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Upper West Side
neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 40.7870, -73.9754
Upper West Side is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Upper West Side, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 9 more.
1 production was filmed at 1 place inside Upper West Side rather than at Upper West Side itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“In New York, the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House served as the exterior for NYPD headquarters, while an apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side was used as the exterior of the Stacy family home.”
Movies and TV series filmed in Upper West Side
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Upper West Side 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.
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2012
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Vanilla Sky
2001
“Filming lasted for six weeks around the New York City area, which included scenes in Central Park, the Upper West Side, SoHo, and Brooklyn.” Wikipedia
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You've Got Mail
1998
“Cafe Lalo, dessert and coffee venue at 83rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, opened in 1988 and featured in the 1998 movie You've Got Mail.” Wikipedia
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Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
“The film was shot in the fall of 1992 on the streets of Greenwich Village, the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side.” Wikipedia
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Only Murders in the Building
2021–
“Only Murders in the Building – The show is set in the Belnord where Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez' characters are investigating a murder in said building, "The Arconia".” Wikipedia
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Analyze That
2002
“The funeral for Ben's father was filmed at Riverside Memorial Chapel on Manhattan's Upper West Side, and the Sobel household scenes were shot in Montclair, New Jersey.” Wikipedia
- The Defenders 2017–
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The Panic in Needle Park
1971
“According to the film's studio production notes, portions were shot at Sherman Square and the Upper West Side area of New York City, at Riverside Park, in a New York City prison and hospital ward, on the Staten Island Ferry, and in the East Village.” Wikipedia
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Death to Smoochy
2002
“Sequences were filmed in several locations in New York City, such as Times Square, Coney Island, Upper West Side and Duane Street in Lower Manhattan.” Wikipedia
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Upper West Side
1 production shot at 1 place inside Upper West Side, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Upper West Side itself.
- An Autumn's Tale Metropolitan Opera House per Wikipedia 1987
Named here by Upper West Side’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Upper West Side, 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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“Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), includes a scene set outside the subway station at 72nd Street and Broadway, featuring a public phone that was in fact only a prop.” Wikipedia
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Seinfeld 1989–
“Seinfeld – Jerry Seinfeld as the character in the series lived at 129 West 81st Street, though the establishing exterior shots were of a building in Los Angeles; the series used authentic exteriors from locations such as Tom's Restaurant and H&H Bagels.” Wikipedia
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West Side Story 1961
“By 1960, it was a rough neighborhood of tenement housing, the demolition of which was delayed to allow for exterior shots in the film musical West Side Story.” Wikipedia
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The Goodbye Girl 1977
“The Goodbye Girl (1977) Filmed at 170 West 78th Street off Amsterdam Avenue.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Upper West Side?
12 productions are recorded as filmed in Upper West Side, 1 of them at places inside it, including Enchanted (2007), Unforgettable (2011–2016) and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). 9 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Upper West Side?
Enchanted (2007), covered by 49 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Upper West Side?
Upper West Side is in the United States, at 40.7870, -73.9754.
What other filming locations are near Upper West Side?
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 Nmattson10 at English Wikipedia, Public domain.