Editing Old Bethpage, New York (section)

==Arts and culture==
Old Bethpage is home to the [[Old Bethpage Village Restoration]].<ref>[http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Parks/WhereToGo/museums/central_nass_museum/old_bethpage_rest.html Old Bethpage Village Restoration]</ref>  Opened in 1963 on a former Powell family farm, the restoration is an authentic recreation of a mid-19th century [[Long Island]] village.  The complex includes farmhouses, a blacksmith, general store, cobbler, school house and churches, all of which were moved to the site from other locations on Long Island and then restored to period condition.<ref>[http://www.fieldtrip.com/ny/65728400.htm Field Trip.com]</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F30E16FC3B5D117B93CAA9178ED85F478685F9 |title= Nassau Is Planning 19th-Century Town on Tract For Park |date=1963-05-08 |access-date=2008-04-06 |newspaper= [[NY Times]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F40C17FB3E5C1A7493C5A9178ED85F448785F9 |title=Person With Skills of the 1800s Sought For The Restoration In Nassau |author=Silver, Roy R. |date=1970-05-07 |access-date=2008-04-06 |newspaper= [[NY Times]] }}</ref>   In 2009, the Restoration became one of six Nassau County museums slated to be closed as a result of the county's impending budget shortfall.  However, as a result of strong public opposition, the museum was announced to remain open on April 1, 2009.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/monday/longisland/ny-ponass096029881feb09,0,2760263.story |title=Person Nassau union heads to testify on county layoff bill |author1=Murphy, William |author2=Bleyer, Bill |date=2009-02-09 |access-date=2009-02-09 |newspaper= [[Newsday]] }}</ref>

Old Bethpage was home to one movie theater, located in the Tru-Value Shopping Center. This theater initially showed first or second run movies. However, in the 1970s it began to show pornographic movies until community protests forced the theater to revert to its original general commercial offerings.<ref>[https://archive.today/20121227172225/https://www.fastcase.com/Google/Start.aspx?C=2ea948f1654a896b301142da8e9dc3ebfda04dd6c07c5a3f&D=3343e355125a6d367c91b78ae6359a380466189d68abe6a7 Court document]</ref> The theater eventually closed and remained vacant for a number of years until it was reopened as a live action theater known as the Plaza Playhouse. The Playhouse remained in Old Bethpage until June 2010, when it moved to a new strip mall on Old Country Road.  The space is now vacant.