My wife has provided me with handy NY drive-in info.

Although New York state was one of the first 10 states to host a drive-in theater (the first one opened in NY in 1938 on Long Island), the Empire State was still a late bloomer for drive-ins. Generally, across America, the peak years for drive-in theaters were the late 1950’s. However, New York did not reach its peak number of drive-in theaters until 1963 when it boasted about 150 drive-ins in the state. Since then though, only about 81% of the drive-ins in the state have closed. And while that may seem like a very large number, the average is well over 90% for the rest of the country. Today, New York state still has 28 remaining drive-ins in operation which is the largest number of any state (Pennsylvania is second with 27).

We’re #1! We’re #1! We’re #1! :)