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Williamsburg Cinemas Opening December 19th
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John Del Signore
Published Dec 12, 2012
Modified Dec 12, 2012
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After substantial delays, Williamsburg Cinemas will finally open one week from today, becoming the first new first-run multiplex in North Brooklyn since... anyone can remember. Owner Harvey Elgart, who also operates Cobble Hill Cinemas, tells us the city inspected his establishment yesterday and he's been given the green light to open on December 19th. All seven screens will be fully operational at that time, so you'll be able to experience the controversial High Frame-Rate version of The Hobbit 3D without ever leaving Hipsters' Deep.
Tickets will go on sale soon, we're told, via Moviefone and the Williamsburg Cinemas website. Make sure you bring a helmet and elbow pads; Elgart promises us that the 7.1 Dolby Digital surround sound system in his new theater will "knock you out of your seat."
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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