UA Lynbrook 6
321 Merrick Road,
Lynbrook,
NY
11563
321 Merrick Road,
Lynbrook,
NY
11563
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No photos of interior as a roadshow house?
Please update, closed January 16, 2016
research the old Newsday. Was a regular customer of the theatre between 1980 and 2011.
Ridethetrain- you come up with some amazing statistics. What is your source?
Please update the description, the Lynbrook became a quad on November 18, 1977. Both the downstairs and upstairs was split in half. On April 13, 1990 it open as 6 screens. Theatre 5 was the old stage, with a hallway was created to the left of theatre 1 and theatre 6 took over a store in the front.
Lynbrook final capacity before it was closed and rebuilt was Theatre 1 312 dts/DS (It got Dolby Stereo in 1980) Theatre 2 415 dot dts digital sound and Ultra Stereo in the around 2000 when FOX required all theaters showing Star Wars in digital sound. Theatre 3 240 MONO Theatre 4 225 MONO Theatre 5 202 Kintex Stereo Theatre 6 120 Kintex Stereo Theatre 2,4,5 and 6 had RealD 3D
Theatre 1 lost about 100 seats to create the hallway to theatre 5. Each of the downstairs screens lost a few seats due to creating ADA spots for wheelchairs.
Mike, they totally leveled the old building. It would have been nice if they had incorporated the facade into the new as they did with a couple of reconstructed Broadway theaters. For whatever reasons the new is still under construction way past the Fall 2017 and March 2018 target dates, although they now have hiring ads.
Not much left of the old theater lol.
(Just kidding)
To see photos of the new UA Lynbrook visith http://bdg.net/projects/regal-lynbrook/
The signage is coming along. The backlighting on the sort of upside down “L” shaped sign at the corner of Merrick and Hempstead was abnormally bright before they affixed the lettering and logo! Also, I know I’ve been remiss in not uploading demolition pics of the old UA building I took a couple of years back, but I went on a European vacation shortly thereafter and then moved (still in Lynbrook, only about 6 blocks away) and haven’t yet been able to set up my office space and computer so I can easily go through and edit the pics! I’ll get there, robboehm!
According to the Regal website the Lynbrook 13 and RPX will open in 2018. Originally the opening was to be this year.
New construction photo posted.
Construction well under way, two photos posted…
For what it’s worth, here’s the article dated July 17, 2015:
Lynbrook’s vintage movie theater will be demolished to make way for a multimillion-dollar multiplex.
Regal Entertainment Group plans to replace the 23,000- square-foot film palace at 321 Merrick Rd. in the village’s downtown with an 80,000- square-foot facility.
The new theater will have 13 screens and 1,600 seats, a spokesman for one of the developers confirmed Friday. He said the project would cost $25 million and take 18 months to complete.
Lynbrook officials approved the project in May. It is part of the village’s new arts and cultural district, established to revitalize the downtown. Village and Regal officials weren’t available to comment Friday afternoon.
Regal real estate vice president Jerry Grewe said in a statement after securing the village’s approval, “Through the state-of-the-art renovations at the Lynbrook Cinema, we will offer a whole new moviegoing experience featuring our plush recliners.
The new theater will serve a larger territory with January’s closing of Sunrise Multiplex Cinemas in Valley Stream. Also, Rockville Centre is down to one multiplex from two.
The existing Lynbrook theater is about 100 years old and hosted live performances before being converted to show films. It was a respected vaudeville house with ornate chandeliers in the lobby and dressing rooms for the actors on the second floor.
In 1929 the theater showed the first sound film, as well as the first “talkie” film on Long Island, “The Lights of New York.” Forty-four years later, when the theater showed “Last Tango in Paris,” village officials asked a court to intercede, calling the movie obscene.
The new theater is being built by Blumenfeld Development Group of Syosset and the Prusik Group of Manhattan. They have applied for tax breaks from the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency. A hearing scheduled for Monday has been postponed.
State law prohibits industrial development agencies from aiding retailers unless the project falls within an exception, such as drawing tourists to an area. The county IDA has backed previous Blumenfeld projects.
Developer David Blumenfeld said the project reflects his company’s “commitment to Long Island and its economic sustainability.”
Here’s what’s slated to replace it: http://www.newsday.com/business/lynbrook-vintage-movie-theater-to-be-replaced-by-25-million-13-screen-multiplex-1.10653045 .
Ed still waiting for your June photos
It’s a big vacant lot, cleared of most debris. Surrounded by a cyclone fence with green netting.
Still no pictures of demo in progress. What is the current status of the site?
Passed by last night, stage house almost completely demolished since Friday…
Ed still waiting to see your pix.
Walked by today, got a good look at the proscenium and stagehouse through a gap in the fence netting. You can see the arch above the stage area and the cinder blocks they used to create the wall for a new screening room.
Ed, post your pics…!
I agree with Ed; it’s history. I was on a bus this afternoon and was dumbfounded at the sight, because I had no idea of the theater’s impending doom. I have vivid memories of seeing “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” there with my best friend, in the fall of 1962, when we were both 12. We lived in Valley Stream; my mother drove us there, and his father picked us up, and now I’m the only one living who remembers that event. Sorry, but I didn’t get any photos. I was unprepared for the sight of the rubble, and by the time I got my phone out, the bus was moving east. Coming home, the bus was too crowded for me to grab any photos.
Uploaded a 1918 postcard image of the Lynbrook. One from the 1920’s as the William Fox Lynbrook was previously on CT.
Well… You can definitely change the status on this to demolished. All that remains standing as of this morning is the stage house structure. You can see the old proscenium opening, which is entirely obstructed by the cinder block wall they constructed for the screen they had added there some years back. I’ll be uploading a few pictures I took with my cell phone over the last week or two, showing a few stages of demolition. I’ll post back when the are all up.
I’ve uploaded another photo of the monstrosity which will replace the Lynbrook. It has all the appeal of an LA Fitness.
On the Regal theaters website , under grand openings there a total of 5 venues in the NYC metro area . I wonder if all of them will open in the next 2 years