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What Movies\TV series have seen been filmed in your New York Neighborhood?

Hello New Yorkers,

Someone posted about seeing the movie Cloverfield being filmed near them in NYC, so I thought I would see what others have seen being filmed nead them? I remember waaaaay back when I saw Ghostbusters being filmed around town...that was pretty cool.

What have you seen?

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nyboy666 Aug 22, 2008

What hasn't been filmed around here - I don't have a photo but I am Legend was the most recent, Washington Square. We're in West Village. Found this photo on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewied/284536269/

ajadedidealist Mar 15, 2010

Gossip Girl is always filming near me, as I live on the UES. And I've seen Law and Order a couple of times. It's always so exciting when people film on your block!

hhusted Mar 15, 2010

I've seen Law & Order. That's just about it.

uptowngirl Mar 15, 2010

I think several scenes from the Sex and the City movie were filmed on the Upper East Side for example at the Lumi Restaurant on 70th street and Lexington Avenue.

hhusted Mar 16, 2010

I wonder how many TV sitcoms are actually filmed on location and not in the studio.

JenMac Mar 19, 2010

They just filmed a scene from 30 Rock in my neighborhood last week.

hhusted Mar 20, 2010

@JenMac: Is 30 Rock one of those shows like Law & Order that film in various locations?

ajadedidealist Mar 20, 2010

Lucky, @JenMac. I've never seen them taping, although I have run into Alec Baldwin at a concert outdoors in Central Park...

JenMac Mar 20, 2010

30 Rock is the comedy created by Tina Fey. It wins Emmys every year. They mostly film at Silvercup but they do location shoots often.

ajadedidealist Mar 21, 2010

I always find sitcoms that are meant to be set in NYC but don't do lots of location shooting (eg Castle, which I love in many other regards) very distracting. They just look...wrong

JenMac Mar 21, 2010

It's funny to me how many "NY based sitcoms" are actually shot in LA. And no one seems to be any the wiser . . .

ajadedidealist Mar 22, 2010

As long as they have the cliche, repeated "opening"/establishing shot...c.f. Friends, Will & Grace...

hhusted Mar 23, 2010

@JenMac: You are right. Many sitcoms are filmed in LA. They create backdrops that look like NYC to fool people. I remember reading somewhere that some scenes are filmed in NYC, but the majority are filmed in LA.

ajadedidealist Mar 24, 2010

NYC is such a vibrant, fantastic setting - I really do think it adds to a movie or show to shoot on location in any case, but NYC in particular. It's just so...specific that a soundstage won't do.

hhusted Mar 24, 2010

@Ajadedidealist; If a movie is made with NYC as the backdrop, I'll bet the Empire State Building may be given a look at, another with other landmarks. The Empire State Building is the number one attraction for people around the world.