Pine Hollow Roller Rink, 275 Pine Hollow Road, Oyster Bay, NY. The words on the wall says, "Pine Hollow Welcomes you." Taken in 1978. Photo from NY Times.
Pine Hollow Roller Rink, 275 Pine Hollow Road, Oyster Bay, NY. Newspaper article talking about this rink in the NY Times, February 12, 1978, Section BK, Page 65. Sorry for its blurry but that is how I got it from NYT. When I get better one, it will be replaced.
Pine Hollow Roller Rink, 275 Pine Hollow Road, Oyster Bay, NY. Today view of the former rink, you can see some renovations occurred up front for the door. Standard for most grocery stores to have front doors on the side of the narrow front foyer. Source: Google.
Pine Hollow Roller Rink, 275 Pine Hollow Road, Oyster Bay, New York
Pine Hollow Roller Rink in Oyster Bay was another rink in Long Island. Not a whole a lot of information but a little bit here and there.
The rink was, with a twist, before it became a rink, a bowling alley. Many rinks usually becomes bowling houses but this one was other way around. Marcus and Lillian Ramirez who met each other in 1959 at Mineola Roller Rink and they decided to open a rink in Oyster Bay in 1974 according to the New York Times newspaper, dated August 1, 1978.
Originally as bowling house, it was Pine Hollow Bowl. They closed up shop 2 years before the rink was opened. The owners had to spare every moment to built that into a rink. Even when the children came up to them wondering when the rink will open up, the children were willing to help built up the rink. The rink lasted well into 1980s.
I do not know what the exterior looked but apparently it was a flat roof format building by the look of the photo above. Second of all, the air-conditioning unit was on top of the building. However, the interior did show it looked rather large rink with quite busy stripes surrounding the rink. They had step up area. Remember this was a bowling alley and the step up was common in bowling houses so fans can watch. The Kool-Aid commercial really did the help to show the steps. That would have been awesome but how did skaters get up and down if they are a couple of step up from the rink? Anyone? Did they have ramps? Hard to roll UP. So, this concept had both pros and cons as I just explained it. Awesome idea though.
What interesting was that they had air-conditioning unit that a crane could not lift up. They had to have a helicopter to lift it and it drew traffic onlookers causing jams both ways!
At one point, a Kool-Aid production company came to that very rink to film a commercial. It is found on You-Tube.
There is no information regarding closure. Today the building stands as a grocery store. Well, several grocery stores.
It was very hard for me to watch old bleached video on YouTube for the Kool Aid company that filmed at this rink. I caught it was Maple wood floor at a certain point of the video at 0:04 seconds.
UPDATE: This person who emailed me said the rink operated throughout till 1980s. After the rink was closed, there were a series of grocery stores operated at that location. One after the other.
The Interior.
Non-painted clear coated Poly-type of coat Hardwood Maple floor. Appeared large in photos and on the map. The walls had vertical stripes. Common style of 1960s and 1970s with circus themed walls. I cannot tell what color thanks to poor video of Kool Aid commercial. I am sure it is Red and White. I am not sure.
But what more interesting was that they had rink floor much lower than the seating area floor. That is because it was a left over from the bowling alley in that place.
They have a lot of seating there might have been from the bowling alley too. The way the walls and chairs and step up appeared. It was a clearly a roller rink in the bowling alley.
The Exterior.
I do not know what the exterior was like. But it has been grocery store chains since. Anyone have photos of the rink outside back then?
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Non-painted, Poly-coated, Maple Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: N/A Built: N/A Demolished: Renovated for grocery stores (often changed for different chains since 1980s).
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Building.
Roof: Likely Flat
Acres: N/A
Operation: 1974 - 1980s
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: More information especially closure, exterior of the building photograph and more photographs of interior.
Sources: NY Times, February 12, 1978, Section BK, Page 65; You-Tube; R.N.
For office use only: 1 p, 1 np, 1g.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.
The rink was, with a twist, before it became a rink, a bowling alley. Many rinks usually becomes bowling houses but this one was other way around. Marcus and Lillian Ramirez who met each other in 1959 at Mineola Roller Rink and they decided to open a rink in Oyster Bay in 1974 according to the New York Times newspaper, dated August 1, 1978.
Originally as bowling house, it was Pine Hollow Bowl. They closed up shop 2 years before the rink was opened. The owners had to spare every moment to built that into a rink. Even when the children came up to them wondering when the rink will open up, the children were willing to help built up the rink. The rink lasted well into 1980s.
I do not know what the exterior looked but apparently it was a flat roof format building by the look of the photo above. Second of all, the air-conditioning unit was on top of the building. However, the interior did show it looked rather large rink with quite busy stripes surrounding the rink. They had step up area. Remember this was a bowling alley and the step up was common in bowling houses so fans can watch. The Kool-Aid commercial really did the help to show the steps. That would have been awesome but how did skaters get up and down if they are a couple of step up from the rink? Anyone? Did they have ramps? Hard to roll UP. So, this concept had both pros and cons as I just explained it. Awesome idea though.
What interesting was that they had air-conditioning unit that a crane could not lift up. They had to have a helicopter to lift it and it drew traffic onlookers causing jams both ways!
At one point, a Kool-Aid production company came to that very rink to film a commercial. It is found on You-Tube.
There is no information regarding closure. Today the building stands as a grocery store. Well, several grocery stores.
It was very hard for me to watch old bleached video on YouTube for the Kool Aid company that filmed at this rink. I caught it was Maple wood floor at a certain point of the video at 0:04 seconds.
UPDATE: This person who emailed me said the rink operated throughout till 1980s. After the rink was closed, there were a series of grocery stores operated at that location. One after the other.
The Interior.
Non-painted clear coated Poly-type of coat Hardwood Maple floor. Appeared large in photos and on the map. The walls had vertical stripes. Common style of 1960s and 1970s with circus themed walls. I cannot tell what color thanks to poor video of Kool Aid commercial. I am sure it is Red and White. I am not sure.
But what more interesting was that they had rink floor much lower than the seating area floor. That is because it was a left over from the bowling alley in that place.
They have a lot of seating there might have been from the bowling alley too. The way the walls and chairs and step up appeared. It was a clearly a roller rink in the bowling alley.
The Exterior.
I do not know what the exterior was like. But it has been grocery store chains since. Anyone have photos of the rink outside back then?
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Non-painted, Poly-coated, Maple Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: N/A Built: N/A Demolished: Renovated for grocery stores (often changed for different chains since 1980s).
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Building.
Roof: Likely Flat
Acres: N/A
Operation: 1974 - 1980s
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: More information especially closure, exterior of the building photograph and more photographs of interior.
Sources: NY Times, February 12, 1978, Section BK, Page 65; You-Tube; R.N.
For office use only: 1 p, 1 np, 1g.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.