🏙 Towns & cities
Williamsburg
neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, USA
🇺🇸 United States · 40.7000, -73.9500
Williamsburg is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“The decision to film in Williamsburg, Brooklyn during the Passover holiday threatened to cause problems with parking and was criticized for being culturally insensitive.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Williamsburg as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014
- The Defenders 2017–
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King of New York
1990
“Filming locations included Sing Sing, the Plaza Hotel, Times Square, Times Square–42nd Street station, Williamsburg, Queensboro Bridge, Fifth Avenue, Ossining, and Saranac Lake.” Wikipedia
Named here by Williamsburg’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Williamsburg, 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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The Sopranos 1999–2007
“The episode "Walk Like a Man" of The Sopranos, aired 2007, features a scene shot in Williamsburg.” Wikipedia
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“Once Upon a Time in America (1984) begins in Williamsburg, and includes scenes shot in Williamsburg, though the focus of the story was Manhattan's Lower East Side in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1960s.” Wikipedia
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Daredevil 2015–
“Parts of Daredevil were filmed in Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick, all passing for Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.” Wikipedia
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Coming to America 1988
“The 1988 movie Coming to America was primarily filmed on South 5th Street in Williamsburg, despite being set in Queens.” Wikipedia
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Serpico 1973
“The incident was later dramatized in the opening scene of the 1973 film Serpico, starring Al Pacino in the title role.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Williamsburg?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Williamsburg, including The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), The Defenders (2017–) and King of New York (1990). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Williamsburg?
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), covered by 66 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Williamsburg?
Williamsburg is in the United States, at 40.7000, -73.9500.
What other filming locations are near Williamsburg?
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 LWYang from USA, CC BY 2.0.