Top 10 best cinemas at times square in new york, ny updated. This triangular intersection between broadway, 42nd street, and seventh avenue is home to the big apples famous theaters and the annual new years eve. See movie times and movie theaters in times square, new york new york on moviefone. Amc empire 25 in new york, ny 10036 get movie showtimes and tickets online, movie information and more from moviefone. Regal loews cinemas 42nd street ewalk theater times square. In order to display showtimes, please select a nearby theatre. Amc empire 25 movie times showtimes and tickets new. Aug 17, 2017 new york doesnt just have great movie theaters, it has great movie culture. Jun 29, 2016 before times square was a global attraction, it was home to sex shops and drug dealers, earning a reputation as the sketchiest part of new york city. Remembering the lost theaters of times squares deuce. Today, the area is characterized by towering electronic billboards.
Now known simply as one times square, it is famed for the times square ball drop on its roof every new years eve. Times square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center, and neighborhood in the midtown manhattan section of new york city, at the junction of broadway and seventh avenue. Opened in 1926, it was a premiere showcase theatre and new york headquarters of paramount pictures. Amc empire 25 movie times showtimes and tickets new york. With events for all budgets, ages and tastes, you will find the perfect new years eve experience. It would remain in operation as a movie theater until the early 1990s, when it closed. Tickets for amc 42nd street nyc new years eve 2021 are currently not on sale visit to view the hottest new york new years eve parties in times square.
The theater district in midtown manhattan stretches from west 41st to west 54th streets, and from sixth to eighth avenues the al hirschfeld theatre is located just west of 8th avenue. Before it was cleaned up for the sake of tourism, new yorks times square used to be a proud epicenter of sin and vice. The times square theater is a former broadway theater, located at 217 west 42nd street, manhattan, in new york. The peep shows, porn theaters, and sex workers of 1970s and 1980s times square. One of the last theatres in the times square area to not be demolished or saved, this eugene derosadesigned former legitimate house opened on sept. This cinema complex just off times square shows mainstream, independent and imax films on 25 screens. Top 10 movie theaters in times square new york city. The last play to be staged at the times square theatre was tallulah bankhead in forsaking all others in the summer of 1933. Reviews on cinemas at times square in new york, ny regal ewalk.
This was the perfect birthday spot to watch a movie with close friends in a theaterlike environment. The ease in booking was wonderful, and the staff were. In 1934, the time square theatre was converted into a movie theatre, with the stage being converted into a retail store, therefore virtually ending its live theatre career. Map of new york city manhattan parkcemeterymanhattan 1 7th avenue indie movie theaters indie movie theaters near 7th avenue, times square, manhattan, new york city home. Mar 17, 2020 new york s cafe, bars, restaurants and movie theaters closed from 8pm on monday night as the city that never sleeps went into lockdown.
Within the district you will find the best new york restaurants, hotels, entertainment options and of course the famous times square, the crossroads of the world. Times square theatre in new york, ny cinema treasures. Indie movie theaters near 7th avenue, times square. Not all ticket types are available for all performances. Find the movies showing at theaters near you and buy movie tickets at fandango. Movie times, buy movie tickets online, watch trailers and get directions to amc empire 25 in new york, ny.
Find everything you need for your local movie theater. Access a collection of unique, undiscovered locations and make your event a meaningful one. In the 1970s, the neighborhood was known for its numerous pornographic theaters that supplied viewers with as much sleazy, hardcore action as they could handle. Long acre in london was known for its horsecoach industry, a business that was shared in manhattans longacre square until nightlife and theaters pushed out the more rustic trade. There is a cinema almost in times square its at 247 w 42nd st 8th ave you can use. What happened to the porn theaters in times square. Movie theaters in theater district times square, new. Top 10 theaters in times square theater district new york. The neon lights and video billboards of times square are one of new york citys most wellknown landmarks. Jan 12, 2015 before there was a times square, the uptown intersection of broadway and seventh avenue was known as longacre square, named after londons carriage district. Sorry, we dont have movie times at this theater for the date you selected. May 07, 2011 taken from michael findlays xrated film virgins in heat 1976 aka young and wet aka wet and wild.
The paramount theatre was a noted 3,664 seat movie palace located at 43rd street and broadway in the times square district of new york city. Im a big times square enthusiast having misspent much of my youth in and out of the area cinemas and have scoured the net for images and such to add to those that ive taken on my own. Times square new years eve at amc 42nd street nyc nyc. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian age 21 or older. Find everything you need for your local movie theater near you.
Movie theaters in theater district times square on. Hey hollywood90038 i have a photobucket account myself where ive posted a bunch of images of nyc movie houses and some legit theaters as well. New york city movie times eventful movies is your source for uptodate movie times and movie theater information in new york city. Times square 42nd street 1975 adult movie theaters youtube. But those four theaters are the best, with far better seating and screens than film forum or ifc center after todays visit, this is my and my wifes goto theater for great films that you rarely see.
The changing face of times square the new york public. Aug 18, 2010 new york cnn a 25screen movie theater in new yorks bustling times square is the latest city business to shut down temporarily as it battles a bedbug infestation. Indie movie theaters near 7th avenue, times square, manhattan. Brightly lit by numerous billboards and advertisements, it stretches from west 42nd to west 47th streets, and is sometimes referred to as the crossroads of the world, the center of the. Theater district, the duke on 42nd street, ipic new york city, amc 84th street 6. Nevertheless, the lineup of movies is fantastic the seats are very comfortable. Showtimes and tickets in times square, new york new york. It was originally constructed as the new york times headquarters in. In the 1920s, the theater district in and around times square reached a new record with 264 shows produced in 76 theaters.
Amc empire 25 new york, new york 10036 amc theatres. Despite having one of the more recognizable facades in the area, complete with a tall row of neoclassical style columns, the times square theatre has little to no lobby. This cinema complex just off times square shows mainstream. The iconic building at one times square is best known for the new years eve ball drop, and in fact, theres little else there. Oct 26, 2017 the square is also the name of a new installation, conceived by an argentine artist and placed in the plaza in front of christians museum, that declares itself a miniature utopia. Find 62 listings related to amc movie theaters in times square on. During its heyday in the 1950s and 60s, the block of 42nd street between. West 44th street has a number of great hotels, including the art deco millennium broadway, the luxurious frenchamerican sofitel and ian schragerdesigned boutique hotel royalton just across.
Oct 08, 2014 theaters may fill times square today, but theyre a far cry from the movie palaces that once populated the neighborhoods. Mar 23, 2020 the times recently sent dozens of photographers out to capture images of oncebustling public plazas, beaches, fairgrounds, restaurants, movie theaters, tourist meccas and train stations. The 10 best new york city movie theaters with photos. One block west and across from the new york times headquarters is the 45story westin times square, linked to the ewalk entertainment and retail complex. The changing face of times square the new york public library. The old times building was later named the allied chemical building in 1963. The new york times moved to more spacious offices one block west of the square in 19 and sold the building in 1961.