United Artists East 85th Street
1629 1st Avenue,
New York,
NY
10028
1629 1st Avenue,
New York,
NY
10028
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Previously operated by: Regal Cinemas, United Artists Theater Circuit Inc.
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The United Artists East 85th Street was opened on March 18, 1970 with Anthony Quinn in “A Dream of Kings”. This is a nondescript, 1970s-era, single-screen survivor, showcasing mostly Fox and Paramount releases.
It was closed on March 23, 2012.
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Cool NYCJosh.
The UA East 85th Street is closing permanently after this Sunday’s 9:50 pm screening of Friends with Kids. No word as of yet on the next tenant for the space but I’ll see what I can find out.
Shame…one more Upper East Side theatre goes dark…have to like their mostly art house programming for the last few years…but a hard theatre to twin
I was about to visit them this week, I didn’t know they were closing. :(
I’m so sad this place closed.
I can’t believe they didn’t do a good business. Midnight In Paris played there last year for over 6 months. These big chain theaters really suck closing all the good single screen theaters.
So sad to drive past it today and see the “marquis” gone, scaffold up and a for rent sign hanging out front. It’s really a shame. Would have to assume that there was an issue with the lease. Darn.
I used to visit quite often. They actually showed a good selection of indie flicks and you were guaranteed not to be annoyed by pesky patrons. It was what you’d consider a charming “neighborhood dive” of Yorkville. Last film I caught there may have been The Informers.
Here is what is replacing this theater:
Now showing: Sports kids take over former movie theater 12:53 PM, OCTOBER 10, 2012
RKF has arranged a 7,000- s/f lease for sports training company Fastbreak Kids at 1629 First Ave. between 84th and 85th Streets in space that formerly housed a United Artists East movie theater.
Fastbreak has leased its first full-time dedicated indoor location Scheduled to open by mid-2013, this site will become Fastbreak Kids’ 14th basketball and sports training facility in Manhattan and its first full-time dedicated indoor location.
“We are thrilled to have helped Fastbreak Kids expand into their first dedicated indoor location,” said Alterman. “The former theater is a great, unique space and the location is perfect for a surrounding neighborhood that is full of both families and schools.”
Other retail tenants in the 32-story, 260,000 s/f residential building include Starbucks and Basics Plus Hardware. The space that Fastbreak Kids has leased was used as a movie theater since 1970 when the building was constructed.
First film, theatre opened March 18, 1970 with A Dream of Kings. First film in photos section, no formal grand opening ad