UA Crossbay I
9411 Rockaway Boulevard,
Ozone Park,
NY
11417
9411 Rockaway Boulevard,
Ozone Park,
NY
11417
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The Oriental, Fortway & Marboro all closed up shop in May, June & July respectively.
Odd to close a theatre in summertime.
June 23rd was the final day of operation for the UA Crossbay I. The Crossbay II is still open and showing movies.
I think UA80 might have been injecting a bit of sarcasm into his post, Warren.
Regal Entertainment Group (Regal, U.A., Edwards) is legendary for running their older theatres straight into the ground.
Here is their viewpoint as stated in the 2002 Regal Entertainment Group Annual Report: “Our strong cash flow from efficient operations combined with the limited need to make maintenance expenditures and a conservative capital structure, provide us with significant flexibility to pursue and execute our future growth opportunities.â€
Frankly, I’m surprised this place managed to survive as long as it did after the UA-Regal-Edwards merger back in 2002.
Regal Entertainment is currently buying even more theatre chains.
Regal acquired 52 Hoys locations representing 554 screens in 2003.
In April of this year 29 theatres with 314 screens from R/C Theatres was sold to Regal.
Regal is also taking over 22 Eastern Federal multiplexes.
Regal is simply cutting cost and closing smaller theatres.
Crossybay 1 only has 3 screens and was not worth operating.
Crossybay 2 should be safe for now, however in today’s CineWorld it is now 15 years old and that is like 90 years old in today’s CineWorld.
Regal is looking at buying at least 2 more chains before years end if it is not modern with at least 10 screens with Stadium Seating and Digital Sound all around…
Than look for one day soon the marquee to read:
CROSSBAY 2 NOW CLOSED PLEASE VISIT
REGAL HOLLYWOOD 22
When it’s gutted down what is it going to be? Please let me know. Also they closed the Fortway in Bay Ridge Bklyn.
Did Regal own the Crossbay 1? If so, the reason for its closing is as obvious as the pretty green-inked paper that Philip Anschutz probably counts at night in lieu of sheep…
UA80
When is Crossbay 2 closing?
UA Crossbay 1 the 3 screener cinema is closed and will be gutted for other use.
According to moviefone, the Crossbay 2 is still open.
Why be surprised? Since when have any UA theatres been operated with any common sense? And now with Regal running the show they’d ptobably rather just be rid of the old UA’s.
I’m still suprised this closed, the two Crossbays are in a clear booking zone and can play anything they want. This theatre was actually in much better shape then the newer Crossbay 2.
Is the Crossbay gone? This was my neighborhood theatre when I was a child. Only a single house then. Nothing distinguished or endearing about the looks of the place- just good to know it was still there. You have to scratch your head over all the theatres in the immediate area that have closed in the last 25 years – Casino, Lefferts, City Line Cinema, Haven, Arion, Drake, Elmwood, Trylon, Forest Hills, the Lefrak. The audience of people who still see films in theatres must be less than half of what it was pre-VCR.
The theatre is no longer in the listings in any of the NY papers. I think this theatre is a goner.
This may be gone the marquee is bare, I will check it out today.
Not too surprising that both etheatres neat a rehab. I am surprised that the Crossbay has been able to hang in there at all.
My first time to the original Crossbay was June 1975 to see a double bill of “Flesh Gordon” and “The Groove Tube”. I was next there the last Saturday of November 1989 to see “Back To The Future II”. I was sorry to see how it had deteriorated since 1975. Ditto the Saturday of Labor Day weekend 1993 when I returned there to see “Hard Target”.
Harrison Ford in “The Fugitive” was playing in an adjacent cinema.
I haven’t been there since.
Crossbay 2 a few blocks west at Liberty Avenue and 92nd Street was already open in mid-October 1990, because I almost saw Barry Levinson’s “Avalon” there, then. The 1990 remake of “Night Of The Living Dead” was playing there also. The first film I saw at the Crossbay 2 was “Silence Of The Lambs” on Easter Eve 1991, then “Defenseless” in late August 1991, and, most recently, the Christopher Reeve-Kirstie Alley remake of “Village Of The Damned” the first Saturday in May 1995.
One almost wouldn’t know the Crossbay 2 were there unless one was looking for it. I think it’s more visible from Rockaway Blvd. than it is from Liberty Avenue.