Washington Square Hotel
Washington Square Hotel
Waverly Place, Greenwich Village
A hotel on Waverly Place in Greenwich Village, a short walk from Gay Street and Sixth Avenue. Pictured: Sixth Avenue at Waverly Place, 2012.
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Carlito’s Way
A film about a man trying to get out, shot as a ride on one line: Village streets, a Midtown club, a Harlem platform, then a chase down to Grand Central. Take the train from stop to stop.
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Eight stops on one line
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Stop 1 of 8 · Greenwich Village
Gay Street and Waverly Place
The fan location list puts Gail’s apartment on Gay Street in Greenwich Village.
The same list places Carlito’s arrest at the junction of Waverly Place and the end of Gay Street.
Penelope Ann Miller played Gail and received a Golden Globe nomination, Wikipedia says.
A short curved public street of row houses. The buildings are private homes and none is named here; look from the pavement.
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The club was a set
The set · Queens
Wikipedia says the Club Paradise nightclub was a multi-level set built at Kaufman Astoria Studios.
Everything except the poster sequence, shot in Florida, was filmed on location in New York, Wikipedia says.
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The real club · East 60th Street
The fan list places a scene in which Kleinfeld lets the prison-break plot slip at the former Copacabana nightclub, 10 East 60th Street at Madison Avenue.
It notes that the Copacabana closed in 1992, the year before the film. It says the Avra Madison restaurant now occupies the site, at 14 East 60th Street.
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Last stop
End of the line
Grand Central, the Harlem station, the courthouse and the Village streets are public. The studio in Queens is seen from the street. The former Copacabana and Le Figaro Cafe have gone, and Gail’s building is a private home named by its street only.
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Where it is now
8 places across Manhattan and Queens that you can look at from a public street.
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. A short curved public street of row houses. The buildings are private homes and none is named here; look from the pavement.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public corner. The Jefferson Market Library, pinned as the nearest turreted Gothic library, is open to visit; the list does not name it, so this is an inference.
Area reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The cafe is closed, so there is nothing to enter. Bleecker and MacDougal Streets are public; the photograph shows Bleecker Street nearby.
Gay Street, Greenwich Village, April 2012. Jean-Christophe BENOIST · CC BY 3.0 Greenwich Village · Gay Street, where it meets Waverly Place, Greenwich Village
Gay Street and Waverly Place
The fan location list puts Gail’s apartment on Gay Street in Greenwich Village.
A short curved public street of row houses. The buildings are private homes and none is named here; look from the pavement.
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Sixth Avenue near the Jefferson Market Library, February 2013. Tomwsulcer · CC0 Greenwich Village · Sixth Avenue at West 10th Street, Greenwich Village
Sixth Avenue at West 10th Street
The fan list has Carlito watching a dance class at the Joffrey Ballet School, at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 10th Street.
A public corner. The Jefferson Market Library, pinned as the nearest turreted Gothic library, is open to visit; the list does not name it, so this is an inference.
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Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, May 2012. A nearby street view, not the cafe. Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 Greenwich Village · 168 Bleecker Street at MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village
Le Figaro Cafe
The fan list places Carlito and Gail talking about old times at Le Figaro Cafe, 168 Bleecker Street at MacDougal Street.
The cafe is closed, so there is nothing to enter. Bleecker and MacDougal Streets are public; the photograph shows Bleecker Street nearby.
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Stay
A room in the Village.
A hotel on Waverly Place, a few minutes from Gay Street and Sixth Avenue.
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Midtown Manhattan
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Greenwich Village, Manhattan
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Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
8 of 8 places · 11 of 11 stories
Gay Street and Waverly Place
Gay Street, where it meets Waverly Place, Greenwich Village
Gail’s street
Gail’s apartment is placed on Gay Street by a fan location list.
The arrest at the corner
Carlito is arrested where Waverly Place meets the end of Gay Street, says the fan list.
Sixth Avenue at West 10th Street
Sixth Avenue at West 10th Street, Greenwich Village
The dance class
Carlito watches a dance class at the Joffrey Ballet School on Sixth Avenue at 10th Street, says the fan list.
Le Figaro Cafe
168 Bleecker Street at MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village
Old times at the cafe
Carlito and Gail talk about old times at Le Figaro Cafe on Bleecker Street.
The former Copacabana
10 East 60th Street at Madison Avenue, East Side
The slip at the club
Kleinfeld lets the prison-break plot slip at the former Copacabana.
Grand Central Terminal
42nd Street at Park Avenue, Midtown Manhattan
The escalator climax
The film’s climax runs from a Harlem platform to the escalators at Grand Central.
Crutches and a delay
Pacino arrives on crutches, so the pool hall sequence opens production and the Grand Central climax waits.
Harlem–125th Street station
Park Avenue at 125th Street, Harlem
The platform chase
The chase begins on the platform of Harlem–125th Street; trains were rerouted for the shoot.
East Harlem with Torres
Pacino tours East Harlem with Edwin Torres to prepare for the role.
60 Centre Street courthouse
60 Centre Street, Lower Manhattan
The courthouse scene
The courthouse scene is shot at 60 Centre Street.
Kaufman Astoria Studios
35th Avenue at 35th Street, Astoria, Queens
Club Paradise, built
The nightclub of the story is a multi-level set built at Kaufman Astoria Studios.
