Where was The Avengers filmed?
2012 film directed by Joss Whedon
The Avengers (2012) was filmed in New York City, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and Long Island — 4 recorded filming locations in the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe · the Infinity Saga · the Avengers film series
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Filming locations
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🏙 Towns & cities
Los Angeles
🇺🇸 United States
seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
New York City
🇺🇸 United States
most populous city in the United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Long Island
🇺🇸 United States
island in New York, United States of America
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🏙 Towns & cities
Pittsburgh
🇺🇸 United States
city and county seat in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 17 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Albuquerque
🇺🇸 United States
city and county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States and the largest city in the state
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🎬 Studios & sets
Albuquerque Studios
🇺🇸 United States
American film studio
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Central Park
🇺🇸 United States
public park at the center of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States
“Filming locations included Park Avenue and Central Park.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Brooklyn
🇺🇸 United States
borough of New York City, New York, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Cleveland
🇺🇸 United States
city in and county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
“Downtown Cleveland doubled for Manhattan in Spider-Man 3 (2007), The Avengers (2012), and The Fate of the Furious (2017), and for Metropolis in James Gunn's Superman (2025).” Wikipedia
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🛣 Streets & squares
Park Avenue
🇺🇸 United States
north–south avenue in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York
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🎬 Studios & sets
Steiner Studios
Film studio and sound stage in New York
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🏙 Towns & cities
Bethpage
🇺🇸 United States
census-designated place in New York, United States
“Grumman Studios also worked on The Amazing Spider-Man 2, filmed Avengers, Salt and broadcast The Sound of Music Live!” Wikipedia
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🛣 Streets & squares
42nd Street
🇺🇸 United States
street in Manhattan
“The city's East 9th Street was selected as a stand-in for New York City's 42nd Street, serving as the backdrop for climactic battle scenes.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Columbus
🇺🇸 United States
capital city of the U.S. state of Ohio and seat of Franklin County, also located in Delaware and Fairfield counties
“Army Reserve soldiers from the 391st Military Police Battalion, based in Columbus, Ohio, participated in the background action during the battle scenes in Cleveland.” Wikipedia
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🛣 Streets & squares
Public Square
🇺🇸 United States
square in downtown Cleveland, United States
“Additional scenes were shot at Public Square and the Detroit–Superior Bridge, with Public Square's southwest quadrant transformed into Stuttgart, Germany for filming.” Wikipedia
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🛣 Streets & squares
Detroit–Superior Bridge
🇺🇸 United States
bridge in Cleveland, Ohio
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🏙 Towns & cities
Butler County
🇺🇸 United States
county in Pennsylvania, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Glenn Research Center
🇺🇸 United States
NASA research center in Ohio, US
“The NASA Plum Brook Station near Sandusky, Ohio, specifically its Space Power Facility, doubled as a S.H.I.E.L.D. research facility.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Sandusky
🇺🇸 United States
seat of Erie County, Ohio, USA
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Space Environments Complex
🇺🇸 United States
experimental vacuum chamber for NASA
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🏙 Towns & cities
Parma
🇺🇸 United States
city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
“Filming also occurred at the Chevrolet powertrain plant in Parma, Ohio, where a series of explosions were captured for the battle sequence originating in Cleveland.” Wikipedia
Places whose own article says it was shot there
1 place whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Public Square United States
“In 2011, Public Square was transformed into a beer garden and street scene in Stuttgart, Germany, for the filming of The Avengers.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in New Mexico, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
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- Spider-Man 2002
- Iron Man 2008
- 300 2006
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- Track & Field
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Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Avengers have?
4 places recorded on Wikidata, and 17 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Pulp Fiction (1994), The Dark Knight (2008), Back to the Future (1985), Fight Club (1999) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.