Hewlett Theatre
1350 Peninsula Boulevard,
Hewlett,
NY
11557
1350 Peninsula Boulevard,
Hewlett,
NY
11557
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I had this one completely mixed up. This one was on Penninsula (sp?) Blvd in the shopping center. Kind of large, gaudy sign on the street. It was about a mile or so south of Sunrise Highway. Kind of near Valley Stream.
I saw “The Karate Kid” and “Another Woman”. “Another Woman” was an annoying experience though it wasn’t the movie that annoyed me (I actually liked it..). I saw this on a sunny Sunday afternoon in the winter. But the way the auditorium was setup, everytime someone opened the auditorium doors, the place and the screen would fill with light. It got so annoying that people started yelling.
This was a decent movie theater in a good location.
On Rockaway Blvd Centurys had the Five Towns which really never found success until it went discount. I was suprised because it was a modern theatre in the mall. The other was the RKO Lawrence.
I remember the marquee on Broadway. What was it…five six lines tall at that? If you blinked, you’d miss the place. I never saw a movie at this place for some reason. Of the theaters in the Five Towns, I went to the one in Cedarhurst (which is not listed here) and the other one in Lawrence on that lovely stretch of LI road, Rockaway Blvd.
It had a small free standing marquee on the road and a flat one on the front of the building.
I answered my own question about where this theater was by racking my brain. This was right on Broadway in Hewlett a few blocks south of E. Rockaway Ave. (or Road). What was strange was that it was the very last building in that strip mall and I don’t think there was a very large marquee. You wouldn’t know there was a theater there. It was in an unexpected place.
Does anyone know exactly where this theater was? I lived in on the south shore of Nassau county for years and frequented the “Five Towns” area a lot and I can’t seem to remember where this was…
Also, does anyone remember a large, very nice theater in Cedarhurst? I don’t see it listed here. I know it closed back in the 80’s.
it closed as a first run house
Somehow I can see why it closed. The neighborhood never would have let an XXX theater open up in it’s neighborhood.
All the theaters are gone as movie theaters but the SHORE stillgoing strong , THis was the only property they owned in Huntington .A SIDE NOTE = CENTURY ASLO OWNED CENTURY LANES Huntingtons bowling alley at the same time.
The strong point of CENTURY in suffolk county had to be HUNTINGTON THE SHORE ,YORK , WHITMAN, 110 DRIVE IN . THE ALSO HAD THE HUNTINGTON THEATER AND ONE IN HUNTINGTON STATION. So at any given time they had at least 4 theaters going.
The shore /huntington -Fantasy /rvc-
PRE 1990 Green acers/vally stream
It was a nice house for an independant. Hey longislandmovies I was curious, besides Roosevelt Field and the Route 110 Drive-In what were the other big money makers for Centurys?
no it was an indi
Was Century’s the first operator of this theatre?
It’s a store.
This was a house so poorly booked what a shame.This was the prime location for a strong art house . What is in this location now??????????