Bleecker Street Cinema
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Bleecker Street Cinemas is a closed movie theater. It was located at 144 Bleecker Street in New York of the United States of America. Opening in 1962, it was a landmark of Greenwich Village and was well known for showing foreign, indie and other offbeat movies. It had two screens and sat 475 people [1]. It was closed on August 30th, 1990, due to sharp increases in rent [2]. [3] [Apr 2007]
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The Toxic Avenger
The Toxic Avenger, first released in late 1985, is the most famous movie made by Troma Entertainment, known for producing low budget B-movies with campy concepts. Virtually ignored upon its first release, The Toxic Avenger caught on with moviegoers after a long and successful midnight movie engagement at the famed Bleecker Street Cinemas in New York City in late 1985.
