Netflix to keep New York City’s iconic Paris Theatre open

New York City’s last surviving single-screen movie house will remain open, thanks to Netflix.

streaming platform on Monday anunced a lease agreement to keep Paris atre open for special events, screenings and atrical releases.

Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos says in a statement that company is “incredibly proud to preserve this historic New York institution so it can continue to be a cinematic home for film lovers.”

ater located near Central Park shuttered its doors in August and was reopened in October after Netflix anunced it will screen ah Baumbach’s new movie, Marri Story, for a limited time.

581-seat venue opened in September 1948 and originally specialized in showing French films.

It is kwn as one of oldest art-house aters in country.