The lit floor was put in for the film and stayed after it. The club is gone; the street, the park, the promenade and the bridge are 4 km apart.
Who was here
1The strut
Strut 86th Street
Tony Manero’s opening walk was filmed on 86th Street at 20th Avenue in Bensonhurst. The film opens on the elevated D train over 86th Street.
Strut along 86th Street from 20th Avenue. Hit the button when the light flashes.
Lenny’s Pizza in August 2021, before it closed. Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
1969 86th Street, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Two slices
Two slices, side by side.
The young woman behind the counter in the scene is Travolta’s younger sister, Ann. Travolta came back in 2018, about 40 years after the premiere, with his late wife, Kelly Preston. The shop at 1969 86th Street served slices for about 70 years.
The pizzeria closed in February 2023. The shopfront is at 1969 86th Street, a few doors from 20th Avenue. The space was due to become a Bonchon Chicken, a Korean fried-chicken franchise.
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The elevated station over 86th Street at 20th Avenue, 2012. Jim.henderson · CC0
The street and shopfronts are drawn for this page, not to scale.
2The week
The week
Mon01The paint store
Next: The paint store.
The days are ours; the film does not date its scenes.
Bay Ridge
Five days to Saturday
John J. Carty Park, Fort Hamilton. Jim.henderson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tony sells paint, eats with his family, shoots hoops and rehearses. Tear a page to go through the week.
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3Saturday night
Cross the floor
The disco scenes were filmed at 2001 Odyssey, 802 64th Street at Eighth Avenue, Bay Ridge. The light-up dance floor was put in for the film and stayed after filming.
You are on the near edge of the floor. Step across to the far side; five tiles remember something.
Eighth Avenue at 60th Street, four blocks up the avenue from the corner where 2001 Odyssey stood. April 2016. Jchan84442 · CC BY-SA 4.0
802 64th Street, at Eighth Avenue, Bay Ridge
2001 Odyssey
Demolished. A commercial building stands on the corner of 64th Street and Eighth Avenue now.
Demolished. A commercial building stands on the corner of 64th Street and Eighth Avenue now.
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The floor is drawn for this page; the tiles are not a plan of the real one.
4Where it came from
New York · 7 June 1976Tribal Ritesof Saturday Nightby Nik Cohn
LaterMade up.The dancers were 1960s Mods.
A story bought from a magazine
The story began with Nik Cohn’s New York magazine article of 7 June 1976 about young people dressing up to dance at a Queens disco; Robert Stigwood bought the rights.
Turn the page.
The article
5The record
Twenty feet of tape
Thread one drumbeat round the studio.
The Bee Gees, Barry, Robin and Maurice, in an NBC publicity photograph, November 1977. NBC Television · Public domain
For tax reasons, the Bee Gees were recording at a studio in a run-down castle at Hérouville, France, known as the Honky Château after the album Elton John made there in 1972. Robert Stigwood phoned asking for five songs for his film; the brothers wrote the backbone of the soundtrack in one long weekend.
25mThe album sold 25 million copies between 1977 and 1980, and more than 40 million since.
29It stayed in the Top 200 from November 1977 to March 1980: 29 months in a row.
4Four singles from it went to number one. It joined the National Recording Registry for 2012.
The record
The studio is drawn for this page. Song titles only.
6The Narrows
Light the cables
After a row in the car, Tony takes Stephanie to the Bay Ridge promenade, and they sit on a bench near the bridge. To cheer her up, he recites facts about the bridge.
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge from the Brooklyn shore at night, December 2012. Violinbd · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tap a lamp on the cable.
The bridge in fog from Shore Road Park, May 2020. Noah Ghussen · CC BY-SA 4.0
Over the Narrows, between Bay Ridge and Staten Island
On the bridge
After a night of dancing, the gang stop the car on the bridge and dance along its edge. On the bridge the boys fake falls to scare Annette.
There is no footpath. See it from the Shore Road promenade; driving across means paying the toll.
Shore Road Park, along the Narrows, Bay Ridge
The original benches have been replaced. A public waterside park. Walk south along the water towards the bridge.
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Best Western
Best Western Gregory Hotel
8315 4th Avenue, Bay Ridge · Check in from 3pm · out by 11am
Seventy rooms on Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, two blocks from the R train at 86th Street and near the Shore Road promenade. Continental breakfast 7 to 10am. Pictured: the promenade.
Shore Road Park and the Narrows, Bay Ridge, October 2009. ccnygeeks · CC BY-SA 3.0
7The ride home
The last train
The renovated 53rd Street station, November 2022. Kidfly182 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Near the end, Tony boards an RR train on the downtown platform of the 53rd Street station. A later shot that looks like another station is the uptown platform of the same one. The station was renovated in 2017 as part of a $72 million MTA project.
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R30 car 8506 (1961) at the New York Transit Museum, July 2013. King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0
The subway car in the film is an R30, and one is on display at the Transit Museum in Brooklyn. The museum is in a decommissioned subway station at 99 Schermerhorn Street, with historic trains on its platform level.
Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm. Adults $15; children, seniors and visitors with disabilities $10.
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New York Transit Museum
New York Transit Museum
99 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn · $15 adults · $10 children and seniors · Wed–Sun 10am–4pm
Historic trains on the platform of a decommissioned subway station, including an R30 like the car Tony rides home.
Eighth Avenue at 60th Street, four blocks up the avenue from the corner where 2001 Odyssey stood. April 2016. Jchan84442 · CC BY-SA 4.02001 Odyssey802 64th Street, at Eighth Avenue, Bay Ridge. Demolished. A commercial building stands on the corner of 64th Street and Eighth Avenue now.
72nd Street in Bay Ridge, a block from Fifth Avenue and the old paint store at 73rd Street. February 2023. GK tramrunner RU · CC BY-SA 4.0The hardware store7305 Fifth Avenue, at 73rd Street, Bay Ridge. The store closed in 2019. The building is at 7305 Fifth Avenue.
A Bay Ridge side street, 83rd Street, four blocks from the Manero house on 79th Street. March 2022. GK tramrunner RU · CC BY-SA 4.0The Manero house79th Street, Bay Ridge. A private home. It is not on the map.
West 76th Street on the Upper West Side, May 2023: the street of Stephanie’s apartment. Benoît Prieur · CC0Stephanie’s Manhattan apartmentWest 76th Street, Upper West Side. A private residential building. It is not on the map.
The church square in Hérouville, the Val-d’Oise village where the château studio is. August 2013. P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.0The Château d’HérouvilleHérouville, Val-d’Oise, France. A private château and studio. It is not on the map.
Tony helps Stephanie move into an apartment on West 76th Street in Manhattan. He goes back there at the end to apologise.
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Where it is now
8 places on the map, 10 km from the Transit Museum to the bridge. Lenny’s and the studio have closed: see them from the street.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A busy shopping street under the elevated line. Walk it east from 20th Avenue, as Tony does.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The pizzeria closed in February 2023. The shopfront is at 1969 86th Street, a few doors from 20th Avenue.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Ace Market is at the address now, beside the old studio entrance. Look from West 7th Street at Bay Parkway.
1The elevated station over 86th Street at 20th Avenue, 2012. Jim.henderson · CC0
86th Street and 20th Avenue, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
86th Street at 20th Avenue
Tony Manero’s opening walk was filmed on 86th Street at 20th Avenue in Bensonhurst.
A busy shopping street under the elevated line. Walk it east from 20th Avenue, as Tony does.
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2Lenny’s Pizza in August 2021, before it closed. Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
1969 86th Street, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Lenny’s Pizza
In the opening, Tony orders two slices at Lenny’s and eats them stacked one on top of the other.
The pizzeria closed in February 2023. The shopfront is at 1969 86th Street, a few doors from 20th Avenue.
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3The Bay Parkway station house on the Sea Beach line, a short walk from the old studio, September 2025. 4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0
1301 West 7th Street, at Bay Parkway, Bensonhurst
Phillips School of Dancing
The dance studio was at 1301 West Seventh Street, at Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst.
Ace Market is at the address now, beside the old studio entrance. Look from West 7th Street at Bay Parkway.
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Stay
Sleep in Bay Ridge.
A hotel on Fourth Avenue, a walk from the promenade.
Best Western
Best Western Gregory Hotel
8315 4th Avenue, Bay Ridge · Check in from 3pm · out by 11am
Seventy rooms on Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, two blocks from the R train at 86th Street and near the Shore Road promenade. Continental breakfast 7 to 10am. Pictured: the promenade.
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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Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
13 of 13 places · 12 of 12 Moments
86th Street at 20th Avenue
86th Street and 20th Avenue, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
The strut
Tony’s opening walk was filmed on 86th Street at 20th Avenue in Bensonhurst.
Lenny’s Pizza
1969 86th Street, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Two slices
At Lenny’s, Tony orders two slices and eats them stacked.
Phillips School of Dancing
1301 West 7th Street, at Bay Parkway, Bensonhurst
Rehearsal
Tony rehearses at Phillips and first speaks to Stephanie there.
John J. Carty Park
Fort Hamilton Parkway, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn
The court
Tony and his friends play basketball at John J. Carty Park.
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
Over the Narrows, between Bay Ridge and Staten Island
On the bridge
The gang stop the car on the bridge and dance along its edge.
The Bay Ridge promenade
Shore Road Park, along the Narrows, Bay Ridge
The bench
Tony and Stephanie sit on a promenade bench, and he recites facts about the bridge.
53rd Street station
Fourth Avenue at 53rd Street, Sunset Park, Brooklyn
The last train
Tony boards an RR train at the 53rd Street station.
New York Transit Museum
99 Schermerhorn Street, Downtown Brooklyn
2001 Odyssey
802 64th Street, at Eighth Avenue, Bay Ridge
The floor
The disco scenes were filmed at 2001 Odyssey on 64th Street.
The hardware store
7305 Fifth Avenue, at 73rd Street, Bay Ridge
A can of paint
Tony works at the hardware and paint store on Fifth Avenue.
The Manero house
79th Street, Bay Ridge
Dinner at home
The family dinner was filmed in the house on 79th Street.
Stephanie’s Manhattan apartment
West 76th Street, Upper West Side
Moving to Manhattan
Tony helps Stephanie move into an apartment on West 76th Street.
The Château d’Hérouville
Hérouville, Val-d’Oise, France
The loop
The Bee Gees wrote the backbone of the soundtrack at Hérouville, and Stayin’ Alive ran on a tape loop.
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