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Iconic Movie Locations in New York City

New York City is the most filmed city in the world, with roughly 50,000 location shoots per year. The Ghostbusters firehouse at 14 North Moore Street in TriBeCa (Hook & Ladder Company 8) is still an active firehouse, and fans still pose outside it daily. The brownstone steps at 64 Perry Street in the West Village stood in for Carrie Bradshaw's apartment in Sex and the City, though the real apartment used for interior shots was on the Upper East Side. The Plaza Hotel — where Eloise lived in the children's books — also served as Kevin McCallister's hotel in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and you can still walk through the lobby where Macaulay Culkin slid across the marble floor.

Katz's Delicatessen on Houston Street hosted the most famous fake-orgasm scene in cinema history (When Harry Met Sally), and the table where it was filmed is marked with a sign that reads "Where Harry met Sally... hope you have what she had!" The steps of the New York County Courthouse at 60 Centre Street have appeared in so many Law & Order episodes that tourists recognize them on sight. The Bethesda Fountain in Central Park has appeared in films from Angels in America to John Wick. Each of these locations carries a double history: the real story of the building and the fictional story projected onto it.

StoryHunt's movie location experiences send you to the real places behind the films, but with a twist — your phone delivers clues that blend the fictional stories with the real histories of each building. You'll investigate why the Ghostbusters firehouse was chosen (its architectural details), decode the connections between film locations and neighborhood history, and discover spots that appeared on screen but that most fans walk right past. Cinema meets city exploration — no bus tour, just you and a mystery that plays out in real locations.