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Pinball Long Island, the popular downtown Patchogue arcade that boasted the largest public collection of pinball machines in New York state, has closed.
All of the front windows are covered with brown paper and the business is now marked as “permanently closed” on Google. There is no written notice at the entrance. Additionally, all of the Pinball Long Island machines were removed weeks ago from pinballmap.com (The only remaining pinball machine in downtown Patchogue is the Led Zepellin (Pro) at Standard Rec, according to the pinball machine mapping website).
Greater Long Island has repeatedly attempted to contact owner Joshua Guskin for comment in recent days but has not yet received a response.
The closure comes two years after its opening and a year after the village granted approval for Pinball Long Island to build a bar inside the venue, a move that owner Joshua Guskin said would enhance the social aspect of the arcade. In June 2023, Guskin told Greater Long Island that the planned bar “will be unlike anything anyone’s ever seen in the Patchogue area” and would be “appreciated by many generations.”
At the time, Pinball Long Island featured 100 vintage pinball machines spanning eight decades, offering visitors an all-day play experience for $10 for children under 10 and $20 for adults. Guskin noted that many patrons expressed a desire to enjoy drinks while playing, which led him to pursue the addition of a bar.
A longtime pinball enthusiast and Patchogue resident, Guskin opened Pinball Long Island in March 2023, garnering news media coverage from across metropolitan New York and luring visitors from across Long Island.
This is a developing story. Please check back with Greater Long Island.
Top photos: The interior of Pinball Long Island when it was in operation (Facebook) and its Main Street storefront on Tuesday (Credit: Brianna Harmon).
