{"id":328910,"date":"2026-08-25T01:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328910\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T01:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:41:06","slug":"kips-bay-amc-multiplex-to-close-at-the-end-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328910\/","title":{"rendered":"Kips Bay AMC multiplex to close at the end of the year,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/origin-wabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, August 25, 2026 1:19AM<\/p>\n<p>Stream New York&#8217;s #1 news &#8211; AccuWeather &#8211; original content 24\/7<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">MURRAY HILL (WABC) &#8212; AMC&#8217;s Kips Bay 15 will close at the end of the year, according to AMC Theatres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The multiplex, in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan on Second Avenue near the East River, opened in 1999, with AMC taking over operations in 2006.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We expect that AMC Kips Bay 15 will continue operating until the end of 2026, at which time the theatre will close following the property owner&#8217;s decision to exercise its contractual right to terminate the theatre&#8217;s lease before its scheduled expiration,&#8221; a statement from AMC Theatres said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">AMC Theatres said details are still being finalized and a formal closure date will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below.    If attaching a video or photo, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/image-video-solicitation-and-rights-terms-of-use\/5101040\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">terms of use apply.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, August 25, 2026 1:19AM Stream New York&#8217;s #1 news &#8211; AccuWeather &#8211; original content 24\/7 MURRAY HILL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[123670,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-328910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-123670","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}