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Set in the Bronx, mostly shot in Queens · 1993
A Bronx Tale
The film is set in Belmont, in the Bronx. Most of it was made in Astoria, in Queens. Two dice below land on seven real places and say what is known of each. Above: 30th Avenue, Astoria, in 2015.
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Two streets
One neighbourhood, two boroughs
Pick a side of the table.
Arthur Avenue, Belmont
Wikipedia says the film is set near Belmont, in the Bronx, but was mostly shot in Astoria, Queens.
Arthur Avenue is about 1.2 miles long and the commercial and historical heart of the Bronx’s Little Italy.
Palminteri based the story partly on his own childhood in Belmont, the Bronx Times says.
The Bronx’s Little Italy: shops, delis and cafes along a public street. This is where the story is set, not where it was shot.
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The dice scene
Roll the dice
An actor from the film named the dice scene among his highlights of the shoot. Here the dice carry no money and no stakes: they land on a place. Roll, or set the dice yourself.
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0 of 7 places seen
Two dice, seven places. Roll to begin.
Nothing on the felt yet.
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Not in the Bronx at all
The Bronx Times says the first day of shooting was at 30th Avenue and 44th Street in Astoria, Queens, and not in Belmont, where the story is set.
Dave Salerno, who played Frankie Coffeecake, remembered a 5:30 a.m. start in “a place I had never been in my entire life”.
The Bronx Times says most of the cast were non-actors recruited from the neighbourhood.
Robert De Niro directed for the first time and also played Lorenzo. The film opened in the United States on 29 September 1993.
An ordinary shopping street in Astoria. Walk it from the 30th Avenue stop; the junction is public.
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Last call
Go and walk the avenue
The map pins the junction on 30th Avenue, Aqueduct and Arthur Avenue. The school is a working school seen from the street, and the bar block, the church and the Brooklyn corner are named in the dice roll with their streets; the family’s block is a private residential stretch. None of those is pinned. Most addresses come from fan location lists, not from the production.
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Where it is now
3 places you can visit in Queens and the Bronx, plus four more named by their streets.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Area reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. An ordinary shopping street in Astoria. Walk it from the 30th Avenue stop; the junction is public.
Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A racetrack with its own opening days. Check its own pages before you go.
30th Avenue in Astoria, Queens, 2015. Dinker022089 · CC BY-SA 4.0 30th Avenue at 44th Street, Astoria, Queens
30th Avenue and 44th Street
The American Film Institute Catalog identifies Astoria’s 30th Avenue as a stand-in for Chazz Palminteri’s Bronx neighbourhood.
An ordinary shopping street in Astoria. Walk it from the 30th Avenue stop; the junction is public.
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The entrance to Aqueduct Racetrack, 2021. Tdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 110-00 Rockaway Boulevard, South Ozone Park, Queens
Aqueduct Racetrack
A fan list includes Aqueduct Racetrack, 110-00 Rockaway Boulevard, among the film’s locations.
A racetrack with its own opening days. Check its own pages before you go.
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Stay
Near the avenue.
A hotel a short walk from 30th Avenue.
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Astoria, Queens
A hotel at 30-17 31st Street, Astoria, a short walk from 30th Avenue, where the first day of shooting took place. Pictured: 30th Avenue, 2015.
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Walk it.
The Bronx’s Little Italy, and tours of Astoria and Arthur Avenue.
Arthur Avenue Bronx
Arthur Avenue, Little Italy of the Bronx
Belmont, the Bronx
The neighbourhood association’s site for the food shops, restaurants and events of Belmont, the neighbourhood the film is set in. Pictured: Arthur Avenue, 2014.
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Dates, prices, rooms and stock change: confirm with the provider before you travel or buy. A stay or tour is described as a filming location only where the card says so.
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30th Avenue and 44th Street
30th Avenue at 44th Street, Astoria, Queens
A stand-in street
The American Film Institute Catalog identifies Astoria’s 30th Avenue as a stand-in for Palminteri’s Bronx neighbourhood.
The first morning
The first day of shooting is at 30th Avenue and 44th Street in Astoria, not in Belmont.
Sonny’s bar block
30th Avenue near 44th Street, Astoria, Queens
The dice scene
A fan guide places Sonny’s bar at 44-02 30th Avenue, where Calogero works the dice games.
St. Joseph’s church
30th Avenue near 43rd Street, Astoria, Queens
Into the church
A fan guide lists St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church on 30th Avenue as where Calogero goes after the shooting he witnesses.
Calogero’s home block
30th Avenue, near 44th Street, Astoria, Queens
The family’s flats
Fan guides place the Anello family’s apartment building on this stretch of 30th Avenue.
William Cullen Bryant High School
48-10 31st Avenue, Long Island City, Queens
The hallway
A fan guide says the hallway where Calogero first notices Jane was shot at William Cullen Bryant High School.
Aqueduct Racetrack
110-00 Rockaway Boulevard, South Ozone Park, Queens
The racetrack
A fan list includes Aqueduct Racetrack among the film’s locations.
Gravesend Neck Road
Gravesend Neck Road and East 15th Street, Brooklyn
Jane’s neighbourhood
A fan guide gives Gravesend Neck Road and East 15th Street, Brooklyn, as Jane’s neighbourhood.
Arthur Avenue, Belmont
Arthur Avenue, Belmont, the Bronx
The neighbourhood it is set in
The film is set near Belmont in the Bronx but was mostly shot in Astoria, Queens.
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