multiplexes and smaller theatres that were taken over by Regal – Northhampton Crossings in Easton, PA for example, or Clearview Cinemas – the now gone Colony in Livingston, NJ and Abby in West Millford, NJ). Regal I suppose had Columbia Park on the docket already, which then couldn’t play day and date with Loews. Somehow Starplex was able to do it later, and Columbia Park has found success as a hybrid Bollywood / Hollywood multiplex and even has a digital 3-D projector screen.
Retail might have faired well with Target and other big box retailers opening a few blocks down on Tunnely Ave.
The Cineplaza was close da few years ago. It is now a Foreman mills store whihc doesn’t seem top be fareing any better than the theater.
Interesting article in today’s New York Times (Section A) about the thriving Indian movie fare screening at the Columbia Park Cinema 12, a venue apparently facing possible redevelopment problems.
It’s closed, as of this weekend they are screening the Indian movies at the Columbia Park 12 and have closed this facility – this is a loss for Northern NJ as those additional screens would play anything and everything – I saw a lot of revolutionary world cinema there including movies like Oldboy, Kings and Queen, and City of God. This place will be missed.
Regal wasn’t thinking, they were focued on expansion, this theatre should have never been built. They did advertise it frequently when it first opened but I suspect part of the reason its doing okay now (besides being the premere Bollywood theatre in the country) is because Tunnelly Ave has seen some new devolopment over the past few years too. Regal didn’t think. National Amusements which didn’t really get caught up in the multiplex boom studies a site for years before building. Regal just wanted screen counts, as a result of those muliplexes built during the boom only 2 of the top 100 were Regals (now that number has gone up surly with the aquistion of Union Square) but Regal Cinemas was astonishingly stupid during the late 90’s. Glad this theatre and Columbia Park proved it to you.
What a stupid place for a theater !!!
Just to find it becomes a treasure hunt !!!
By placing the theater below street level it’s almost as if the movie going experience has become second rate compared to the stores above. At least witht the NYc Loews inside of Virgin Records, there is a marquee outside.
Columbia Park is at I-495 at Kennedy Blvd, its under the Columbia Park shoping center (accessable from a ramp off Kennedy Blvd leading back on to 495.
Where is that Columbia Park 12 located exactly?
Mapquest shows I-495 at Kennedy Blvd. Couldn’t find it.
It’s located below some other stores? Which ones? Curious to see this place. Please email me at
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