Popular film locations in NYC
Superman, Spider-Man and Batman in NYC
Mary Jane runs away from her impending nuptials at Riverside Church, which sports the world’s largest carillon bell ever cast. And Peter Parker hails from Forest Hills, Queens. In The Dark Knight Rises, definitely a dark...more
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and others in NYC
In the Ninja Turtles movies, Splinter is the name of the swami who plays Mr. Miyagi to the half-shell heroes. Both versions of the flick are set in a subterranean, postapocalyptic New York but find some light of day in p...more
Night at the Museum in NYC
If Mr. Popper’s Penguins is a love letter to Tavern on the Green, Night at the Museum is a full-on magnum opus devoted to the American Museum of Natural History, doing for that museum what From the Files of Mrs. Basil E...more
NYC in the backdrop of The Wiz and The Muppets Take Manhattan
An accident in a snowstorm sets her on that path; highlights along the way include an encounter with the lion at—where else—the elegant lion statues of the New York Public Library; and a crossing of the Brooklyn Bridge i...more
Elf in NYC
Where to begin with this modern Christmas classic? Let's put aside for now how easy it seems to find people in Central Park and Midtown (and how quickly you can move around the city by foot) and instead celebrate the NYC...more
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Kevin takes in some music at Carnegie Hall, or at least it's the exterior of Carnegie Hall; only by movie magic is he able to watch for free through a roof window. And if it’s holiday time, you'll want to wind up in a si...more
Mr. Popper's Penguins at Tavern on the Green
Only recently reopened, Tavern, per the movie, is the kind of place a boy makes lasting memories with his dad, and that should only be in the hands of owners who fully respect it, like said boy once he’s grown up. A near...more
Ghostbusters in New York
The most famous location in the flick is no doubt the firehouse the ghostbusters commandeer as their office, aka Hook and Ladder #8, down in Tribeca. Spotting the sidewalk mural out front (with a rather liberal version o...more
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