The Arconia is not a real building. It is three. Put it together
One building on screen · three addresses in life
On screen the Arconia is one building with a court, a lobby, an elevator, a roof and the apartments the story turns on. Off screen its outside is the Belnord on 86th Street, its lobby and roof are 270 Riverside Drive, 1.1 km to the north, and its apartments are sets. Slide the pieces back into place, roof at the top and street at the bottom.
Tap a piece next to the gap to slide it in.
Outside, court, gates and elevator at the Belnord; lobby and roof at 270 Riverside Drive.
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The apartments built as sets at Silvercup.
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The season-two secret passage, a constructed set.
Finish the building to open its three addresses.
The Belnord · Broadway to Amsterdam, 86th to 87th
1910: lawns, clipped trees, globe lamps and a carriage drive, the year after the Belnord opened.
It fills a whole block, bounded by Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue and 86th and 87th Streets. H. Hobart Weekes of Hiss and Weekes designed it, and it opened in October 1909.
Its court is about 231 feet long and 94 feet wide, with a twin driveway in from 86th Street. In 1910 it held 176 apartments.
It became a city landmark in 1966. Converted to condominiums from 2017, it was given new interiors by Robert A. M. Stern.
Season four’s courtyard wedding was filmed in the court.
Private condominiums. Look through the arch on 86th Street; the court is for residents.
Broadway, Upper West Side · No resort fees · rates for your dates on the hotel’s booking page
A historic hotel at 2130 Broadway with apartment-style rooms and two-bedroom suites, all with kitchenettes: the nearest thing to an Arconia lease. A walk up Broadway to the Belnord, which the photograph shows.
See the rooms86th Street · west to east
The trio’s regular is not a West Side café but a diner across the park: the Mansion, on York Avenue, at the same street number as the Arconia. The two are 2.8 km apart as the crow flies. Walk it, one avenue at a time.
Broadway. The Belnord’s west side: the Arconia. 0 of 12 avenues crossed.
York Avenue · the Pickle Diner
1634 York Avenue, at East 86th Street, Yorkville
The Mansion diner was turned into the fictional Pickle Diner, and the show came back to film its third season here in March 2023.
It had stood on the corner of York Avenue and East 86th Street for 76 years when the show filmed there in 2022.
A working diner, open from breakfast. The photograph shows the corner of York and 86th.
Broadway · episode one
Broadway and West 88th Street
The show filmed on Broadway at 88th Street in February 2021; the corner shows up most in episode one.
It also filmed on Central Park West, at 74th Street in December 2020.
Mabel and Oliver walk Broadway past Westside Market, its sign kept out of shot.
A public corner two blocks north of the Belnord. The photograph shows the 86th Street subway entrance on 87th, a block south.
Riverside Drive · the lobby
270 Riverside Drive, at West 99th Street
Most of the Arconia’s interior scenes were filmed here, including the lobby.
A private apartment building. See it from Riverside Drive; the lobby is not open.
Central Park West · Brazzos
1 West 72nd Street, at Central Park West
Charles walks down Central Park West and is stopped by a couple who know him from Brazzos, with the Dakota behind him.
Henry Janeway Hardenbergh designed it for Edward Cabot Clark, head of the Singer company; it was built from 1880 to 1884.
Its residents bought it in 1961 and made it a co-operative. John Lennon was killed outside it in December 1980.
A private co-operative. See it from Central Park West, or from the park across the road.
Lincoln Center · the symphony
Lincoln Center, Broadway at West 65th Street
Jan’s concert with the symphony was filmed here. Charles sees that she is not first bassoon, and leaves early.
The piece she plays is the bassoon solo from The Firebird.
A working concert hall. The Chamber Music Society plays here through the autumn.
4140 Broadway · Washington Heights
Season one, episode three: Oliver gathers a cast of suspects in the Goosebury Theater.
Uptown · the theatre
4140 Broadway, at West 175th Street, Washington Heights
In season one it is the Goosebury Theater, where Oliver gathers a cast of suspects in episode three.
Season three opens here, back in the theatre where season two ended.
It opened on 22 February 1930 as Loew’s 175th Street Theatre, designed by Thomas W. Lamb with Harold Rambusch, one of the five Loew’s Wonder Theatres.
Reverend Ike bought it in 1969 and renamed it the United Palace. Its exterior became a city landmark in 2016.
A working theatre and church. Book a concert or a film screening to see the auditorium.
Queens · the courthouse
25-10 Court Square, Long Island City
Its exterior plays the Supreme Court of the State of New York in season two. The real court is in Foley Square, Manhattan.
One location guide lists it as the police department in the first episode of season two.
George Hathorne designed the first courthouse in the 1870s; after a fire, Peter M. Coco rebuilt it in 1904 and raised it to four storeys.
It has been a city landmark since 1976 and holds the civil term of the Queens Supreme Court.
A working court. Look at it from Court Square; go in only on court business.
Queens · the stages
42-22 22nd Street, Long Island City
The series’ sets, the trio’s apartments among them, were built here. Production designer Curt Beech drew on New York buildings that fill a whole block, such as the Belnord and the Ansonia.
The studio has worked since 1983 in the old Silvercup bakery, finished in 1930. The neon sign on the roof dates from about 1961–62.
Sex and the City and The Sopranos were mainly shot here too.
A working studio, closed to visitors. The rooftop sign is clearest from the Queensboro Bridge.
Season four · Hollywood
Season four takes the trio to Los Angeles, where their podcast is being made into a film. The Arconia comes too: its court is still the Belnord’s, 3,943 km away.
Season four is about a film of the podcast, with a producer at Paramount.
Melrose Avenue · the lot
Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles
Season four opens on the Paramount lot, with the trio walking through its fake New York street of brownstones.
The same episode sends them down Sunset Boulevard in a stretch limousine.
A working studio. Visitors go in on the studio tour: two hours, daily.
Melrose Avenue, Hollywood · Studio Tour $71 · Premier $160 · VIP $230
Two hours round the working lot where season four begins, daily. Longer VIP and Premier tours run on weekdays.
Book a tourNorth Sycamore Avenue · a private home
North Sycamore Avenue, Los Angeles (a private building)
Sazz’s Los Angeles apartment in season four is a 1927 Mediterranean Revival courtyard building with a small central pond.
The same building appears in Mulholland Drive.
A private home. It is named by its street only and not pinned; the photograph shows Sycamore Avenue, not the building.
The residents · during the run, 2021–2025
Steve Martin and John Hoffman created the series, and Hoffman runs it. It began on Hulu on 31 August 2021; by October 2025 it had run to 5 seasons and 50 episodes, with 61 Emmy nominations and 7 wins. A sixth season moves to London as Only Murders in London.
Creators, showrunner, premiere, seasons, episodes, Emmys, cast and roles, and the London season.
10 places you can visit: five on the Upper West Side, four across the park, uptown and in Queens, and one in Hollywood. Sazz’s building in Los Angeles is a private home, named by its street only.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Private condominiums. Look through the arch on 86th Street; the court is for residents.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A private apartment building. See it from Riverside Drive; the lobby is not open.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public corner two blocks north of the Belnord. The photograph shows the 86th Street subway entrance on 87th, a block south.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A private co-operative. See it from Central Park West, or from the park across the road.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working concert hall. The Chamber Music Society plays here through the autumn.
225 West 86th Street: the whole block of Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue, 86th and 87th
The Belnord plays the outside of the Arconia. Its exteriors, its courtyard and its elevator scenes were filmed here.
Private condominiums. Look through the arch on 86th Street; the court is for residents.
270 Riverside Drive, at West 99th Street
Most of the Arconia’s interior scenes were filmed here, including the lobby.
A private apartment building. See it from Riverside Drive; the lobby is not open.
Broadway and West 88th Street
The show filmed on Broadway at 88th Street in February 2021; the corner shows up most in episode one.
A public corner two blocks north of the Belnord. The photograph shows the 86th Street subway entrance on 87th, a block south.
1 West 72nd Street, at Central Park West
Charles walks down Central Park West and is stopped by a couple who know him from Brazzos, with the Dakota behind him.
A private co-operative. See it from Central Park West, or from the park across the road.
Lincoln Center, Broadway at West 65th Street
Jan’s concert with the symphony was filmed here. Charles sees that she is not first bassoon, and leaves early.
A working concert hall. The Chamber Music Society plays here through the autumn.
Stay
A hotel with kitchenettes, a walk from the Belnord.
Broadway, Upper West Side · No resort fees · rates for your dates on the hotel’s booking page
A historic hotel at 2130 Broadway with apartment-style rooms and two-bedroom suites, all with kitchenettes: the nearest thing to an Arconia lease. A walk up Broadway to the Belnord, which the photograph shows.
See the roomsGo there
The studio tour at Paramount, and walks round the Upper West Side.
Melrose Avenue, Hollywood · Studio Tour $71 · Premier $160 · VIP $230
Two hours round the working lot where season four begins, daily. Longer VIP and Premier tours run on weekdays.
Book a tourUpper West Side
Live marketplace results for walking tours of the Upper West Side and Central Park. None is about the series.
Live marketplace results · itineraries change
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Chamber music in the symphony’s hall, and a screening in the theatre that was the Goosebury.
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Take it home
Steve Martin on his life in the movies.
Steve Martin
Steve Martin’s 2022 book about his life in films, with drawings by Harry Bliss, published during the show’s run.
Find the bookDates, 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.
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
11 of 11 places · 15 of 15 Moments
225 West 86th Street: the whole block of Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue, 86th and 87th
The Belnord’s facade on 86th Street plays the outside of the Arconia.
The Belnord’s inner courtyard, with its fountain and ornate gates, is filmed on location.
The elevator scenes are shot at the Belnord.
Season four’s courtyard wedding is filmed in the Belnord’s court.
270 Riverside Drive, at West 99th Street
270 Riverside Drive plays most of the Arconia’s interiors: the lobby, where Tim Kono’s funeral is held, and the roof.
Broadway and West 88th Street
Broadway at 88th Street, filmed in February 2021, shows up most in episode one.
1 West 72nd Street, at Central Park West
Charles is stopped by a couple who know him from Brazzos, with the Dakota behind him.
Lincoln Center, Broadway at West 65th Street
At Jan’s symphony concert Charles sees that she is not first bassoon, and leaves early.
1634 York Avenue, at East 86th Street, Yorkville
The Mansion on York Avenue becomes the Pickle Diner, and the show comes back for season three.
4140 Broadway, at West 175th Street, Washington Heights
Oliver gathers a cast of suspects in the Goosebury Theater, in episode three.
Season three begins in the theatre where season two ended.
25-10 Court Square, Long Island City
The Long Island City Courthouse plays the State Supreme Court in season two.
42-22 22nd Street, Long Island City
The trio’s apartments are sets, built at Silvercup Studios.
Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles
Season four opens on the Paramount lot, on its fake New York street.
North Sycamore Avenue, Los Angeles (a private building)
A 1927 courtyard building on North Sycamore Avenue is Sazz’s apartment in season four.
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