Towns & cities
Yonkers
city in Westchester County, New York, United States
United States · 40.9414, -73.8644
Yonkers is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Yonkers, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 37 more.
3 places inside Yonkers have a page of their own: listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Yonkers as well.
“Show Me a Hero made use of primary locations in Yonkers, New York, including the William A. Schlobohm Houses public housing projects, which was the subject of a July 2012 FBI investigation of drugs and firearm trafficking by a gang called the Strip Boyz.”
TV series filmed in Yonkers
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Yonkers 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.
- A Beautiful Mind 2001
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
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It
2017
“LePere-Schloop said during her tour that they were hoping to shoot some scenes in the city and possibly get some aerial shots, although currently the leading locations for the majority of filming for the movie are in Yonkers, New York, and in Upstate New York.” Wikipedia
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Sleepy Hollow
1999
“"We came to England figuring we would find a perfect little town," producer Adam Schroeder recalled, "and then we had to build it anyway." Filming in Britain continued through April, and a few last minute scenes were shot using a sound stage in Yonkers, New York the following May.” Wikipedia
- Mona Lisa Smile 2003
- Sleepers 1996
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Still Alice
2014
“Some scenes were filmed in an apartment building in Yonkers and a senior's home in Hastings-on-Hudson.” Wikipedia
- The Manchurian Candidate 2004
- Big Daddy 1999
- Across the Universe 2007
- 8mm 1999
- The Thomas Crown Affair 1999
- Broken Flowers 2005
- Side Effects 2013
- Far from Heaven 2002
- Daredevil: Born Again 2025–
- Great Expectations 1998
- Random Hearts 1999
- Paterson 2016
- It Could Happen to You 1994
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The Preacher's Wife
1996
“While filming exteriors and interiors at a church and parsonage in Yonkers, New York, a building a block away caught fire and two children died.” Wikipedia
- Freedomland 2006
- Ben Is Back 2018
- The Gilded Age 2022–
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Ricki and the Flash
2015
“The wedding sequence was shot at Untermyer Park in Yonkers, New York.” Wikipedia
- Disconnect 2012
- The Meyerowitz Stories 2017
- Dexter: Resurrection 2025–
- Loverboy 2005
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Pushing Hands
1991
“The scenes set in the jail were filmed at a detention center in Yonkers.” Wikipedia
- The Con Is On 2017
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God's Pocket
2014
“The film is set in a poor working class South Philadelphia neighborhood modeled on Devil's Pocket, but filmed in Yonkers, New York, and New Jersey.” Wikipedia
- Betty of Greystone 1916
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His Picture in the Papers
1916
“Other sequences were shot in Yonkers and Atlantic City.” Wikipedia
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Too Much Johnson
1938
“Years later he recalled building the sets on a vacant lot in Yonkers, and organizing a crew that literally held them up against in the wind during filming.” Wikipedia
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Rear Window
1998
“Rear Window was filmed on location in the New York City metropolitan area, at the Burke Rehabilitation Center (where Reeve was being treated) in White Plains, New York, and in two converted Otis Elevator warehouses in Yonkers.” Wikipedia
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Tales of the City
2019–
“On October 5, 2018, the production was shooting in the Nodine Hill section of Yonkers, New York.” Wikipedia
Filming locations inside Yonkers
3 places inside Yonkers, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Yonkers too.
Named here by Yonkers’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Yonkers, 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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Catch Me If You Can 2002
“Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Mona Lisa Smile (2003) were partially filmed in the city.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Sarah Lawrence College
United States·2 km east
private liberal arts college in the United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Hudson River Museum
United States·3 km north-west
museum in Yonkers, N.Y.
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Towns & cities
Bronxville
United States·3 km east
village in Westchester County, New York, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Untermyer Park
United States·3 km north-west
public garden
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Towns & cities
Tuckahoe
United States·4 km east
village in Westchester County, New York, United States
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Towns & cities
Mount Vernon
United States·4 km south-east
city in Westchester County, New York, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Yonkers?
38 productions are recorded as filmed in Yonkers, including Show Me a Hero (2015–), A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). 37 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Yonkers?
Show Me a Hero (2015–), covered by 10 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Yonkers?
Yonkers is in the United States. Its coordinates are 40.9414, -73.8644.
What other filming locations are near Yonkers?
Sarah Lawrence College (2 km east), Hudson River Museum (3 km north-west), Bronxville (3 km east), Untermyer Park (3 km north-west) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
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 Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0.