🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Lincoln Heights Jail
former jail in Los Angeles, California, US
🇺🇸 United States · 34.0775, -118.2250
Lincoln Heights Jail is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 3 more.
“The scene in Iron Man 2 where main antagonist Ivan Vanko breaks out of prison was also filmed at this location.”
Movies filmed at Lincoln Heights Jail
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Lincoln Heights Jail as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
“The boiler room scenes and police station interior were shot in the Lincoln Heights Jail (closed since 1965) building, while the exterior used for the police station was Cahuenga Branch Library.” Wikipedia
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Con Air
1997
“The jail scenes in the beginning of the film were shot at the Lincoln Heights Jail in Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
- The Man Who Wasn't There 2001
Named here by Lincoln Heights Jail’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Lincoln Heights Jail, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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American History X 1998
“Some prison scenes in American History X were shot on the roof.” Wikipedia
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Con Air 1997
“Some jail scenes in the beginning of the 1997 movie Con Air were filmed at Lincoln Heights.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Long Beach
🇺🇸 United States
city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Los Angeles
🇺🇸 United States
seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
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Santa Monica
🇺🇸 United States
beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Ambassador Hotel
🇺🇸 United States
defunct hotel in Los Angeles, California, United States
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University of Southern California
🇺🇸 United States
private university in Los Angeles, California, United States
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Bovard Administration Building
🇺🇸 United States
building on the campus of the University of Southern California
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Lincoln Heights Jail?
4 productions are recorded as filmed at Lincoln Heights Jail, including Iron Man 2 (2010), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Con Air (1997). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Lincoln Heights Jail?
Iron Man 2 (2010), covered by 74 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Lincoln Heights Jail?
Lincoln Heights Jail is in the United States, at 34.0775, -118.2250.
What other filming locations are near Lincoln Heights Jail?
Long Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Ambassador Hotel and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Laurie Avocado, CC BY 2.0.