Flanders Drive-in Theatre was located in Riverhead, New York

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Flanders Drive-in

Status: Demolished

Location: 299 Flanders Rd., Rte 24, Riverhead, NY 11901

Screens: 1

Capacity: 1,000 cars

Original owner: Built by Prudential Theatres

Opening date: June 10, 1955

Final season: 1974

What's there now: The property is currently occupied by a commercial office/light industrial development.

This page was last updated on December 30, 2009.


Topo Map from 1956, courtesy of TerraServer USA.	Aerial image from 1961, courtesy of HistoricAerials.com.	Aerial image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth.	Aerial close-up image from 2006, courtesy of Google Earth.

Opening soon ad from the Riverhead News-Review on June 2, 1955.	Grand opening tomorrow article from the Riverhead News-Review on June 9, 1955.	Grand opening tomorrow FULL PAGE ad from the Riverhead News-Review on June 9, 1955.	Commerial and light industrial buildings are built on the site of the former Flanders Drive-in, image from 2007, courtesy of Rick Cohen.

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