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The Huxtable Home (The Cosby show)
Hunt IntelLocation: 10 St. Luke’s Place, New York, NY 10014 (between Hudson St and 7th Ave South).The Look-Alike: Note how the entire north side of the street features identical Italianate brownstones built in the mid-1800s. The uniform “set” look is what made it so appealing to location scouts.The Twist: Despite the show being set in
How I Met Your Mother (McGees Pub on West 55th)
Hunt Intel: The “MacLaren’s” OriginThe Location: 240 West 55th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue).The Connection: While the show’s pub, MacLaren’s, was a set in LA, this real-life bar provided the name (Assistant MacLaren) and the “Irish Pub” vibe.The Vibe: It’s a classic Midtown spot. “Hunters” go inside, you can find a special HIMYM-themed menu
Madison Square Park (Broad City)
Hunt Intel: The “Madison Square” OfficeThe Location: The southern end of Madison Square Park (near 23rd St & Madison Ave).The Connection: This park is Abbi and Ilana’s unofficial “outdoor office.” It’s where they sit on the green benches to decompress, people-watch, and plan their next chaotic move.The Vibe: It perfectly captures the “Flatiron Professional”
Carrie Bradshaw’s Stoop (Sex and the City)
Hunt Intel: Carrie’s StoopThe Location: 66 Perry Street, West Village (between Bleecker and W 4th St).The Hunt: While Carrie’s address in the show is 245 East 73rd Street, the “real” house is deep in the Village.Pro-Tip: The owners of the brownstone often have a donation box for a local animal shelter at the base
High Line (Succession / I Am Legend)
The High Line (Succession / I Am Legend)The Location: An elevated linear park stretching from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to West 34th Street.The Hunt: Look for the “10th Avenue Overlook,” a glass-enclosed amphitheater where characters in Succession often had their high-stakes walk-and-talks.Hunt Intel: This park was built on a historic elevated freight rail
30 Rock
Photo by Eric Kilby via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
Tom’s Restaurant (Seinfeld)
The History:A “Nothing” Exterior: While the interior scenes of Monk’s Café were filmed on a soundstage in Los Angeles, the iconic “RESTAURANT” neon sign outside Tom’s was used for almost every establishing shot in the show.Musical Muse: Before Seinfeld, the diner inspired Suzanne Vega’s 1987 hit song “Tom’s Diner,” where she describes sitting at the
The Friends Apartment building
This six-story walk-up was the exterior used for the building where Monica, Rachel, Chandler, and Joey lived.Even though the show was filmed on a studio lot in California, the building is one of the most visited tourist spots in the Village. Photo by Alex Liivet via Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0) The Location: 90 Bedford Street
