Hi-Way Drive-In
10699 State Route 9 West,
Coxsackie,
NY
12051
10699 State Route 9 West,
Coxsackie,
NY
12051
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Hi-Way Drive-In Theatre (Official)
Additional Info
Previously operated by: Brandt Theaters
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
518.731.8672
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The Hi-Way Drive-In located in upstate New York opened on May 4, 1951 with Burt Lancaster in “Vengeance Valley” & John Carroll in “Hit Parade of 1951”. It is another example of a thriving drive-in. In 1999 a second screen was added. The third screen was added in 2004. The car capacity is 600.
A fourth screen was added in 2011.
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Definitely still open.
I think “done” might have been for the season.
Thanks!
Address is a little off: 10699 State Route 9W is what it should be.
^I know, but it should be “Route 9W” not “Route 9 West”. 9W, with the W, is the actual number. If you put in “Route 9 West” it confuses Google Maps and thinks you’re asking for a different road.
I just Google mapped 10769 Route 9W Coxsackie NY and it put the pin right in the middle of the drive-in.
Their address according to their website: 10699 State Route 9W, Coxsackie, NY 12051.
The Hi-Way was built and owned by brothers Morris and Raphael Klein. (It included “the latest in open air movie furniture”.) The 1952-56 Theatre Catalogs listed the exec as Mrs. Frieda Klein. The 1952-66 Motion Picture Almanacs listed the owner as the Klein brothers.
The Daily Freeman Lifestyle wrote that Roger and Sharon Babcock bought the Hi-Way from Morris Klein in 1996. However, over at EnjoyYourIntermission.com (a superb documentary short about the Hi-Way and its workers), it says they purchased the drive-in “in 1976 after having worked there for several years prior.”
The 1978-82 MPAs listed M. Klein as the owner. By the 1984 edition, the Hi-Way had fallen off the MPA list.
Opened on 4/5/1951 with “Vengeance Valley” and “Hit parade of 1951”. Second added in 1999.
The Babcock’s have indicated they want to retire and have put the Drive-In on the market for $979,000. They says business has been good and the digital projectors they purchased are fully paid for.
Second screen added in 1999.