Sunnyside Center Cinemas—the last affordable movie theater in Sunnyside—is officially closing on January 4, with owner John Ciafone's 45-25 Queens Boulevard Realty Corp. planning to lease the 52,000 square feet of air rights. Now, a petition to save the theater has started circulating, and organizers are hoping to get 2,000 signatures by December 31 (there already have around 800). This is a theater where ticket prices are $7.50 for adults and $5 for kids and seniors, which is, admittedly, absurd in a city where a trip to the movies will sometimes cost you an entire pay check. [Queens 'Stoner]
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