A movie theater that has anchored Austin Street since the 1970s closed Sunday to make way for a new pediatric health facility, the landlord said.
Brandon Cinemas, at 70-20 Austin St., had shown art-house and mainstream films for decades and was once a vital part of social life along the street, locals said.
“I feel very badly that the Brandon closed,” said Leslie Brown, president of the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce.
But Brown also said that she wasn't surprised. The space needed an upgrade and it “was empty most of the week," she said.
The two-screen movie theater is set to be replaced by an urgent care facility for children, with construction starting on May 1, said Heskel Elias of the Heskel Group, Inc., which owns the space.
8 comments:
It's just a matter of time when movie theaters are extinct .
Vacuous vanity palace!
Theaters going the way of the horse and buggy.
Anon No. 2:
Condescending use of vocabulary!
i live close by, have gone there in years past. but not for many years. not surprised.
the midway always has lines to get in. this theater didn't.
and art house/indie films can be rented for a lot less money on itunes and a lot of others are on netflix
Health care centers, banks, Duane Reades, Dunkin Donuts, 99c stores, luxury condos...
ROCK ON!
Don't forget Subway sandwich joints.
Surprised this lasted longer than every single Blockbuster store!
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