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the diner looks like the Moondance Diner which was located at 80 sixth ave between grand st and canal. The house today is pretty much the same as it appears in the film, except for one detail…. https://www.google.com/maps/preview/place/81+New+Jersey+4,+River+Edge,+NJ+07661/@40.9114951,-74.0398276,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c2fa7a99676107:0xe6910cd8404dbd8a. It’s interesting to see how much the sycamore tree in front of Clemenza’s house has grown in 40 years. Regarding Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, I used to work right across the street from the new hospital location while it was being built. Well done. Sollozzo did a U-turn and exited the Triboro Bridge overpass at one of the exits while still in the Bronx. In fact, this pivotal scene was actually filmed in the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn. The storefront is for Lenny’s (can’t make out the surname), offering Printers Motor Repair & Maintenance.” This building is on Thompson Street betwwen Bleecker Street and Wst 3rd Street in Greenwich Village. I waas glad to see your postcard pic of hte old St.George Hotel. In fact, about the only pictures you can find of the Hotel St. George, once the largest hotel in New York City, are postcard images taken in the 1930s and 40s. Ideal for not bothering any residents. At least that’s the only way I can make sense of it. That was fun I did something like that when I was in Berkeley a couple years ago. Phillip Smith was the production designet. Can’t help you on photos of the St. George’s Hotel, but it played an important role in my family’s history: my parents were married there on Columbus Day in 1957. The scene where Michael meets Kay in Front of her school was filmed outside of the Ross Elementary School in Ross, CA (Marin County). When it went out of business, its structure was dumped in a small wooded area located along Route 724 in Kenilworth, PA, at the entrance of Towpath Park in East Coventry Township, where the photo on the linked page was taken. I also figure, from looking closely at the second scene with the house, that it must face southward. Remember, it was filmed there but didn’t necessarily take place there. I think the abandoned diner might actually be a tiny diner which isn’t open but still stands on the west side highway near Christopher Street… (south of christopher I believe). Maybe they showed Brasi entering the bar from the Edison lobby and duplicated the glass door for continuity if and when they changed locations. http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnjt/6680978913/in/set-72157623583084158. Carrying on, Tom Hagen is then abducted by Sollozzo as he exits Polk’s Hobby Shop at 314 Fifth Avenue. Centered on the infamous Corleone New York crime family, The Godfather begins with Marlon Brando's Vito as the Don of the operation, and Michael, portrayed by a young Al Pacino, is the wholesome son with no interest in his father's business. I had always thought the barber shop to be the St. Regis Hotel. As a former location scout I can appreciate the amount of time and effort this took!!! Catania isn’t merely a city, but a province as well. Old man Tattaglia was perhaps hit in Coney Island somewhere; you can see the beach and boardwalk outside the window as the hit men prepare. I realize this is a little off topic but, perhaps, somebody on a board like this would be able to help. Thanks for the info Heather! However, only the Don leaving the hospital by ambulance was shot at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, the exterior of Michael standing outside with Enzo the baker was shot at Bellevue Hospital, the 29th St. entrance (with close-ups filmed on the Paramount lot in Hollywood). I’m an American expat, teaching a film appreciation course in English, in Warsaw, Poland. (Godfather Cemetery Scene Location & video). I loved this post. at lugis resturant on white plains rd at gunhill and shook al pacino hand during break of scene. On March 29, 1971, The Godfather, considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made, began principal photography in New York City. I can’t believe how much the Sopranos copied from the Godfather. Don’t mean to dispute your memories, but the Little Italy scenes in GFII were shot on East 6th between Ave A and B; it’s in the documentary that comes with the Blu Ray. I saw a piece a few years ago about the guy who sold the house. The St. George used to be teeming with theme venues (The Stardust Room, The Bermuda Terrace), but who knows what was still around in 1971 when The Godfather was shot? That barbershop photo has a logo on the glass which looks a lot like the logo of the St Regis Hotel in midtown (someone above already mentioned that). The Corleone house is located on Long Island in New York City according to the information from the movie. Thank you. The toll booth was supposed to be the old tolls at the Loop Parkway that used to exist to enter the Meadowbrook. The Luna restaurant you refer to was at 112 Mulberry Street. Of course the really puzzling thing about that scene is the magically self-healing windshield on Sonny’s car. The film your uncle will not shut up about every time it is on TV, The Godfather is one of the premier films set in NYC. And not only are the wiseguys of this powerful movie trilogy based on Mario Puzo’s novel unimaginable without the Big Apple, but they themselves … Thank you very much. Outstanding work for your Godfather photos and historical research. Follow the footsteps of The Godfather with our guide New York of 1000 cult movies, series, musics, comics and novels locations! They never mention in the film where the board room is. (assuming they used the interior, of course). The bar was closed in the early ’90s after a cop shot someone in there. The elevated walkway in the background was part of the old wire factory that ran parallel to the FDR. Awesome post bro! I didn’t read through all of the posts, but There is a photo of this Diner on this website, After Hours filming location: the all-night diner: River Diner (since demolished), 11th Avenue, New York, source This day they were shooting additional scenes of family and friends at a long guest table in the yard. The barber shop where Cicci is getting a shave is definitely at the St Regis: you can clearly see an SR monogram on the front door. Perhaps they filmed in two different locations, but I’ll go to the St Regis tomorrow to investigate! Just before Vito guts Don Ciccio, you can see the sea behind him, and he is facing toward the left where Don Ciccio is snoozing on the front porch. But if they’re still there today, look directly to your left as you enter through the subway station turnstiles — you may still glimpse the doors. Nobody who has ever used the GW Bridge would mistake that scene to imply that Sollozzo’s car was already on the bridge. I grew up in Nassau County and as young teenagers, we walked through that field area in the 80’s to get to Nassau Coliseum for concert ticket sales– we called it the Frozen Tundra in the winter. Research (ATC), claimed in a paper published in Nature that it had created ESCs without destroying the embryos, The exterior scenes were filmed at the Church of St. Joachim and St. Anne in the Pleasant Plains section of Staten Island. climbing the stairs and the guy shot in the revolving door I believe were also filmed at the St Regis. The entire experience now seems like a dream, thanks for the memories! I hope you’re still doing this sort of work , The New York Filming Locations of The Godfather, Then and Now, The Filming Locations of The Naked City – Part 1: The Lower East Side & Williamsburg Bridge, The Most Famous Sitcom Residences In New York City, http://www.etsy.com/listing/39731690/hotel-st-george-brooklyn-ny-antique, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_St._George, http://godfather.wikia.com/wiki/Luna_Azure, https://www.google.com/maps/preview/place/81+New+Jersey+4,+River+Edge,+NJ+07661/@40.9114951,-74.0398276,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c2fa7a99676107:0xe6910cd8404dbd8a, https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/StGeorgeTower/conversations/messages, in fact were painted for the filming of the tollbooth scene, http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnjt/6680978913/in/set-72157623583084158, http://www.wnet.org/reelny/previous_seasons/reelnewyork6/aboutwork14.html, http://cdn.brownstoner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Hotel-St.-George-lobby-1910.jpg, http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/a/afterhours.html#.V6FhJDsrI2w. I lived there in 2005. I was at Connie’s wedding at the house on Staten Island and I actually appear for a few brief seconds in the film. The barbershop hit scene is at the St regis Hotel in manhattan. Good times The place was pretty run down post-filming and by 1978 had become a truly seedy strip club. Here’s the thing: the last time I visited Brooklyn Heights, a few years ago, the entrance to this bar – including the Art Deco goldfish – were still visible from inside the Clark Street subway station. The Americans emerged baffled by the British “reserve,” casual talk of “military matters,” talk about the Spurs and the Ashes, and loyalty to the Crown. Brasi heads down a hotel hallway…. 7th & 8th. Loved that place! I watched the Godfather marathon on AE this weekend. They then go for a short walk which takes place on Shady Lane, around the corner from the school. I worked there as a stripper and was fascinated by the art deco interior and long dance strip the length of the bar. You can also find an actuall gangsters buried here like  Thomas  “Three-Finger Brown”. We then join Michael Corleone and his girlfriend Kay Adams as they Christmas shop at the Best & Co. Department Store on Fifth Avenue at 51st Street. As a huge fan of “The Godfather,” I really appreciate the time you took and the effort you made to put this together. Back in Little Italy, Don Corleone steps out of the Genco offices and crosses the street toward 135-137 Mott Street. On March 29, 1971, The Godfather, considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made, began principal photography in New York City. It was 1971 not the mid-70s. Depressing. Fondly remembered as one of New York’s best hobby shops, Polk’s went out of business over 20 years ago, and is today Empire Pizza. The one on 14th Street only opened about 10 years ago. boy does this back memories,firsr of all I lived on staten island while there filmed there,carlo was a friend of family.also I was driving a bus on ave b while they filmed there.when they had the shooting with the guy running out on ave b I had to wait with my bus on ave b and 4th till they finished.yes they really changed the looks of everything there.there will never be any pictures like that again.back in the 50s we use to go to the st George hotel on a certain night when was strickly men only[no bathing suits].I believe there are plenty of people that remember that.i miss there ave b bus line that when under around 1980,i had to retire due to sickness and moved to st pete fl. Anyone have any ideas? . which include in some cases, legislation, maintain standards within that profession. By the time The Godfather was filmed, all US churches would have made the change in the orientation of the altar, so the way it is set for the film was probably a special staging to reflect the way it would have looked in the 1940s. Even the original railings of the Supreme Court Building – which were themselves added after initial construction finished – have been replaced with standard round pipe railings. Michael Corleone fled New York City after starting a mafia war between Italian mob families there. Hence the ST. R on the window outside the shop. I would love to go on a film location scavenger hunt, sadly though I live in Anchorage Alaska presently and not much to my knowledge has been filmed here. I couldn’t get an answer.” Dad replies, “Have you tried chicken?”. It’s an area with a lot of cemetery’s. on Northern Blvd in Long Island City, Queens right by Best Buy, around 50th St. Never forget that the radio playing at the tollbooth is Russ Hodges’ calling Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ‘Round the World.” Listen closely to it…Clint Hartung is down at third when the toll booth clerk closes the window. Apparently they used to call the room where they filmed that scene the Luca Brasi Room. Forgotten NY had done something about the Floyd Bennett Field vs Mitchell Field controversy, but thanks for the photo “proof.”. I have a couple of contacts, that I got from my Hollywood producer contacts, who are in Rome, and apparently were location scouts for the film. The29th St. side Bellevue entrance has been closed off since 2001, but an identical entrance is on the 30th St. side of the building and matches the entrance in the film perfectly. (Church from the Godfather baptism Scene video) Outside the church of Saint Anthony of Padua located at 155 Sullivan Street you can see a young Vito (Godfather II) conspiring against mobster Don Fanucci. It’s here, in the opening scenes, that the wedding of the Godfather’s daughter takes place. Note the distinctive pattern on the green brick. Michael is being donned the Godfather of his niece while his handymen are carrying out the assassination of another Boss on these steps of the Courthouse, thus symbolizing … Used to work in locations myself in the late 80’s early 90’s. Trying to find a Godfather's Pizza in the state of New York? I have no idea how this was allowed to happen, but it’s pretty awful. She also said she didn’t know who the owner was, but that it wasn’t accessible to the public. January 26, 2014 You could still see the art deco etched glass even then that is visible in the scene in the film. In the movie he’s a stubborn executive but not otherwise a bad person, while in the novel it’s made very clear that he’s a pedophile. They are all pretty old. The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. …and here it is today, located at 1999 East 5th Street on the edge of the Gravesend section in Brooklyn. What happened to all the stone walls and the entrance gate? I really enjoy all the posts on this site, but since I live in LA, I’d also like the link to Scouting LA. Meanwhile, Tom has been taken to an abandoned diner. The revolving doors, I’d guess, are also at the St Regis. Wow! As outsiders in a new society, some formed secret brotherhoods and street gangs to get ahead in an unforgiving city. I believe it is now a mall of some kind. There’s a Yahoo group dedicated to the St. George Hotel that has a whole section about the Godfather scene. The very same lot was used for a small grave yard for Once Apon A Time in America. That was from “Godfather 2,” and Willie Cicci gets upended by a car at 7th and B. The barber shop looks the one in the concourse below Rockefeller Center. We can find Michael and Kay coming out of a show at Radio City Music Hall. As soon as you go down the steps, you’ll know it. That’s the plan for now. Michael’s baptism (Michael Rizzi) was at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral,  a Roman Catholic Basilica located at 260-264 Mulberry Street between Prince and Houston Streets. Well, guess what? I’ve never spotted the logo myself, but enough people have reported it that I presume it’s not just an urban legend. If you are a location guy you know this building, check the bathroom on the third floor for pistols…, Ha, I think you didn’t read the full post – click the bottom of the page for the additional two pages . How cool would it be if you could get some interior shots. 7. It does make it real for me. When they kill Paulie, looks like they are in the middle of a country field, but you can see the Statue of Liberty in the background. I have no proof that this is the location. on the look for such information. 1) A spraying fire hydrant is not in need of repair. That is, the hospital bed scene in the hospital room. That old aluminum diner looks like one that was on woodhaven Blvd, right before metropolitan ave. I work on how people use buildings from an architectural presepctive, and there just isn’t enough of this kind of then-and-now architectural history for non-iconic typical city buildings. At that same festival.. Alllowing me, in a cinematically suspended disbelief, a glimpse of my Grandfather.. wending his way to his office. He stops to buy fruit from the vendor at 137 Mott Street (note the Jake “Raging Bull” La Motta poster in the window): Just then, two assassins spring out and begin shooting, gunning down Corleone in front of the entrance to Genco at 128 Mott: Later that night, we find Michael and Kay coming out of a show at Radio City Music Hall: They exit the side entrance on West 50th Street…. Simply click on the Godfather's Pizza location below to find out where it is located and if it received positive reviews. I looked it up when I got home and found someone had written up info on it and its appearance in the Godfather. My first communion party in 1964 was at Luigi’s – that s what it was called -restaurant in white Plains road. Even the stoop where Carlo is hanging out seems recognizably New York, but after the modern remodeling it could be anywhere. So it was River on 11th on the west side of Manhattan. Corleone, where this villa is supposed to be, is nowhere near the sea. btw a close friend was a child living on E116th and Pleasant ave when the scenes were shot up there. It’s on East 55th Street… at the Hotel St. Regis. The barbershop has a logo on the glass that appears to be that of the St Regis Hotel, so that would be my guess. For some reason, there’s that stretch on Kent or Wythe that has/had three old-looking diners like that: Diner, Relish (or La Esquina) and there used to be another called Miss Williamsburg around there, too. I’d guess that the old hospital was demolished in ’72 or ’73. So, I Google map searched that stretch. I remember it so clearly cause it was a special occasion restaurant for our family. What an inspiring journey you took to find these locations in their current state of glory or deshabille. The scene were Michael and his girlfriend Kay Adams went shopping on Christmas was filmed at Best & Co, a department Store on Fifth Avenue at 51st Street. Finally, someone as obsessed as I am. San Francisco from May, gaffer of faculty to this application will not be It always strikes me how the “now” shots, when they’re of a location that still exists, often look like shabby versions of “urban anywhere USA”. THANK YOU! I never heard of Mitchel being referred to as Mitchel Air Force Base, always referred to it as Mitchel Field. Steven, I totally agree with you. http://douging.smugmug.com/Street-Scenes/On-Location/Scene-Locations-from-The/i-xp9fWgS/A. Michael's reply of "New York City" at the Senate hearing is deleted. What an amazing collection of pictures. Frank Speno steeled himself from the Black Hand. …there’s one photo that may show the hotel lobby and bar: http://cdn.brownstoner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Hotel-St.-George-lobby-1910.jpg. Just fantastic. Can’t be sure, but it sure looks like it.they even sold Christmas trees jyst like that at xmas. Don Corleone sends Luca Brasi to meet with Sollozzo and pledge his loyalty in order to spy on him, Hotel Edison is located at West 46th Street btw. Looks like the right spot to me! But I can’t help it, everytime I see those sequences from Godfather II, Robert DInero walikng the steets, deiivering groceries from his job, during San Genero.. That somewhere, during that time there really was a young Frank Speno walikng those same streets. The exterior scenes were filmed at the Church of St. Joachim and St. Anne in the Pleasant Plains section of Staten Island. The goal is $50,000, and to date, 1,728 Scouting NY readers have donated $36,348! There’s more! What is unbelievable is that I cannot find a single damn picture of the establishment. Cheers! I’m certain its that side door to the Wellington, The Godfather house on Staten Island is on sale. The NYEE is a client of the company I work for and I’ve asked my contacts there about it but nobody seems able to confirm it. He said they definitely filmed Brando’s hospital scene there and also the Genco deathbed scene which can only be seen in the trilogy film version. This was filmed in what was once the heart of Little Italy at 128 Mott Street, known as The Mietz Building. These were all fake, set up at the end of Longfellow Avenue to give the Corleone residence the feeling of a walled compound. John Brandt is right on-point; I remember passing the hotel often as a child when my father, sister, and I were out and about in the neighborhood. I wonder if that abandoned diner was in Williamsburg? . All the more so as this has been my favorite movie since I was about 17. “They head over the GW Bridge, spooking Michael who wasn’t expecting a trip to New Jersey. First time I watched all three in their entirety in years. This is the best review of Godfather locations that I’ve ever seen. Exterior of hospital is Bellevue, gate et et… Ramp for ambulance as well… Interior is either Eye and Ear or Lincoln Hosp. It’s on the east side of the street and I believe it’s now a record shop. Can’t get enough of the Godfather ,I like to see Godfather part 2 locations also filmway studios in the Bronx that’s where the interior shots of the Dons office was taken now it’s a food store ! Regarding the murder scene of Brasi in the lobby bar of the Hotel St. George: yes, it was indeed filmed there.

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