Plaza Theatre
103-12 Roosevelt Avenue,
Corona,
NY
11368
103-12 Roosevelt Avenue,
Corona,
NY
11368
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Century Theaters, Loew's Inc.
Architects: R. Thomas Short
Styles: Adam
Previous Names: Loew's Plaza Theatre, Teatro Plaza
Nearby Theaters
Loew’s Plaza Theatre first opened in November, 1927, presenting vaudeville with a feature movie. After Loew’s built the larger and more luxurious Valencia Theatre in Jamaica and Triboro Theatre in Astoria, the Plaza Theatre landed on the bottom tier with the circuit’s other Queens theatres– the Hillside, Willard, Prospect, and Woodside. The Valencia Theatre got the double-feature programs first, the Triboro Theatre a week after that, and the others a week after the Triboro.
In the early-1950’s, Loew’s divested the Plaza Theatre to comply with Federal anti-trust regulations, and the theatre became part of the Century Theaters circuit, which finally closed it due to a decline in the neighborhood. An “indie” took over, twinned the theatre and converted it to showing the latest Hollywood movies with Spanish sub-titles. The Teatro Plaza closed in late-2005.
Contributed by
Warren G. Harris
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Wow that is a lot of information on that marquee!
(also reregistering for alerts at the same time)
When you have a chance, Warren, could you re-post to your Photobucket profile the images you provided links to on April 19th and July 25th of last year? Many advance thanks!
Never have heard of this theatre till today,nice old picture of the Loews Style Marquee.
Warren, why is it you photobucket pix links never work? I can never see any of your pix. The american classic images works though. I took this picture of the theater today. I noticed the building from the subway platform and knew I was looking at a theater. Took me a bit of time to figure out what it was originally. I love spying dead theaters and then trying to look them up on this site.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldj/4915011820/
Thanks for posting Tinseltoes.
While trolling through a collection of old photos that had been posted in a Facebook group dedicated to memories of Queens (in particularly Corona, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights), I found this pair of marquee profile shots:
1982 snow storm
Sometime between closure and Walgreens
The last owners was an outfit called Queen City theaters . The also manage the Ridgewood theater and Jackson Hgts. theaters
Wow! I was looking for the address and I did not realize I would find such a sight! brings back so many memories wow! I attended a government funded program above the theater back in 1981, cant believe its been left this way or that its even still standing. I left NY over 15 yrs ago, how sad.
Uploaded a wider range photo of the Plaza in the day.
A recent view of the exterior and a brief update on the status of the building can be found at the “Forgotten New York” website at the very end of an article about National Street in Corona. Click here