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Whitestone Bridge Drive-in
Status: Demolished
Location: 2505 Bruckner Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10465
Screens: 2, second screen added in 1978.
Capacity: 1,200 cars
Original owner: Redstone Theatres, later operated by National Amusements
Opening date: August 12, 1949
Final season: 1983
What's there now: Whitestone Multiplex Cinemas

This page was last updated on December 27, 2009.

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Topo Map from 1992, courtesy of TerraServer USA. Aerial image from 1974, courtesy HistoricAerials.comt. Aerial image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth. Aerial close-up image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth.
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Grand opening article from the Brooklyn Eagle on August 10, 1949. Grand opening ad from the Brooklyn Eagle on August 12, 1949. Whitestone Bridge Drive-in marquee and entrance from 1949. Whitestone Bridge Drive-in church service in 1953.

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