NYC Filming Locations: 87 Places To Visit

You’ll find an abundance of NYC filming locations. Check out where some of your favorite movies and TV shows were filmed.

87 NYC Filming Locations You Can Visit Today

Explore this list of filming locations next time you’re in town.

    1. The Dakota Building (Rosemary’s Baby, Hannah and Her Sisters)
    2. Flatiron Building (Spider-Man trilogy, This Is Us, Armageddon, Godzilla, The Usual Suspects)
    3. 7B Horseshoe Bar (The Godfather Part II, Russian Doll, Rent, Jessica Jones)
    4. Columbia University (Hitch, The Detective, The Nanny Diaries)
    5. 91st Street Gardens on the Upper West Side (You’ve Got Mail)
    6. Cafe Lalo (You’ve Got Mail)
    7. Scene from “You’ve Got Mail”

    8. Lincoln Center (Black Swan, The Producers, Ghostbusters, Sweet Home Alabama)
    9. New York Public Library (Ghostbusters, The Day After Tomorrow, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Sex and the City: The Movie, Spider-Man, 13 Going on 30, The Thomas Crown Affair)
    10. Scene from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s

    11. Times Square (Taxi Driver, Midnight Cowboy, Date Night, Captain America: The First Avenger, Big, Shaft, A Chorus Line, Vanilla Sky, Birdman, Enchanted, Spider-Man 3, Letters to Juliet, Center Stage, New Year’s Eve, Just My Luck, Friends With Benefits, and more)
    12. Scene from “Capitan America: The First Avenger”

    13. Bronx County Courthouse (The Irishman)
    14. Bronx Community College (The Report)
    15. Scene from “The Report”

    16. Hall of Fame of Great Americans at Bronx Community College (The Report)
    17. Scene from “The Report”

    18. NYC Emergency Management — formerly the Office of Emergency Management (The Report)
    19. Scene from “The Report”

    20. Howard Gilman Opera House (The Greatest Showman)
    21. Veniero’s Pasticceria & Caffe (The Village, Live With Regis and Kelly, Curb Your Enthusiasm)
    22. Radio City Music Hall (The Godfather, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Radio Days)
    23. The Calvary Cemetery (The Godfather)
    24. Scene from “The Godfather”

    25. Puck Building (Will & Grace, When Harry Met Sally, American Psycho, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
    26. Hook and Ladder 8, also known as FDNY Ladder 8, a fire station (Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters (2016), Hitch, Seinfeld)
    27. Scene from “Ghostbusters”

    28. The Odeon (Bright Lights, Big City)
    29. Verrazano Narrows Bridge (Saturday Night Fever)
    30. Scene from “Saturday Night Fever”

    31. Empire State Building (King Kong, An Affair to Remember, Elf, Sleepless in Seattle, Gossip Girl, The Mindy Project, Oblivion, 2 Days in New York)
    32. Scene from “Sleepless in Seattle”

    33. Renwick Smallpox Hospital (Spider-Man)
    34. 88-39 69th Road, Queens (Spider-Man)
    35. The Unisphere and the World’s Fair Grounds at the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (Men in Black)
    36. Scene from “Men in Black”

    37. Pelham Bay Park (The Warriors)
    38. 110th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues (West Side Story)
      • Playground on 110th between 2nd and 3rd
      • 68th Street west of Columbus Avenue
    39. Grand Central Terminal (North by Northwest, Carlito’s Way, The Avengers, Friends With Benefits, I Am Legend, Men in Black, One Fine Day, Gossip Girl, Madagascar, Just My Luck, Arthur)
    40. Scene from “North by Northwest” Scene from “The Avengers”

    41. Soup Man (Seinfeld)
    42. Monk’s Diner (Seinfeld)
    43. Tom’s Restaurant (Seinfeld)
    44. Friends Apartment Building (Friends)
    45. Macy’s (Miracle on 34th Street)
    46. Scene from “Miracle on 34th Street”

    47. Rockefeller Center (Sleepless in Seattle, The Adjustment Bureau, Elf, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night With Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, 27 Dresses, Just My Luck, On the Town)
    48. Scene from “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”

    49. McGee’s Pub (MacLaren’s) (How I Met Your Mother)
    50. Staten Island Ferry (How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Spider-Man: Homecoming)
    51. Washington Square Park (When Harry Met Sally, August Rush, I Am Legend, Blue Bloods, Glee, Gilmore Girls, Avengers: Infinity War, Inside Llewyn Davis, My Sassy Girl, Addicted to Love, Step Up 3D)
    52. Scene from “Inside Llewyn Davis”

    53. Magnolia Bakery (Sex and the City, The Devil Wears Prada, Spin City)
    54. Central Park (Kramer vs. Kramer, Maid in Manhattan, Serendipity, Love Story, Enchanted, The Report)
    55. Scene from “Enchanted”

    56. Bow Bridge in Central Park (Manhattan, Glee, Made of Honor, Enchanted, Little Manhattan, Uptown Girls)
    57. Sailboat Pond in Central Park (Stuart Little)
    58. Wollman Skating Rink in Central Park (Serendipity, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Limitless, The Other Woman)
    59. Bethesda Terrace and Fountain in Central Park (Elf, One Fine Day, Made of Honor, When Harry Met Sally, Enchanted, The Producers)
    60. Scene from “Enchanted”

    61. Tavern on the Green (Wall Street, Beaches, Ghostbusters, Mr. Popper’s Penguins)
    62. Carrie’s Brownstone (Sex and the City)
    63. Daily News Building (Superman)
    64. Charging Bull (Hitch, Arthur, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice)
    65. Chrysler Building (Men in Black 3, The First Wives Club, Armageddon)
    66. Chelsea Hotel (Sid and Nancy)
    67. Battery Park (Wall Street, Friends With Benefits, Whipped, She’s the One)
    68. Manhattan Bridge (Blue Valentine, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Ghostbusters)
    69. Brooklyn Bridge (Sex and the City: The Movie, Annie Hall, Enchanted, Transformers, Limitless, If Lucy Fell, The French Connection)
    70. Scene from “Sex and the City: The Movie”

    71. Statue of Liberty (X-Men, Titanic, On the Town, Splash, Planet of the Apes, Escape From New York, Jungle 2 Jungle, Ghostbusters II)
    72. Scene from “X-Men”

    73. American Museum of Natural History (Night at the Museum)
    74. Scene from “Night at the Museum”

    75. Apollo Theater marquee (Shaft)
    76. Riverside Drive at about 124th Street (Death Wish)
    77. Just below where Columbus Circle (59th Street) meets Broadway (Ghostbusters)
    78. East 6th Street between Avenue A and B (The Godfather: Part II)
    79. Katz’s Delicatessen (When Harry Met Sally, Across the Universe, Enchanted, Donnie Brasco)
    80. Scene from “When Harry Met Sally”

    81. Guggenheim Museum (Men in Black, Bye Bye Birdie, When in Rome, Annie, Manhattan, Mr. Popper’s Penguins)
    82. Scene from “Mr. Popper’s Penguins”

    83. Serendipity 3 (Serendipity, Gossip Girl, One Fine Day, Trust the Man)
    84. Scene from “Serendipity”

    85. 339 Convent Ave. (The Royal Tenenbaums)
    86. The Langham (Hannah and Her Sisters)
    87. 129 E. 73rd St. (The Devil Wears Prada)
    88. St. James Tower (Wall Street)
    89. Tiffany & Co. (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Sweet Home Alabama)
    90. Scene from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”

    91. Willis Avenue Bridge (Midnight Cowboy)
    92. 1414 6th Ave. at 57th Street, a block south of Central Park (Midnight Cowboy)
    93. 64-66 Suffolk Street (Midnight Cowboy)
    94. The Plaza Hotel (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Eloise at the Plaza, The Great Gatsby, Bride Wars, North by Northwest, Crocodile Dundee, Almost Famous)
    95. Scene from “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”

    96. South Street Seaport (Annie Hall)
    97. Coney Island (Brooklyn, Annie Hall, Beaches, The Warriors)
    98. Scene from “Brooklyn”

    99. Sutton Place Park (Manhattan, My Man Godfrey)
    100. Scene from “Manhattan”

    101. Corner of 52nd Street and Lexington Avenue (The Seven Year Itch)
    102. Scene from “The Seven Year Itch”

    103. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, also known as The MET (Ocean’s 8, Gossip Girl, When Harry Met Sally, Maid in Manhattan, The Nanny Diaries, Hitch, Factory Girl, Remember Me, The Thomas Crown Affair)
    104. Scene from “Ocean’s 8” Scene from Gossip Girl

    105. Joker Stairs (Joker)
    106. Scene from “Joker”

    107. Holly Golightly’s Apartment (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
    108. Scene from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s

    109. 44 W. 63rd St. at the intersection of Columbus Avenue (Annie Hall)
    110. 36 E. 68th St. (Annie Hall)
    111. Scene from “Annie Hall” And finally, some NYC filming locations for Taxi Driver include:

    112. The corner of 13th Street and Third Avenue in the East Village
    113. 226 E. 13th St.
    114. Scene from “Taxi Driver”

    115. The west side of Eighth Avenue just below West 47th Street
    116. The Show and Tell Theater on Eighth between 46th and 47th
    117. Hollywood Twin Theater, now the information center for the Gray Line Bus Company (sightseeing tours)
    118. Gift World on the southwest corner of 47th Street
    119. Scene from “Taxi Driver” Intrigued by these famous film locations? You can learn more about film and how you can improve your skills by applying to the Nashville Film Institute here.

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