Ritz Theatre

Northern Boulevard and 154th Street,
Flushing, NY 11354

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Architects: A.E. Richardson

Previous Names: Murray Hill Theatre

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Ritz Theater

The Murray Hill Theatre was opened in May 1910. It served Flushing’s Murray Hill district, which includes the Broadway station of the Long Island Rail Road’s Port Washington line. It was later renamed Ritz Theatre. The small cinema fell victim to the post-war recession and became an auto repair garage until 1923, when the owner of the Janice Theatre in downtown Flushing took over and converted it back into a cinema.

The latest movies opened at the Janice Theatre and then moved to the Ritz Theatre for a brief run. The Ritz Theatre closed permanently in 1927 due to fierce competition from the larger and more luxurious Roosevelt Theatre, which opened only seven blocks away in 1926.

Contributed by Warren G. Harris

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jflundy
jflundy on August 20, 2009 at 9:57 pm

Warren G. Harris has provided this link to the Queens Chronicle for August 20, 2009, featuring an article about and photo of the Ritz Theatre:
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Ziggy
Ziggy on August 20, 2009 at 11:11 pm

Please thank Warren for providing this post. I’m glad he’ll still be contributing links for us, even though he won’t be on the board any more.

bobster1985
bobster1985 on August 6, 2013 at 8:38 am

It seems that the Ritz Theatre was called the Murray Hill Theatre in 1915. I found a clipping in the Flushing Daily Times on October 9, 1915 which I just posted in the photos section.

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