Oceanside Twin
2743 Long Beach Road,
Oceanside,
NY
11572
2743 Long Beach Road,
Oceanside,
NY
11572
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Previously operated by: Associated Independent Theatres Inc.
Previous Names: Oceanside Theatre
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The Oceanside Theatre was opened on October 24, 1956 with Gregory Peck in “Moby Dick”. By 1962 it was operated by Associated Independent Theatres Inc. chain. This Long Island neighborhood house managed to survive playing mostly second run but infrequently, first run engagements as well. It was twinned on March 19, 1982. The Oceanside Twin suffered heavy smoke and water damage from a fire at a nearby vacant supermarket in November 2005. The theater was closed and demolished in late-2007.
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Its amazing that there are no movie theaters in Oceanside .
A drug store and supermarket have been built on the former site.
In its last decade (or more) the Oceanside Twin was poorly maintained, in contrast to the very good Malverne Cinema, which shares the same owners.
Uploaded a photo showing the fire.
Please update, became a twin on March 19, 1982. Grand opening ad in photos section
Please update, theatre open October 24, 1956 Grand opening ad posted
I used to visit this theater a lot with my parents back in 1992 and 1993.
We used to see a lot of Bollywood films here and, while the movies themselves were not particularly memorable, the theater was a very peaceful place to sit back and relax.
I do remember seeing posters on the walls for various art house films, including “Howard’s End” and “A River Runs Through It,” but I don’t recall them actually playing here.
This theatre was mostly mainstream and 2nd run films. They never showed bollywood films, this operated by the Stamfeld who operated Malverne and the Park Avenue Twin, now known as Long Beach Cinema 4
Per Oceanside fire dept website and another source, the theatre was NOT affected by the fire due to presence of a fire wall as well as the hard work of the firefighters.
The above pic is from an April 1958 fire that gutted several stores in the strip, but again the theater was not damaged due to fire wall. 100 people however were evacuated from the theater.
Once operated by Lesser Theatre Services.