Drive-in theaters around the Hudson Valley

May 19

Written By HVNY

There’s nothing quite like a night at the drive-in, and luckily for us, the Hudson Valley is home to several operating outdoor movie theaters.
This year though, two of the valley’s most popular sites – the Greenville Drive-in (pictured, above), and the Hyde Park Drive-In – will not be opening for the season.
Scroll down to see more drive-in theaters across the Hudson Valley:

Four Brothers Drive-In

(pictured, above)
A modern take on a retro drive-in behind the Four Brothers restaurant in the center of Amenia. The small eastern Dutchess town was once home to the smallest theater in the world but now a half-a-mile away, the town’s drive-in is America’s newest drive-in theater built from the ground up. And it comes complete with a snack bar with car service (including Four Brothers-made Greek yogurt), electric car charging station, mini-golf, on-site camping and the Hotel Caravana, a rentable jungle-themed Airstream RV equipped with a Polaroid, iPad, bikes (and plans for a jacuzzi) in the drive-in’s lot filled with kitschy, handmade pieces from across America (think: PeeWee).

Circa: 2013
Location: 4957 Route 22, Amenia
Prices: $6 children (ages 5-10), $8 seniors and veterans, $11 adults
Website: playeatdrink.com
More info: 845-373-8178

Fair Oaks Drive-In

Location: 365 Bloomingburg Road, Middletown
Features: An old-fashioned seasonal drive-in movie theater with two screens
Website: https://www.facebook.com/fairoaksdrivein/
More info: 845-361-5686

Greenville Drive-In – closed for 2025

The operators of the Greenville Drive-in recently announced they will not open for the 2025 season due to family matters out-of-state. Here’s the full statement:

Due to our continuing eldercare commitments out-of-state, Leigh and I have made the difficult decision to not operate the Greenville’s Drive-in 32 for the 2025 season.

For the past 10 years, the community around the drive-in has been truly special and we will be incredibly sad to miss seeing and serving of all of our regulars, our staff, our vendors and the wider community of the Northern Catskills that we’ve come to know and love. The drive-in is a lot to run as a mom-and-pop enterprise and as our energies need to be focused elsewhere at this time, we feel it is best to keep the theatre dark this season rather than attempt to run it without the full attention it and our guests deserve.

Many thanks for your understanding and please do continue to support the numerous other independent movie theatres that make our part of New York truly special.

Dwight & Leigh

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Circa: 1959
Location: 10700 Route 32, Greenville
Website: drivein32.com
More info: 518-966-2177

Hi-Way Drive-In Theater

Circa: 1951
Location: 10699 Route 9W, Coxsackie
Features: Four screens with a capacity for 600 cars
Website: https://hiwaydriveinny.com/

Hyde Park Drive-In Theater – currently closed

After being closed for the past several years, Hyde Park Drive-In Theater’s plans to reopen is in limbo as operators await federal approval for a lease agreement with the National Park Service.

Circa: 1950
Location: 4114 Albany Post Road (Route 9), Hyde Park
Features: Capacity for 670 cars, 82’ wide screen and located directly across from the FDR Historic Site
Website: hydeparkdrivein.com
More info: 845-229-4738

Overlook Drive-In

Circa: 1955
Location: 126 DeGarmo Road, Poughkeepsie
Features: The “largest screen in the tri-state area” will be opening for the season on May 23, 2025 with Lilo and Stitch (PG) and Thunderbolts (PG-13).
Website: overlookdrivein.com
More info: 845-452-3445