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DRV-IN

Manhattan's only drive-in cinema and the world's smallest - it only has room for one car - DRV-IN involves no "driving in" at all. Artists Ben and Hall Smyth's version of the classic Americana outdoor theatres of the 1950s and 60s is actually a performance space that every few months re-invents itself – a comment on the evolving and rapidly changing neighbourhood of its Lower Eastside location. A few months ago, it was a table-tennis parlour called Pong, before that a barn store selling salvaged wood. Right now, the 350 sq ft storefront consists of a 1965 blue four-door Ford Falcon convertible – open the doors a smidgen and you'll hit the sidewalls - a movie screen and painted starry skies, artificial grass and a potted tree. Oh, and a concession stand. There's space for six people in the Falcon and DRV-IN's film schedule cherry-picks the best movies of the past 40 years. Speaking of which, that drive-in tradition of necking in the backseat is welcomed.

139 Norfolk Street; +1 646 478 7689; Bookings are taken online and up to 10 days in advance at 139norfolk.com. Four shows daily. $75 (£36), seats up to six