The Müuse Atlas / United States / New York

New York City

35 areas on the atlas.

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Areas

AstoriaFilming in Astoria, Queens. Kaufman Astoria has a working studio lot on 36th Street. Most of the surrounding blocks are two family houses in brick and vinyl siding.

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.

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.

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.

Brooklyn HeightsFilming in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The rowhouses go back to the 1820s and the neighborhood was the first historic district the city designated. The Promenade sits on a platform over the expressway.

BushwickFilming in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Two elevated train lines run through the neighborhood. Manhattan is visible from the end of several streets.

ChelseaFilming in Chelsea, Manhattan. The old freight warehouses stand between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, and the High Line runs above them.

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

Coney IslandFilming on Coney Island, Brooklyn. The boardwalk runs about two and a half miles. From October the beachfront empties out completely.

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 1890s.

DUMBOFilming in DUMBO, Brooklyn. The Manhattan Bridge is at the end of Washington Street. The streets are Belgian block and most of the warehouses are nineteenth century.

East VillageFilming in the East Village, Manhattan. The numbered streets are lined with walk up tenements, and Tompkins Square Park sits in the middle of them.

Financial DistrictFilming in the Financial District, Manhattan. The streets were laid out before the grid and most of them take one lane of traffic. Wall Street and Broad Street have not taken cars since 2001.

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.

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.

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

GreenpointFilming in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Broadway Stages is based here, one of the two large stage companies in the city. Most of the housing is wood frame.

HarlemFilming in Harlem, Manhattan. The Apollo Theater is on 125th Street. Strivers' Row is two blocks of brownstones and Astor Row has wooden porches.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

RidgewoodFilming in Ridgewood, Queens. Yellow-brick rowhouses, wood-frame houses, porches, and blocks that have changed less than much of the surrounding city.

Roosevelt IslandFilming on Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Main Street is the only road and it is paved in red brick. The tram has been running since 1976.

SoHoFilming in SoHo, Manhattan. The side streets are narrow and still paved in Belgian block. Scorsese shot After Hours on them in the summer of 1984.

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.

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.

TribecaFilming in Tribeca, Manhattan. The Ghostbusters firehouse is on North Moore Street. The warehouses around it are cast iron and brick, with loading docks at street level.

Upper East SideFilming on the Upper East Side, Manhattan. The cross streets between Fifth and Lexington are rows of limestone and brownstone townhouses. The avenues are lined with apartment houses instead.

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.

Washington HeightsFilming in Washington Heights, Manhattan. The highest ground on the island is here and several streets turn into flights of stairs. The subway platform at 191st Street is 173 feet down.

West VillageFilming in the West Village, Manhattan. The streets were laid out before the 1811 grid and do not line up with it. The buildings on them are brick houses of three and four floors.

WilliamsburgFilming in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The Williamsburg Bridge comes down at South 5th Street. Those blocks have stood in for the 1920s Lower East Side and for Queens.