The Müuse Atlas / United States / New York

New York City

75 areas on the atlas.

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Areas

Battery Park CityFilming in Battery Park City, New York City. Brick apartment towers face a paved esplanade on landfill along the Hudson, with lawns, a marina and open harbor water.

Bay RidgeFilming in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The numbered streets run downhill to the Narrows. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge crosses the water at the south end of the neighborhood.

BaysideFilming in Bayside, New York City. Detached houses with driveways and hedged lawns run down to Little Neck Bay, a marina and the Throgs Neck Bridge.

Bedford-StuyvesantFilming in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. About 8,800 buildings here went up before 1900. Do the Right Thing and Crooklyn were each shot on a single block.

BelmontFilming in Belmont, the Bronx. The Italian food trade on Arthur Avenue is still open for business, with an enclosed retail market in the middle of the strip.

BensonhurstFilming in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Low brick shopfronts sit beneath the elevated West End line on 86th Street, with rows of attached houses close by.

Brighton BeachFilming in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. An elevated railway runs above Brighton Beach Avenue and the shops are underneath. The boardwalk is one block south.

BronxvilleFilming in Bronxville, Westchester County. Stone and half-timbered fronts line the business blocks around a commuter rail station, with a civic square of brick and stone buildings.

Brooklyn HeightsFilming in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Federal and Greek Revival rowhouses from the early 1800s line the bluff above the harbor, and Moonstruck used the corner at Cranberry and Willow Streets.

Brooklyn Navy YardFilming in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. A walled shipyard on the East River holds brick machine shops and stone dry docks with old cranes.

BushwickFilming in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Low brick warehouses with roll down shutters and truck bays sit under two elevated train lines, with the Manhattan skyline visible down some blocks.

Carroll GardensFilming in Carroll Gardens, New York City. Brownstone rows sit behind unusually deep front gardens, with storefronts along Court and Smith Streets.

ChelseaFilming in Chelsea, Manhattan. Wide brick warehouse blocks run under the High Line toward the river, with Cushman Row's Greek Revival houses a few streets east.

ChinatownFilming in Chinatown, Manhattan. Most of the buildings stop at five or six storeys and the streets between them are narrow.

City IslandFilming on City Island in the Bronx. One main street runs the length of a small island of boat yards and seafood restaurants, reached by a single bridge.

College PointFilming in College Point, New York City. Flat industrial streets of car lots and warehouses meet the shoreline, and the Poppenhusen Institute's ballroom stood in for a Women's Temperance League hall in Boardwalk Empire.

ConcourseFilming in Concourse, New York City. The Grand Concourse runs wide past Art Deco apartment houses to the limestone courthouse at 161st Street.

Coney IslandFilming in Coney Island, Brooklyn. A boardwalk of amusement rides, arcades and food stands, with the beach emptying out by October.

Crown HeightsFilming in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Eastern Parkway runs through the middle of it, 210 feet wide with a service road on each side. The blocks north of the parkway are brownstone and limestone rows from the 1880s and 1890s.

Downtown BrooklynFilming in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. Borough Hall's colonnade and a pedestrian shopping mall sit under new glass residential towers.

DUMBOFilming in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Red brick warehouses line Belgian block streets that run straight to the Manhattan Bridge.

Dyker HeightsFilming in Dyker Heights, New York City. Large houses with columns, iron balconies and driveways climb a hillside above the Belt Parkway, with the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge towers on the skyline.

East HarlemFilming in East Harlem, New York City. Brick tenements and NYCHA towers stand over Third Avenue, with a market building still working under the Park Avenue tracks.

East VillageFilming in the East Village, Manhattan. Numbered streets of brick tenements surround Tompkins Square Park, and The Godfather Part II dressed one block as 1917 Little Italy.

ElmhurstFilming in Elmhurst, New York City. Queens Boulevard runs wide and multi-lane past an enclosed mall and a repurposed 1920s lodge building.

Far RockawayFilming in Far Rockaway, New York City. One and two storey bungalows from the 1920s stand in the shadow of brick public housing towers, a few blocks from the boardwalk.

Financial DistrictFilming in the Financial District, Manhattan. Narrow one lane streets in shadow between some of the tallest buildings in the city. Wall Street and Broad Street have not taken cars since 2001.

FlatbushFilming in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Flatbush Avenue runs for miles past small shops and striped awnings, with freestanding Victorian houses on the side streets.

FlushingFilming in Flushing, Queens. Main Street at Roosevelt Avenue is the third busiest crossing in New York. The signs above the shops are in Chinese and Korean.

Forest HillsFilming in Forest Hills, Queens. Tudor houses on curving lanes surround a brick paved station square, with a tennis stadium, a mile of storefronts and apartment towers close by.

Fort GreeneFilming in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The park on the hill is Brooklyn's first and the streets around it are Italianate rowhouses from the 1850s. Spike Lee has been shooting here since 1985.

Garden CityFilming in Garden City, New York. Wide avenues carry Victorian houses and Gothic institutional buildings around a brick Main Street and a 1907 rail stop.

GowanusFilming in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The canal is 1.8 miles long and the subway crosses it 87 feet up.

Gramercy ParkFilming in Gramercy Park, New York City. A locked private square behind a cast iron fence, ringed by brick and brownstone houses from the 1840s onward.

Great KillsFilming in Great Kills, New York City. A sheltered harbor behind a sand spit holds a marina next to quiet blocks of postwar ranch houses.

Hamilton HeightsFilming in Hamilton Heights, New York City. Limestone and brownstone rowhouse blocks climb the hill to City College's Gothic campus.

HarlemFilming in Harlem, Manhattan. Brick and brownstone rowhouses line Strivers' Row and Astor Row, and the Apollo Theater's marquee marks 125th Street.

Hell's KitchenFilming in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. The side streets are six story walk-ups with fire escapes on the front. Midtown starts one avenue east.

Hunts PointFilming in Hunts Point, the Bronx. Wholesale produce, meat and fish markets run through the night on a peninsula between two rivers.

InwoodFilming in Inwood, Manhattan. The last natural forest and salt marsh on the island are in Inwood Hill Park. The 1 train runs on steel above Tenth Avenue.

Jackson HeightsFilming in Jackson Heights, Queens. The 7 train runs above Roosevelt Avenue and the garden apartment blocks begin behind the shops.

JamaicaFilming in Jamaica, Queens. A discount store strip runs along Jamaica Avenue, with an AirTrain guideway over the transit hub and a colonnaded 1930s courthouse a few blocks off it.

Lincoln CenterFilming in Lincoln Center, New York City. A white travertine opera house and glass-fronted halls face a wide paved plaza with a round fountain at its center.

Long BeachFilming in Long Beach, New York. A paved ocean boardwalk runs past high rise towers, with low Mediterranean stucco blocks in the West End.

Long Island CityFilming in Long Island City, Queens. The Pepsi-Cola sign stands in Gantry Plaza State Park. The Silvercup sign is still on the roof of the old bakery.

Lower East SideFilming in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. The blocks are tenements of five and six storeys, and Delancey Street ends at the Williamsburg Bridge.

MaspethFilming in Maspeth, New York City. A freight line crosses at street level past graffiti covered warehouses, near small frame houses and a working creek.

Meatpacking DistrictFilming in the Meatpacking District, New York City. Belgian block streets and low brick market buildings run under metal loading canopies, one block from the Hudson River and the High Line.

Morningside HeightsFilming in Morningside Heights, New York City. Limestone university quadrangles and prewar apartment blocks sit on a ridge, with an unfinished Gothic cathedral and Riverside Church a few blocks apart.

Mott HavenFilming in Mott Haven, the Bronx. Brownstone rows from the 1880s and 1890s stand a few streets from truck yards along the Harlem River.

Park SlopeFilming in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The ground falls away from Prospect Park to Fourth Avenue, and the side streets are rowhouses most of the way. The largest landmarked neighborhood in New York covers about forty blocks of it.

Port MorrisFilming in Port Morris, New York City. Brick warehouses and rail sidings run down to the Bronx Kill, with Randalls Island and the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge across the water.

Port RichmondFilming in Port Richmond, New York City. A worn shopping avenue of brick storefronts runs to the Kill van Kull, past the pizzeria The King of Staten Island used for a fight scene.

Red HookFilming in Red Hook, Brooklyn. There is no subway, and most of the streets end at the water.

RidgewoodFilming in Ridgewood, Queens. Long rows of pale yellow brick rowhouses from the 1910s, and the corner The Irishman used as South Philadelphia.

RiverdaleFilming in Riverdale, New York City. Stone-walled Tudor and Georgian Revival mansions line winding lanes on a ridge above the Hudson.

Rockaway BeachFilming in Rockaway Beach, Queens. A wide ocean beach with a concrete boardwalk, and the subway a few blocks from the sand.

Rockefeller CenterFilming in Rockefeller Center, Manhattan. Limestone Art Deco towers around a sunken plaza, with an ice rink and a Christmas tree in the center.

Roosevelt IslandFilming on Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Main Street runs the length of the island in red brick between concrete apartment towers, and Nighthawks used the aerial tram overhead for its 1981 hostage climax.

Sheepshead BayFilming in Sheepshead Bay, New York City. Party boats tie up along Emmons Avenue, and a wooden footbridge crosses the water to Manhattan Beach.

SoHoFilming in SoHo, Manhattan. Narrow side streets are still paved in Belgian block under cast iron fronts, and Scorsese shot After Hours on them in the summer of 1984.

South Street SeaportFilming in South Street Seaport, Manhattan. Red brick counting houses and a granite block street sit beneath the Financial District's glass towers.

St. GeorgeFilming in St. George, Staten Island. A clock tower and a columned courthouse stand on the hill above the ferry slips, and the 1929 theatre on Hyatt Street is where School of Rock ends.

SunnysideFilming in Sunnyside, Queens. Brick rows around shared garden courts, the 7 train above Queens Boulevard and a working rail yard along the northern edge.

Sunset ParkFilming in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The rowhouse blocks run up the hill from a waterfront of concrete warehouses. Eighth Avenue is the first of Brooklyn's Chinatowns.

Throggs NeckFilming in Throggs Neck, New York City. A Bronx peninsula of brick rowhouses and beach bungalows ending at a nineteenth century fort under a suspension bridge.

Times SquareFilming in Times Square, Manhattan. Broadway between 42nd and 47th Streets is a plaza now, and Seventh Avenue is still open to traffic through the middle of the square.

TottenvilleFilming in Tottenville, Staten Island. Detached wood frame houses on streets that end at a beach, and the shore park where Margot at the Wedding filmed.

TribecaFilming in Tribeca, Manhattan. Cast iron and brick warehouse blocks run from North Moore Street to Duane Park, with the Ghostbusters firehouse still standing on the corner.

Upper East SideFilming on the Upper East Side, Manhattan. Limestone and brownstone townhouses line the cross streets, and Ocean's Eight shot its heist night inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Upper West SideFilming on the Upper West Side, Manhattan. Central Park West is mostly apartment houses from around 1930, and several of them have two towers on top.

Vinegar HillFilming in Vinegar Hill, New York City. Three short Belgian block streets of brick rowhouses run between the Navy Yard wall and a Con Edison power plant.

Washington HeightsFilming in Washington Heights, Manhattan. The highest ground on the island is here, where streets turn into stone stairs and a subway platform sits 173 feet down.

West VillageFilming in the West Village, Manhattan. Narrow brick townhouses of three and four floors line streets that run off the city grid, and Bedford Street is where Friends shot its apartment exterior.

WilliamsburgFilming in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The Williamsburg Bridge comes down at South 5th Street, brick tenements and converted factories on one side and new glass towers on the other.