Hook & Ladder Company 8
14 North Moore Street, Tribeca
A working FDNY firehouse: look from the pavement, keep the bay doors clear, and find the paintings on the sidewalk out front.
Headquarters
They take over a Tribeca firehouse as their office.
Production: 14 North Moore Street, Tribeca · Depicted: Hook & Ladder Company 8 (stand-in)
Back to the firehouse
The gang reclaims the firehouse with the next generation of Spenglers.
Production: 14 North Moore Street, Tribeca · Depicted: Hook & Ladder Company 8 (stand-in)
Fire Station No. 23
225 East Fifth Street, Los Angeles
It is not a museum and not open to visitors: see the front from Fifth Street.
Inside, in Los Angeles
The firehouse interiors are filmed in Los Angeles.
Production: 225 East Fifth Street, Los Angeles · Depicted: Fire Station No. 23 (stand-in)
The New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street
The stacks are closed to the public, but you can see the restored Rose Main Reading Room and run down the marble front steps.
The library ghost
A ghost throws books from the shelves and the three scientists are called in.
Production: Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street · Depicted: The New York Public Library (same)
The library again
The library returns in Frozen Empire.
Production: Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street · Depicted: The New York Public Library (same)
Columbia University
Broadway at 116th Street, Morningside Heights
The Morningside campus is open only to Columbia ID holders, registered alumni and approved guests: the public cannot walk in.
Fired
The three are fired from Columbia’s parapsychology department.
Production: Broadway at 116th Street, Morningside Heights · Depicted: Columbia University (same)
The institute
Avery Hall plays a fictional research institute.
Production: Broadway at 116th Street, Morningside Heights · Depicted: Columbia University (stand-in)
55 Central Park West
Central Park West at 66th Street
A private co-op: look up at it from Central Park West or from the park side of the road.
Dana’s building
Dana Barrett’s building becomes the centre of the haunting.
Production: Central Park West at 66th Street · Depicted: 55 Central Park West (same)
Tavern on the Green
Central Park West at 67th Street
A working restaurant in the park: book a table on its website or call 212-877-8684.
Locked out
Louis Tully, chased through the park, cannot get into the restaurant.
Production: Central Park West at 67th Street · Depicted: Tavern on the Green (same)
The Revson Fountain, Lincoln Center
Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center
An open plaza in front of the Metropolitan Opera: walk across it, or sit by the fountain.
The fountain
The Lincoln Center plaza and its fountain appear in the film.
Production: Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center · Depicted: The Revson Fountain, Lincoln Center (same)
2 Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle
Now the Museum of Arts and Design: Tuesday to Sunday 10am–6pm, Wednesday 12–8pm, closed Monday. Adults $20; pay what you wish 5–8pm on the first Wednesday of the month.
Columbus Circle
The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man plods through Columbus Circle.
Production: Columbus Circle · Depicted: 2 Columbus Circle (same)
New York City Hall
City Hall Park, Broadway and Murray Street
Tours every week by reservation only, limited to 20 people: book on nyc.gov.
City Hall
The Ghostbusters face Walter Peck before the mayor.
Production: City Hall Park, Broadway and Murray Street · Depicted: New York City Hall (same)
City Hall again
Another City Hall encounter, with the Spenglers centre stage.
Production: City Hall Park, Broadway and Murray Street · Depicted: New York City Hall (same)
The Manhattan Bridge
Enter on the Bowery between Canal and Bayard Streets
Walk it: the path starts on the Bowery between Canal and Bayard Streets.
Judgment day
Ray and Winston talk about judgment day on the bridge.
Production: Enter on the Bowery between Canal and Bayard Streets · Depicted: The Manhattan Bridge (same)
The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
One Bowling Green
Home to the National Museum of the American Indian: check the Smithsonian’s website for opening before you go.
The museum
The Custom House plays the Manhattan Museum of Art.
Production: One Bowling Green · Depicted: The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House (stand-in)
Washington Square Park
Greenwich Village
A public city park: come for the arch, the fountain and the chess tables.
New Year’s Eve
A New Year’s Eve scene in the park.
Production: Greenwich Village · Depicted: Washington Square Park (same)
Chess
The park’s chess tables appear in Frozen Empire.
Production: Greenwich Village · Depicted: Washington Square Park (same)
