Credit: CinemasTreasure.org. (all three. Original theater in late 1920s or early 1930s taken. Same with interior. The lodge room under lobby and the main theater, respectively.
Credit: Unknown, found on Pinterest. Photo taken apparently in early 1950s because of automobile and the outfit the boy was wearing.
Found on Pinterest. Original photographer is unknown. Photo color tint looked very 1970s.
Credit: Bway on CinemasTreasure.org. Photo taken likely in 2000s. Noticed the parking lot? That was the front entrance they took out but kept the rest of the theater building there.
Credit: Google Map. Noticed where the theater was? It was sliced by removing the front entrance and lobby to make room for (about) 22 slots parking lot. They removed the front after the rink was closed because the store needed parking space.
Oasis Roller World, 63-57 Fresh Pond Road, Ridgewood, Queens, NY
Oasis Roller World was named after a one time Oasis Theater on the same location. Historically, Oasis Theater ran first and second run theatrical releases. The theater first opened by Sol Brill on September 16, 1927. Then It was soon taken over by William Fox. It then became part of the Randforce Circuit, and renamed it as Randforce Theater. Sometime later, the theater became a division of United Artists Theatre Circuit and rename the theater to United Artists Theater. The original theater auditorium capacity was for 1,750 seats. The revised theater reduced it to 1,300 seats.
After the first release of the movie, "Rocky" starring Sylvester Stallone of "Rocky" and "Rambo" fame, the theater closed for good after that movie release in 1976, the Bicentennial Celebration of American Revolution year. The new owner of the building converted it to Oasis Roller World skating rink. It was properly named after the original name of the theater. It ran for many years but I do not have the date for the rink closed for good. After that, CVS store came in and took over the auditorium part of the store and they torn down part of the building to make room for parking. In early 2013, CVS moved out and the building was vacant but in 2014, it became a thrift or second-hand store.
The movie theater marquee that once was used by theaters was still in place for the roller rink. The exterior design looked very late 1970s/early 1980s after the rink was opened later that year in 1976.
There are no photos of interior look of the rink. It would be nice to see what it was like. Anyone? Please let me know if you have photos. Or your historic society might have them. One thing though, there are wealth library of videos on YouTube. See sources below to get links or watch them from above. What they have on the library of videos is that they have sound tracks of what they were playing at the rink back in 1980s. Only one video showed the interior.
The rink floor was wood with curved/bend wood.
Now that video gave wealth of information. They showed movie theater light marquees on each side. Colorful but softer lights. There were two "emergency"-style light spinners. One on each side. They had a rail on exterior part of the rink while there is a rail on interior part so that they can skate inside to practice skating there or to showoff their skate jam. Skate Jam was popular at this rink as Roller Disco was to Empire.
It may have lasted throughout to around till late 1980s or early 1990s give or take. The YouTube mentioned 1980s.. but nothing beyond that.
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Maple. Flooring Structure: Curved.
Building Size: N/A Built: N/A Demolished: Partial to make room for parking lot.
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Movie Theater Building.
Roof: Gambrel
Acres: N/A
Operated: 1976 to c. 1990.
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: Interior pictures, information regarding opening and closing.
Sources: YouTube 1, YouTube 2, YouTube 3, Youtube 4, Cinemas Treasure
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Oasis Roller World was named after a one time Oasis Theater on the same location. Historically, Oasis Theater ran first and second run theatrical releases. The theater first opened by Sol Brill on September 16, 1927. Then It was soon taken over by William Fox. It then became part of the Randforce Circuit, and renamed it as Randforce Theater. Sometime later, the theater became a division of United Artists Theatre Circuit and rename the theater to United Artists Theater. The original theater auditorium capacity was for 1,750 seats. The revised theater reduced it to 1,300 seats.
After the first release of the movie, "Rocky" starring Sylvester Stallone of "Rocky" and "Rambo" fame, the theater closed for good after that movie release in 1976, the Bicentennial Celebration of American Revolution year. The new owner of the building converted it to Oasis Roller World skating rink. It was properly named after the original name of the theater. It ran for many years but I do not have the date for the rink closed for good. After that, CVS store came in and took over the auditorium part of the store and they torn down part of the building to make room for parking. In early 2013, CVS moved out and the building was vacant but in 2014, it became a thrift or second-hand store.
The movie theater marquee that once was used by theaters was still in place for the roller rink. The exterior design looked very late 1970s/early 1980s after the rink was opened later that year in 1976.
There are no photos of interior look of the rink. It would be nice to see what it was like. Anyone? Please let me know if you have photos. Or your historic society might have them. One thing though, there are wealth library of videos on YouTube. See sources below to get links or watch them from above. What they have on the library of videos is that they have sound tracks of what they were playing at the rink back in 1980s. Only one video showed the interior.
The rink floor was wood with curved/bend wood.
Now that video gave wealth of information. They showed movie theater light marquees on each side. Colorful but softer lights. There were two "emergency"-style light spinners. One on each side. They had a rail on exterior part of the rink while there is a rail on interior part so that they can skate inside to practice skating there or to showoff their skate jam. Skate Jam was popular at this rink as Roller Disco was to Empire.
It may have lasted throughout to around till late 1980s or early 1990s give or take. The YouTube mentioned 1980s.. but nothing beyond that.
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Maple. Flooring Structure: Curved.
Building Size: N/A Built: N/A Demolished: Partial to make room for parking lot.
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Movie Theater Building.
Roof: Gambrel
Acres: N/A
Operated: 1976 to c. 1990.
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: Interior pictures, information regarding opening and closing.
Sources: YouTube 1, YouTube 2, YouTube 3, Youtube 4, Cinemas Treasure
© 2019 - 2020 Dead Rinks. All Rights Reserved.