11. SHEEPSHEAD BAY: UA Sheepshead Bay 14 and IMAX
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- UA Sheepshead Bay. 3907 Shore Parkway at Knapp Street in Sheepshead Bay.
- (718) 777-FILM #786.
- What's nearby: You'll need a car, but the seafood restaurants along Emmons Avenue and ethnic Chinese restaurants on Avenue U are near this theater.
This theater's now owned by Regal Entertainment; see what their line up is for the season. (The Court Street Stadium in Downtown Brooklyn, above, is owned by the same company.)
12. WILLIAMSBURG: NiteHawk Cinema (dinner and a movie at the same time)
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- NiteHawk Cinema. 136 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg.
- (718) 384 3980.
- What's nearby: Many bars, clubs, restaurants in Williamsburg
Newly opened in 2011, the triplex NiteHawk Cinema is associated with a cafe staffed by a local celeb chef, Saul Boulton, and promises "an experience like no other in New York." Basically, you can order table-side food service before and even during your film-watching— and the food's good. It's recommended that patrons arrive a half hour or 45 minutes before the movie to get settled and order. Memberships are available.
13. WILLIAMSBURG: indieScreen
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- indieScreen. 289 Kent Avenue at South 2nd Street in Williamsburg.
- (347) 227 8030.
- What's nearby: Many bars, clubs, restaurants in Williamsburg
The cinema opens daily at 6 p.m. and features two different film programs at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. with new films introduced on Fridays. With just under 100 seats, indieScreen is a combo movie theater, restaurant and bar. It's co-owned by Marco Ursino,founder-director of Brooklyn Film Festival (which is hosted at indieScreen, of course, and restaurateur Anna Pozzi-Popermhem, known for the pioneering Williamsburg eatery Planet Thailand among other local foodie havens.
