One bulb for each of 27 shooting days · 1973
A film about Little Italy that was mostly made elsewhere. Seven of its 27 days were shot on location in New York. The rest of the street is the Bronx, a Hollywood office building and a soundstage.
Light the string
Wikipedia counts 27 shooting days between April and June 1973, with seven of them on location in New York. Switch the days on, then open the stalls underneath to see where each scene went.
The string is dark. Switch on the New York days first.
0 of 7 stalls opened · New York 0 of 5 · California 0 of 2
Seven stalls, five in New York and two in California.
Open one to see what the film shot there.
Little Italy, Manhattan
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The stand-in
A fan location list says much of the New York filming took place in Belmont, in the Bronx, standing in for Manhattan’s Little Italy.
The Cinemaholic, a fan site, also names Belmont as the stand-in for Little Italy.
The cinematographer says much footage was shot in New York before he joined in Los Angeles, but only six minutes of it remains.
On a $650,000 budget, most interiors were shot in Los Angeles.
The cinematographer’s remark comes from a search-result snippet of a Blu-ray review; the review page was not opened.
A neighbourhood of shops and delis. The photograph is an Arthur Avenue street view, not a film set.
Go and see
Old St Patrick’s, Cleveland Place, Bleecker and the Bowery and Grand Street are a short walk apart. Belmont is in the Bronx. Hollywood and San Pedro are in Los Angeles. Several are streets or neighbourhoods, not film sets; the notes say which.
7 places in New York and California, all public streets or buildings seen from the pavement.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A church on Mulberry Street between Prince and Houston Streets, seen from the pavement. Check service times before going in.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A short street behind the old police headquarters, seen from the pavement. The bar is gone.
Area reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public street corner. The pin sits on the nearby stretch of Bleecker Street.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A shop front on Grand Street, seen from the pavement. Check whether it is trading before you go.
Area reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A neighbourhood of shops and delis. The photograph is an Arthur Avenue street view, not a film set.
263 Mulberry Street, Little Italy
Wikipedia says the film’s church scenes were shot at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in Little Italy.
A church on Mulberry Street between Prince and Houston Streets, seen from the pavement. Check service times before going in.
23 Cleveland Place, between Little Italy and Nolita
Wikipedia says a restaurant in Nolita called Volpe Bar was used as the film’s bar. It does not say which scenes were shot there.
A short street behind the old police headquarters, seen from the pavement. The bar is gone.
Corner of Bleecker Street and the Bowery, Manhattan
Untapped Cities places the scene of Charlie, Johnny Boy and Tony driving to help a mutual friend at the corner of Bleecker and the Bowery.
A public street corner. The pin sits on the nearby stretch of Bleecker Street.
183 Grand Street, Little Italy
Untapped Cities says Charlie and Johnny Boy walk past this shop, which has “a very peculiar sign”.
A shop front on Grand Street, seen from the pavement. Check whether it is trading before you go.
Arthur Avenue area, Belmont, the Bronx
A fan location list says much of the New York filming took place in Belmont, in the Bronx, standing in for Manhattan’s Little Italy.
A neighbourhood of shops and delis. The photograph is an Arthur Avenue street view, not a film set.
Stay
No hotel is tied to this film.
Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles
A 1927 Spanish Colonial Revival hotel at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, on the boulevard where the film’s office-building apartment stands. Pictured: the Broadway Hollywood Building, 2016.
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Little Italy, Manhattan
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263 Mulberry Street, Little Italy
Principal photography took 27 days between April and June 1973, with seven days of location shooting in New York.
The church scenes were shot at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Little Italy.
23 Cleveland Place, between Little Italy and Nolita
Volpe Bar on Cleveland Place served as the bar where most of the film’s action takes place.
Corner of Bleecker Street and the Bowery, Manhattan
Charlie, Johnny Boy and Tony drive to help a mutual friend at Bleecker and the Bowery.
183 Grand Street, Little Italy
Charlie and Johnny Boy walk past a Grand Street shop with a peculiar sign.
Arthur Avenue area, Belmont, the Bronx
Belmont, the Bronx, stands in for Manhattan’s Little Italy, according to fan location lists.
The cinematographer says much footage was shot in New York before he joined in Los Angeles, but only six minutes of it remains.
Hollywood Boulevard near Vine Street, Hollywood
On a $650,000 budget, most interiors were shot in Los Angeles.
An office building on Hollywood Boulevard near Vine stands in for Charlie’s apartment.
San Pedro, Los Angeles
The mailbox scene was shot in San Pedro, not New York.
Places to stay
A notable hotel in New York.
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Lower Manhattan hotel on the Bowery, the street that gave the city CBGB and the 1970s punk scene.
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A notable hotel in New York.
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What’s on
Banksy Museum New York · 300 m from John Jovino’s shop, Grand Street
Mercury Lounge · 750 m from Old St Patrick’s Cathedral
Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre · 900 m from Old St Patrick’s Cathedral
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