The Real NYC Police Station Used as the Brooklyn Nine-Nine Precinct
The 99th Precinct featured on the hit network comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine doesn’t exist in the NYPD, but its station house does. Sort of. The show, which aired for 8 seasons from 2013 to 2021, was shot...
View ArticleYou Can Live at the NYC Townhouse from “Home Alone 2″…Sort Of
Once Kevin McCallister gets settled into his suite at the Plaza Hotel in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, he rummages through his father’s backpack. Taking stock of what supplies he can use to help...
View Article10 Iconic ‘Sopranos’ Film Locations
On January 10, 1999, the cable-watchers were invited into the home of Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and the mob-run world in which he lived. HBO’s hit series The Sopranos ran for six successful...
View ArticleWhere Past Lives was Filmed in NYC
(L-R) Greta Lee, Teo Yoo Credit: Jon PackIn Past Lives, writer and first-time director Celine Song rejects all romantic movie norms and creates a powerfully moving film that has earned a nomination for...
View ArticleThe World of Oppenheimer: From New York to Los Alamos
In the film Oppenheimer, leading this year’s Oscar race with thirteen nominations, J. Robert Oppenheimer’s early life in New York City is touched upon briefly in two early scenes. But the movie, which...
View ArticleGhostbusters (1984) NYC Filming Locations
Something spooky lurks around Manhattan but it’s nothing a group of eccentric parapsychologists can’t fix. This year marks the 4oth anniversary of the first Ghostbusters film, released in 1984. Today,...
View ArticleHow 1980s NYC Was Created in “Eric” on Netflix: Filming Locations
The crime drama series Eric on Netflix, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, so accurately recreates 1980s New York City that even we seasoned film locations columnists here at Untapped New York wondered at...
View Article“When Harry Met Sally” NYC Film Locations, 35 Years Later
When Harry Met Sally hit theaters in July 1989 and now, 35 years later, audiences are still in love with the film’s endearing characters, 1980s sweaters, and romantic depiction of New York City. The...
View ArticleInside NYC’s Michelin Star Kitchens as Seen in “The Bear”
Chicago has rightfully gotten its flowers in the era of prestige television as FX’s award-winning series The Bear continues to amass a cult following and major accolades. But to celebrate NYC...
View Article“Only Murders in the Building” Goes to Hollywood!
New York has had its heart broken by Hollywood before. Absolutely quintessential New York shows like Burns & Allen upped and moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s and, worse, New York-set shows like I...
View ArticleNew Film About a 1950’s Ping-Pong Champ Transforms NYC’s Lower East Side
If you found yourself on Orchard Street in the Lower East Side last week, you may have felt like you entered a time warp. People in old-timey clothes milled about the street, vintage signs covered...
View Article"Only Murders" Returns Home: NYC References You May Have Missed
Only Murders in the Building is becoming an honest-to-goodness New York City series. In the first season there were New York touches—the Upper West Side, the NYPD, a subway mugging, a Chorus Line...
View Article'Severance' Film Locations Around New York
New York’s Hudson Valley has enraptured artists for hundreds of years, from landscape artists in the 1800s to architects who built some of the region's majestic mansions. Now, it’s an inspiration for...
View ArticleFrench Connection Film Locations in Marseille
William Friedkin’s 1971 thriller French Connection tells the story of bent cops ‘Popeye’ Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy ‘Cloudy’ (Roy Scheider) as they attempt to foil a large narcotics smuggling...
View ArticleNew York Filming Locations for Zero Day
Zero Day is a limited series thriller on Netflix about the aftermath of a massive cyberattack that wipes out communications for a whole minute. Former U.S. President George Mullen (Robert de Niro) is...
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