Comments on: Ridgewood Theater Takes a Bow

By: BornOnWyckoffAve

BornOnWyckoffAve — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:51:16 +0000

Queens Chronicle

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19429874

By: BornOnWyckoffAve

BornOnWyckoffAve — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:52:24 +0000

http://cinematreasures.org/news/18787_0_1_0_C/

I tried to put these guys in touch with another nonprofit organization that has a compatible purpose, but I don’t think anything has come of it yet. There’s little I can do as an ex-pat, but I encourage those of you who live in the community today to get behind this if you can.

By: FormerRidgewoodite

FormerRidgewoodite — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:13:33 +0000

Jeremy, for some reason the link broke up, here it is again, but if it doesn’t work this time, can you edit the link to work? For some reason it breaks up between the -03-25 part of the link when it gets posted and makes the link:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2008/03/25/2008-03-25_movie_palace_shuts_fate_of_1916_theater_.html

By: FormerRidgewoodite

FormerRidgewoodite — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:10:05 +0000

Here’s an article from the Daily News on the Ridgewood’s closing. Apparently, they “may” reopen the 3 balcony theaters. Hopefully that is true. The two orchestra level theaters appear will be comverted to a store. While this is sad, hopefully they will keep the historic plaster walls in place. And to have the three balcony theaters operating is better than the whole theater being abandoned to movies. We can hope:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2008/03/25/2008-0
3-25_movie_palace_shuts_fate_of_1916_theater_.html

By: BushwickBoarderCrosser

BushwickBoarderCrosser — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:38:22 +0000

Ridgewood Theater was by far the crappiest movie theater I’ve ever been to, but I still loved it. It was the only theater within walking distance, so I went there all throughout my childhood.

I wish the owners would renovate it instead. Most people don’t like it because of poor maintenance. But considering there are no other theaters close by, renovating it shows a lot of potential. I’m going to miss it.

By: bushwicknative

bushwicknative — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:29:55 +0000

The Madison, The Parthenon, The Oasis even the old Wagner ( Wyckoff near Dekalb) which showed porn in its dyign years are gone. I am sad to see the Ridgewood go as it was the last of them . I remember as a 10 or 12 yar old seening Dom Deluise at the Ridgewood . The Ridgewood when I was a youngster used to bring posters to the local barbershops etc with the weeks movies mentioned on them. Always a double feature .

And the movies changed weekly ( if I recall on a Wednesday). We could walk to all of them .

Movies also ran continuously. You bought a ticket and could sit through it twice if you had that desire.

By: BedStuyNative

BedStuyNative — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:51:36 +0000

This is the theater where I saw my first movie, Conan the Barbarian when I was a kid.

As a teenager, this theater became pretty gross. I remember the last time I went I literally nearly vomitted at the stench emitted from the women’s bathroom.

By: BornOnWyckoffAve

BornOnWyckoffAve — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:47:37 +0000

I feel literally sick to my stomach over this. Another link to the world of my childhood is gone forever.

Tony, there was also the Oasis, although if you were a Bushwicker you might not have considered that “local” (it was deep in Ridgewood territory).

By: Tony T

Tony T — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:40:05 +0000

Sad to hear about the Ridgewood theater closing. I can remember seeing old Vincent Price 3D horror movies there when I was a kid. Back then we had 4 theaters to choose from (Ridgewood, Madison, Broadway and Marcy theater). You know, I think the link you included might be wrong. It said that the Ridgewood never closed for renovation. In fact, back in the early 80′s it closed (I think it might have been damaged in a fire) for a while. When it re-opened, it had changed from a beautiful single Vaudeville era theater to a boxy multiplex. I was very disappointed.