🏙 Towns & cities
Washington Heights
neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 40.8417, -73.9375
Washington Heights is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Washington Heights, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
“Filming also took place on 157th St and Riverside Drive in the upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights.”
Movies filmed in Washington Heights
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Washington Heights 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 Washington Heights’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Washington Heights, 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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Coogan's Bluff 1968
“The 1968 crime thriller film Coogan's Bluff features a scene in which Clint Eastwood chases the criminal he is to bring back to Arizona through the Cloisters.” Wikipedia
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In the Heights 2021
“Its 2021 film adaptation was shot in many Washington Heights locations, including the 191st Street station tunnel.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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New York City
🇺🇸 United States
most populous city in the United States
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Manhattan
🇺🇸 United States
borough of New York City, New York, United States
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Staten Island
🇺🇸 United States
borough of New York City, New York, United States of America
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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 in Washington Heights?
2 productions are recorded as filmed in Washington Heights, including I Am Legend (2007) and Salt (2010). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Washington Heights?
I Am Legend (2007), covered by 62 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Washington Heights?
Washington Heights is in the United States, at 40.8417, -73.9375.
What other filming locations are near Washington Heights?
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 Jet Lowe, Public domain.