YONKERS: A development at 1219 Yonkers Avenue that has. received approvals from the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals for variances now needs the approval of the planning board.

A 14-story apartment structure with 266 apartments, parking and ground-level retail space is proposed by the latest wanna be developer of this site. where the movie theater once stood.

The apartments in the building will consist of one- and two-bedroom units only and there will be one parking space for each of the units,

The proposed building he building will have 24-hour doorman and a fitness center.

The developer has offered to pay for new traffic lights around the building.

The Kimball Theatre, originally opened in 1937 in a building that formerly held a shirt factory.movie studio and skating rink.

It had 700 seats and operated successfully as a neighborhood theater for decades,

When it closed it became as a furniture store, but a 2004 fire broke out.

In 2010, there was another fire t

In 2017, what remained was torn down.