7. Meriden or Square Theatre, 21-20 Newtown Avenue
This tiny auto shop on Newtown Avenue (one of Astoria’s oldest roads) used to be a tiny theater! Opened in 1910 as the Meriden, it was later renovated and called the New Meriden, according to Cinema Treasures. This forgotten theater of Queens was in operation until the 1950s, showing late-run films to a small crowd.
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