City Drive-In

3853 Cleveland Avenue,
Fort Myers, FL 33901

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on June 6, 2022 at 12:31 pm

The Kmart Closed In May 2015 After A 38½ Year Run, And Would Later Convert Into Floor & Decor.

jwmovies
jwmovies on September 21, 2012 at 12:46 am

Approx. address for this drive-in was 3853 Cleveland Avenue. Now KMart.

NYozoner
NYozoner on January 25, 2011 at 5:14 am

U.S. 41 & Winkler Ave is the same as 3920 Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33901.

I try to use intersections when practical, since road numbers can sometimes throw of the mapping features on certain mapping websites or programs.

NYozoner
NYozoner on January 25, 2011 at 5:08 am

Cleveland Ave at McGregor Blvd takes me to the center of downtown Fort Myers, and I did not see a footprint anywhere near there.

4700 Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33907 puts my Google Earth on S. Cleveland Ave near N Airport Rd, near the Fort Myers Airport.

This is what I have documented for Fort Myers, there are four addresses which have been verified as drive-ins through aerial photos:

City Drive-In – U.S. 41 & Winkler Ave, Fort Myers

Northside Drive-In – 2521 N Tamiami Trail, North Fort Myers

Southside (AKA Starlite) Drive-In – 13972 S Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers

Twilight Drive-In – 3901 Dr Martin Luther King Blvd, Fort Myers

The Northside Drive-In is the only one visible using Google Earth imagery, to the best of my knowledge.

There may have been a fifth drive-in, Lincoln Drive-In, which I am still researching.

Also, why are you calling me Brad? My name is Rick.

NYozoner
NYozoner on January 25, 2011 at 1:14 am

@Chuck: If you are referring to the area on the east side on Cleveland near N Airport Rd, I do not see a footprint there. It looks like the runway used to extend all the way to Cleveland Ave, and was shortened. The leftover property was graded off, but I do not see any remains for a drive-in there in current aerials, or the aerials I reviewed from 1958 and 1960.

NYozoner
NYozoner on January 24, 2011 at 9:55 pm

U.S. 41 & Winkler Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33901

The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in. The address in the heading is off by about 1 mile to the south.

Here is a 1958 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of Earth Explorer and USGS.