Movie Theater Closes in Forest Hills

Both Edge of the City and Queens Chronicle report on the shuttering of the United Artists Brandon Cinemas, located at 70-20 Austin Street for the past 51 years. It’s final day was last Sunday, ending with a 7:40 p.m. showing of “Disco Singh,” a Bollywood musical.

So what’s to replace the movie theater? A PM Pediatrics urgent medical care location, expected to open this September. The building owner told the Chronicle that he thought the medical center “would be a better option for the site financially.” It’ll be the third urgent care facility to open in the immediate area of the neighborhood. As Edge of the City says: “We lost what could have been an amazing cultural gem as a movie theater showing indie films like Kew Gardens Cinema does when Brandon Cinemas on Austin finally closed its doors, to be replaced by, joy, some type of medical clinic.”

Roll credits: Forest Hills Theater Closes [Queens Chronicle]
Openings and Closings [Edge of the City] GMAP

Photo by Edge of the City