123 Fourth Avenue, between 12th and 13th Streets
Think Coffee
Still out of frame. Push the portrait to a bottom corner to open it.
Mr. Robot
Elliot, a cybersecurity engineer, meets a stranger on the train home, who takes him to an abandoned arcade in Coney Island and tells him his group has attacked E Corp. The show kept them small in the corner of the frame and gave the rest to New York. Push them down
The Wonder Wheel out of season, January 2016. Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0Christian Slater and Rami Malek at PaleyFest in New York, October 2015, after the first season. Dominick D · CC BY 2.0
Lower-quadrant framing
Push them down.
Mr. Robot put its people at the very bottom of the shot, faces to the near edge, with a weight of empty space above them. The cinematographer, Tod Campbell, said the idea was loneliness. Each frame below starts the ordinary way, someone in the middle. Drag them into a bottom corner, or use the corner buttons, and the place they stood in fills the frame.
Where we read it
Characters are often placed at the very bottom of the frame, which conveys isolation.
Tod Campbell “shortsights” them, putting a face at the edge nearest the person it is talking to, under a great weight of headroom; he said the idea was to convey loneliness.
AwardsDaily describes Esmail’s style as lots of headroom, with Elliot put in a corner of the frame to isolate him.
AwardsDaily: interview with Tod Campbell (Megan McLachlan, 3 May 2017)
The story used it for Ron’s Coffee, the first scene
Push to a corner
Eleven frames, each with someone in the middle, the usual way. Push them to a corner.
Think Coffee at 123 Fourth Avenue (on Commons since November 2024). BruceSchaff · CC BY-SA 3.0Rami Malek at South by Southwest in Austin, March 2016, between the first and second seasons. Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX · CC BY 2.0
The Dominick
The Dominick
Hudson Square, Manhattan
The former Trump SoHo at 246 Spring Street, where E Corp’s white interiors were filmed; 391 rooms and suites. Rates are on the booking page.
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Stationary or swinging?
In the pilot, Mr. Robot takes Elliot off the train to an abandoned arcade in Coney Island. The arcade is the Eldorado on Surf Avenue; the Wonder Wheel stands round the corner. It has two kinds of car. Board one.
Board a car
Two kinds of car on one wheel. Pick one.
Where we read it
Of its 24 cars, 16 slide on tracks inside the wheel and 8 are fixed to the rim; the fixed ones are white.
1216 Surf Avenue, Coney Island
Eldorado Auto Skooter
USA Network names the Eldorado bumper cars and arcade as fsociety’s hideout, and says the real place is still open to visitors.
In the pilot, Mr. Robot takes Elliot off the train to an abandoned arcade in Coney Island.
The front is real; the arcade’s interior was a set at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City.
It has run on Surf Avenue since 1973, with bumper cars, arcade games and a DJ.
A working bumper-car hall and arcade on Surf Avenue. NYC Tourism lists a phone number but no hours, so call before you go.
Where we read it
3059 West 12th Street, Coney Island
Deno’s Wonder Wheel
The Wonder Wheel is one of the pilot’s settings.
In season three, Darlene meets Elliot by the Wonder Wheel and the Thunderbolt roller coaster.
It opened on 30 May 1920, stands 150 feet tall and has been a city landmark since 1989.
Of its 24 cars, 16 slide on tracks inside the wheel and 8 are fixed to the rim; the fixed ones are white.
Runs in the summer season; the park posts its dates and hours, which change with the weather.
Where we read it
The Coney Island boardwalk, south of the Wonder Wheel
Riegelmann Boardwalk
Elliot and Mr. Robot have a key first-season conversation on the boardwalk.
It opened in stages in 1922 and 1923, runs 2.7 miles and is named for the Brooklyn borough president Edward J. Riegelmann.
It became a city scenic landmark in 2018.
A public boardwalk along the beach, a short walk from the Wonder Wheel and Surf Avenue.
Where we read it
Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park
Ride the Wonder Wheel
Coney Island, Brooklyn
The 1920 wheel from the pilot and season three. It runs in the summer season; dates, hours and prices are on the park’s site and change with the weather.
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The arcade had two addresses.
The hideout’s front is the Eldorado on Surf Avenue, and it is still open. Walk through its door in the show and you were in Queens: the inside was built at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, at the other end of the city.
The door
1216 Surf Avenue, Coney Island
Eldorado Auto Skooter
USA Network names the Eldorado bumper cars and arcade as fsociety’s hideout, and says the real place is still open to visitors.
In the pilot, Mr. Robot takes Elliot off the train to an abandoned arcade in Coney Island.
The front is real; the arcade’s interior was a set at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City.
It has run on Surf Avenue since 1973, with bumper cars, arcade games and a DJ.
A working bumper-car hall and arcade on Surf Avenue. NYC Tourism lists a phone number but no hours, so call before you go.
Where we read it
The inside
42-25 21st Street, Long Island City
Silvercup Studios
The series filmed at Silvercup, as well as at Queens College and Coney Island.
The inside of fsociety’s arcade was a set here.
The studio opened in 1983 in a former bread bakery; the rooftop sign dates from about 1961–62.
A working studio, closed to visitors. The rooftop sign is the view from the street.
Where we read it
The production designer, Anastasia White, has described tearing down and rebuilding recurring sets between seasons, so the arcade you saw is not there to visit.
Where we read it
Anastasia White on tearing down and rebuilding recurring sets between seasons.
Pushing Pixels: production design of Mr. Robot, interview with Anastasia White (7 July 2017)
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Queens Museum
The Panorama at the Queens Museum
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
The model city where Darlene and Angela look for Elliot. Open Wednesday to Friday 12pm to 5pm and weekends 11am to 5pm; pay what you wish, with $8 suggested for adults.
Plan a visitGetting it right
Pick one up.
The show hired Kor Adana, Michael Bazzell and James Plouffe to keep the hacking honest, and security firms from Kaspersky to Proton Mail praised it. Adana, a former network security analyst, built the scenes with consultants and two former FBI cyber specialists. Six sticks lie on the tarmac; each holds one thing the show did. Nothing here is a how-to.
Where we read it
Adana, Bazzell and Plouffe as advisors; the firms that praised its accuracy.
Adana’s background and the consultants he worked with.
Science Friday: Decoding the hacks of Mr. Robot (Kor Adana, 26 August 2016)
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Six sticks. Pick one up to see what is on it.
The people
Who carried it.
- Rami MalekElliot Alderson · 2016
Rami Malek at South by Southwest in Austin, March 2016, between the first and second seasons. Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX · CC BY 2.0 - Christian SlaterMr. Robot · 2016
Christian Slater at South by Southwest, March 2016. Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX · CC BY 2.0 - Sam EsmailCreator, writer, director · 2016
Sam Esmail, the show’s creator, at South by Southwest, March 2016. Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX · CC BY 2.0
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Sam Esmail first wrote Mr. Robot as a film, then cut the script into a pilot. He directed three first-season episodes and every episode after that. Production began in New York on 13 April 2015, and USA Network aired the series from 24 June 2015 to 22 December 2019.
It won the Peabody, and the Golden Globe for best drama; Christian Slater won a Golden Globe, Rami Malek the Emmy for lead actor in a drama, and Mac Quayle an Emmy for the pilot’s music.
Where we read it
Esmail’s directing, production start, first and last broadcasts; the Peabody, Golden Globes and Emmys.
The pilot first written as a film.
- 4Seasons on USA Network
- 45Episodes
- 24 Jun 2015First broadcast
- 22 Dec 2019The finale
Where we read it
Four seasons and 45 episodes; first and last broadcast dates.
Where it was.
Where it is now
14 places you can visit: 4 in Brooklyn, 8 in Manhattan and 2 in Queens. Elliot’s building is not on the map: it is a private home, named here by its street.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working bumper-car hall and arcade on Surf Avenue. NYC Tourism lists a phone number but no hours, so call before you go.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Runs in the summer season; the park posts its dates and hours, which change with the weather.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public boardwalk along the beach, a short walk from the Wonder Wheel and Surf Avenue.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working subway station on the F and G lines.
The bumper-car slogan sign at Coney Island, 2008. Dane Unknoen · CC BY-SA 3.0 1216 Surf Avenue, Coney Island
Eldorado Auto Skooter
USA Network names the Eldorado bumper cars and arcade as fsociety’s hideout, and says the real place is still open to visitors.
A working bumper-car hall and arcade on Surf Avenue. NYC Tourism lists a phone number but no hours, so call before you go.
Where we read it
Inside the Wonder Wheel’s frame, August 2021. Kidfly182 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3059 West 12th Street, Coney Island
Deno’s Wonder Wheel
The Wonder Wheel is one of the pilot’s settings.
Runs in the summer season; the park posts its dates and hours, which change with the weather.
Where we read it
The Riegelmann Boardwalk at Coney Island, January 2016. Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 The Coney Island boardwalk, south of the Wonder Wheel
Riegelmann Boardwalk
Elliot and Mr. Robot have a key first-season conversation on the boardwalk.
A public boardwalk along the beach, a short walk from the Wonder Wheel and Surf Avenue.
Where we read it
A platform at Church Avenue station, February 2019. Tdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Church and McDonald Avenues, Kensington (F and G trains)
Church Avenue station
Elliot first meets Mr. Robot on its F and G platform, in the first season.
A working subway station on the F and G lines.
Where we read it
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Stay
A bed in E Corp.
The SoHo hotel where E Corp’s white interiors were filmed.
The Dominick
The Dominick
Hudson Square, Manhattan
The former Trump SoHo at 246 Spring Street, where E Corp’s white interiors were filmed; 391 rooms and suites. Rates are on the booking page.
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Ride, walk, look.
The model city in Queens, the Wonder Wheel in season, and walks round Coney Island, Grand Central and downtown.
Queens Museum
The Panorama at the Queens Museum
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
The model city where Darlene and Angela look for Elliot. Open Wednesday to Friday 12pm to 5pm and weekends 11am to 5pm; pay what you wish, with $8 suggested for adults.
Plan a visitDeno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park
Ride the Wonder Wheel
Coney Island, Brooklyn
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Take it home
The book and the score.
The 2016 companion book and Mac Quayle’s first soundtrack.
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Mr. Robot: Red Wheelbarrow
Sam Esmail and Courtney Looney
A 2016 companion book to the series, by its creator Sam Esmail with Courtney Looney.
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Mr. Robot, Volume 1: Original Television Series Soundtrack
Mac Quayle · CD, 2016
Mac Quayle’s first-season score; he won an Emmy for the pilot’s music.
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The monitor log
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
15 of 15 places · 15 of 15 Moments
Eldorado Auto Skooter
1216 Surf Avenue, Coney Island
fsociety’s front door
The Eldorado plays the outside of fsociety’s arcade.
Deno’s Wonder Wheel
3059 West 12th Street, Coney Island
By the wheel
Darlene finds Elliot by the Wonder Wheel.
Riegelmann Boardwalk
The Coney Island boardwalk, south of the Wonder Wheel
On the boardwalk
Elliot and Mr. Robot talk on the boardwalk.
Church Avenue station
Church and McDonald Avenues, Kensington (F and G trains)
The platform
Elliot first meets Mr. Robot on the Church Avenue platform.
Think Coffee
123 Fourth Avenue, between 12th and 13th Streets
Ron’s Coffee
Think Coffee plays Ron’s Coffee in the opening scene.
Elliot’s building
East Broadway, Lower East Side
Home
Elliot’s building is a tenement on East Broadway.
Times Square
Broadway and Seventh Avenue, 42nd to 47th Streets
After the hack
Masked crowds in Times Square in the first-season finale.
Grand Central Terminal
89 East 42nd Street, Midtown
The booth
Mr. Robot meets Freddy Lomax at the information booth.
135 East 57th Street
East 57th Street at Lexington Avenue
E Corp
The tower plays E Corp’s headquarters from the street.
The Dominick
246 Spring Street, Hudson Square
The boardroom
E Corp’s white interiors, filmed in the former Trump SoHo.
Cortlandt Alley
Between Canal and Franklin Streets, Tribeca and Chinatown
The hacker space
Cortlandt Alley is the outside of the season-three hacker space.
33 Thomas Street
Thomas Street, Tribeca
The paper records
A loft overlooking the windowless tower where E Corp’s records go.
Four Freedoms Park
The southern tip of Roosevelt Island
The femtocell
Darlene hands Cisco the femtocell in a flashback.
Queens Museum
New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
The model city
Darlene and Angela search the Panorama for Elliot.
Silvercup Studios
42-25 21st Street, Long Island City
Inside the arcade
fsociety’s arcade interior, built as a set at Silvercup.