🏛 Landmarks & buildings
New York Public Library Main Branch
research library in Manhattan, New York, USA
🇺🇸 United States · 40.7533, -73.9822
New York Public Library Main Branch is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
Movies filmed at New York Public Library Main Branch
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names New York Public Library Main Branch 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.
Named here by New York Public Library Main Branch’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at New York Public Library Main Branch, 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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Seinfeld 1989–
“Television episodes that depicted the Main Branch included "The Library", an episode of Seinfeld, as well as "The Persistence of Memory", the eleventh part of Carl Sagan's TV series Cosmos.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
New York City
🇺🇸 United States
most populous city in the United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Manhattan
🇺🇸 United States
borough of New York City, New York, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Staten Island
🇺🇸 United States
borough of New York City, New York, United States of America
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🏙 Towns & cities
East Harlem
🇺🇸 United States
neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
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🛣 Streets & squares
Foley Square
🇺🇸 United States
street intersection in Manhattan, New York
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Hempstead House
🇺🇸 United States
Estate in Sands Point, New York, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at New York Public Library Main Branch?
4 productions are recorded as filmed at New York Public Library Main Branch, including Ghostbusters (1984), The Adjustment Bureau (2011) and Spider-Man (2002). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at New York Public Library Main Branch?
Ghostbusters (1984), covered by 60 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is New York Public Library Main Branch?
New York Public Library Main Branch is in the United States, at 40.7533, -73.9822.
What other filming locations are near New York Public Library Main Branch?
New York City, Manhattan, Staten Island, East Harlem 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 ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0.