Movie Theater To Close in Unincorporated Greenburgh

ELMSFORD, N.Y. — News has just come out that the Greenburgh Multiplex Cinemas movie theater will close down in 2019. A lawyer representing the owner of 320 Saw Mill River Road in Elmsford announced to local officials that the Greenburgh Multiplex Cinemas’ lease would not be renewed. The lease will expire May 31 next year.

Local officials were told that the theater has had a steady downturn in attendance and profits which has been experienced locally and follows regional trends. Critics of most of the movie theaters bemoan several causes for the decline, which include online movie availability services, cost of tickets, lack of good-content movies, rude and noisy patrons who spoil the movie experience for others.

Other retail businesses in the shopping center remain unaffected, at least for now, by this announcement and are not aware of any possible new tenants for the property. Zoning for the 10.5-acre property is currently for retail stores, fully enclosed commercial recreation, restaurants and cinemas.