The New York Street area has been used in countless productions over the years. It’s been rebuilt after fires in 1957, 1990, and 2008, and frequently changes appearance as required by the production work at the time.
Until 2008, Brownstone Street had two sides; residential and business. Just by turning the camera around, you were in another part of town! Following the rebuild of the Metropolitan sets, the business side has been removed, and a large park area has been created opposite the residential brownstones.
Brownstone Street (before 2008 fire)
Scene from Bruce Almighty, shot in a soundstage then cutting to exteriors on Brownstone Street in 2007
Brownstone Street (rebuilt after the 2008 fire)
Seen on Screen: Universal Studios Hollywood [Brownstone_Street]
Title | Released | Director | IMDB |
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Thoroughly Modern Millie [Feature Film] | 1967 | George Roy Hill | |
Stage 12 (Muzzy Estate), Stage 22, Stage 27, Stage 28 were the soundstages used. The Paris Opera House sets on Stage 28 were used for the theatre sequence. Many exterior scenes were shot on New York Street and Brownstone Street. The Square of Warriors embassy buildings featured as Carol Channing / Muzzy's house. | |||
Sweet Charity [Feature Film] | 1968 | Bob Fosse | |
The Central Park bridge built for the movie still exists (as a shell) behind the King Kong Model Ship adjacent to Park Lake. This was before the Red Sea effect was built for the Studio Tour, so the area was very different then. | |||
Brownstone Street, Stage 12, Stage 27 | |||
Change of Habit [Feature Film] | 1969 | William A. Graham | |
The church on New York Street featured in this movie musical. Brownstone Street is also featured. | |||
Airport [Feature Film] | 1970 | George Seaton | |
Brownstone Street featured when Van Heflin enters Maureen Stapleton's cafe to borrow money for his plane ticket. | |||
Stage 22, Stage 24, Stage 28 (special effects stage - flying miniatures) | |||
The scene where the plane is stuck on the snowbound runway was shot on the Barham Blvd parking lot on the Universal front lot. | |||
Lady Sings The Blues [Feature Film] | 1972 | Sidney J. Furie | |
Brownstone Street | |||
The Sting [Feature Film] | 1973 | George Roy Hill | |
Brownstone Street and New York Street feature as Old Chicago. The theater on the south side of New York Street featured as the exterior of the Burlesque Theater, and an elevated rail track was built to run above the street. The Paris Opera House sets on Stage 28 were used for the theater interior scenes. Stage 12, Stage 22, Stage 23, Stage 24, Stage 27 and Stage 32 were also used. | |||
The Six Million Dollar Man [TV Series] | 1974-1978 | ||
New York Street, Stage 06, Stage 30, Ice Tunnel (Studio Tour) | |||
Big Brother episode shot on Brownstone Street (1976) | |||
Season 5, Episode 10 (1977) Target Steve Austin. While the Collapsing Bridge remains level, some of the boards break loose causing an RV to get stuck. Steve Austin has to climb down to the base of the bridge to shore it up and free the RV. | |||
79 Park Avenue [TV Movie] | 1977 | Paul Wendkos | |
Brownstone Street featured in this 6 hour TV mini-series. | |||
Xanadu [Feature Film] | 1980 | Robert Greenwald | |
Brownstone Street (Business side), Stage 28 (fantasy sequence of bands meshing) | |||
Annie [Feature Film] | 1982 | John Huston | |
Annie finds her dog Sandy on Brownstone Street. New York Street is also featured. | |||
City Heat [Feature Film] | 1984 | Richard Benjamin | |
New York Street (as Kansas City), Brownstone Street | |||
Murder She Wrote [TV Series] | 1984-1996 | Various | |
"Incident on Lot 7" - Season 8, Episode 13 (1992) - Psycho House | |||
"Jessica Behind Bars" - Season 2, Episode 9 (1985) - Square of Warriors / Spartacus Square Embassy building appears as the Prison exterior. | |||
"Hooray for Homicide" - Season 1, Episode 3 (1984) - Front Lot & Studio Tour | |||
Colonial Street, New York Street (as London), Tower of London set (as an amusement park), Little Europe (unknown episodes) | |||
Elm Street (as Industrial Street), Singapore Lake (Jaws Lake) appeared in the opening titles as Cabot Cove, Maine. | |||
"To Kill A Legend" (Season 11 Episode 3, October 1994) Circle Drive on Colonial Street is featured prominently as the location for the battle re-enactment. The Colonial Street Church is seen in many shots. | |||
"Seal of the Confessional" - Season 6 Episode 2 (1989) - Colonial Street Church appears in the opening sequence. Jaws Lake appears as Cabot Cove. | |||
Stage 20 [pilot], Stage 22, Stage 25 (interior Jessica Fletcher's house), Stage 29, the backlot Train Station appeared in one episode. | |||
Episode The Murder Channel (Season 11, Episode 6) features Brownstone Street and New York Street prominently. (1994) | |||
"Judge Not" (Season 8 Episode 6) Shot in 1991 - featured the Embassy buildings in the Square of Warriors and Little Europe on the backlot. | |||
Michael Jackson: Smooth Criminal [Music Video] | 1988 | Colin Chilvers | |
Extensive shooting around Little Europe, New York Street and Brownstone Street sets | |||
Moonwalker [Feature Film] | 1988 | Jerry Kramer, Jim Blashfield, Colin Chilvers | |
The Smooth Criminal sequence was shot on Brownstone Street, Little Europe and in the New York Street area. | |||
The Women of Brewster Place [TV Movie] | 1989 | Donna Deitch | |
Brownstone Street features heavily as Brewster Place | |||
Quantum Leap [TV Series] | 1989-1993 | Donald P. Bellisario | |
Brownstone Street, New York Street, Collapsing Bridge (Studio Tour) | |||
Seinfeld [TV Series] | 1990-1998 | Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David | |
Brownstone Street featured in the episode where Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer get trapped in a parade day celebration. | |||
Underwater Tank | |||
FX2 [Feature Film] | 1991 | Richard Franklin | |
Brownstone Street | |||
Michael Jackson: Black or White [Music Video] | 1991 | John Landis | |
Brownstone Street [rap sequence], Colonial Street Hardy Boys House [opening] | |||
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York [Feature Film] | 1992 | Chris Columbus | |
Although much of the movie was shot on location in New York, the special effects and stunt sequences meant it made more sense for the exteriors for Rob McAllister's house in New York to be shot on Brownstone Street. This is the home of Kevin's (Macauley Culkin) uncle which is being refurbished, and which Kevin uses to trap the bad guys. | |||
NYPD Blue [TV Series] | 1993-2005 | Steven Bochco, David Milch | |
Brownstone Street (Armored Car Robbery), New York Street | |||
The Shadow [Feature Film] | 1994 | Russell Mulcahy | |
Stage 29, Brownstone Street, New York Street, Square of Warriors (Alec Baldwin's mansion) | |||
A Walk in the Clouds [Feature Film] | 1995 | Alfonso Arau | |
Brownstone Street | |||
Zooman [TV Movie] | 1995 | Leon Ichaso | |
Brownstone Street | |||
JAG [TV Series] | 1995-2005 | Donald P. Bellisario | |
Brownstone Street, Little Europe | |||
The Pretender [TV Series] | 1996-2000 | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | |
Brownstone Street | |||
House of Frankenstein [TV Movie] | 1997 | Peter Werner | |
Brownstone Street | |||
Mafia! [Feature Film] | 1997 | Jim Abrahams | |
Court of Miracles, Brownstone Street | |||
Ally McBeal [TV Series] | 1997-2002 | David E. Kelley | |
Brownstone Street / New York Street sets on the backlot. | |||
End of Days [Feature Film] | 1999 | Peter Hyams | |
Brownstone Street. Also, the exploding restaurant was built (and blown up) on the backlot. | |||
Cast Away [Feature Film] | 2000 | Robert Zemeckis | |
Brownstone Street | |||
The District [TV Series] | 2000 | Terry George, Jack Maple | |
Brownstone Street | |||
The Time Machine [Feature Film] | 2002 | Simon Wells | |
Brownstone Street | |||
Bruce Almighty [Feature Film] | 2003 | Tom Shadyac | |
Brownstone Street, Courthouse Square, Falls Lake, New York Street on the backlot and Stage 01, Stage 19, Stage 29, Stage 41. | |||
Nintendo DS [Commercial] | 2005 | ||
The Collapsing Bridge featured (not collapsing at all) in a UK Nintendo DS advert, December 2005 (the advert also used Courthouse Square and Brownstone Street) | |||
The Prestige [Feature Film] | 2006 | Christopher Nolan | |
Brownstone Street and New York Street on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot were extensively re-dressed to portray the London Street scenes. | |||
The movie was in production January 16 - April 9 2006. | |||
Ford Kuga - Blank Canvas [Commercial] | 2008 | Nicolai Fuglsig | |
New York Street and Brownstone Street | |||
Superhero Movie [Feature Film] | 2008 | Craig Mazin | |
Brownstone Street, New York Street | |||
Chris Brown: Yeah 3x [Music Video] | 2010 | ||
Brownstone Street and New York Street on the backlot | |||
The Mindy Project [TV Series] | 2012-2017 | Mindy Kaling | |
Stage 27, New York Street set, Brownstone Street (apartment located here), Elm Street | |||
Gone Girl [Feature Film] | 2014 | David Fincher | |
The house that Nick and Amy move out of in New York was on Brownstone Street on the backlot. | |||
Billie Eilish Amazon Prime Concert [TV Special] | 2021 | ||
Brownstone Street area (as Paris) and New York Street sets |