ReservedRow 5NBC · 1989–1998
A show about nothing. It left a lot behind.
Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer, as they looked while the show was on the air.
September 1993, the Emmys, from the fifth row: the cast had just won and left their seats to go up and collect it. Nothing in the seats. This page starts empty too. Say something and it fills: a diner on Broadway, a soup window with rules, a bagel shop that moved, a ballfield where a stadium stood, and a New York street that was built in Studio City.
Say somethingThe Television Academy lists Jerry Seinfeld as himself, Jason Alexander as George Costanza, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes and Michael Richards as Kramer; Seinfeld won Outstanding Comedy Series for 1993.
Jerry Seinfeld’s official tour page lists Beacon Theatre shows in December 2026, January 2027 and February 2027.
The sting
The theme had no tune of its own. Its composer played a bassline on a synth, with pops and clicks he made with his mouth, under Jerry’s opening monologue, and changed it every week to fit what Jerry said. So say something. The bass will answer, differently each time. Sound plays only when you press.
The bass is waiting for a line. Pick one or type your own.
The theme sounds like slap bass but was played on a synth; the composer, Jonathan Wolff, made the pops and clicks with his mouth and sampled them.
VICE: The Wolff of 116th Street: how Seinfeld’s theme song was created (Reed Dunlea, 17 March 2015)
Jerry’s monologue supplied the melody, and Wolff played a different variation along with it for each episode, across nine seasons and 180 episodes.
VICE: The Wolff of 116th Street: how Seinfeld’s theme song was created (Reed Dunlea, 17 March 2015)
Broadway · this winter
Jerry Seinfeld’s official tour page lists shows at the Beacon Theatre on 11 and 12 December 2026, 8 and 9 January 2027 and 5 and 6 February 2027.
Open on show nights. Jerry Seinfeld is booked here in December 2026, January 2027 and February 2027.
MacDougal Street · about 1984
Bill Grundfest co-founded the Comedy Cellar in 1982. Around 1984 Jerry Seinfeld dropped in for the first time, on a weeknight when a set paid $15. Grundfest offered him the $15; Seinfeld said it was not necessary.
The club’s booker remembers a night when Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Ray Romano went on back to back.
A basement club on MacDougal Street. Book ahead; famous names drop in unannounced.
Broadway at 112th Street · since the 1940s
Its front stood in for Monk’s Café, where the four main characters met for lunch, throughout the run from 1989 to 1998. At first the show used the whole neon sign. Later the “Tom’s” part was left out of the shot, so only “Restaurant” remained.
The early seasons: the whole sign in shot.
Tom’s Restaurant has stood at Broadway and West 112th Street since the 1940s; the Zoulis family founded it and has run it ever since. Suzanne Vega’s song “Tom’s Diner” came first: she grew up in the neighbourhood and ate breakfast here before taking the subway to work. The diner has put an Elaine’s Big Salad on its menu.
A working corner diner: walk in and take a booth. The neon sign is on the Broadway side.
2880 Broadway at 112th Street · A working diner · walk in
The diner whose front was Monk’s Café. Take a booth; the Big Salad is on the menu.
The diner’s story
Take a seat in the booth
Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry
He played himself, at 129 West 81st Street. This winter he is back on stage at the Beacon.
The Television Academy lists Jerry Seinfeld as himself, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes and Jason Alexander as George Costanza.
George was the Yankees’ assistant to the traveling secretary from the end of season 5 through season 8; Steinbrenner was voiced by Larry David.
NBC New York: Yankees’ George Costanza bobblehead giveaway for Seinfeld Night (26 June 2025)
Kenny Kramer lived across the hall from Larry David, the basis for George, at Manhattan Plaza.
NYC Tourism: Kenny Kramer’s Reality Tour (Jonathan Zeller, 20 September 2016)
“Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David spoke at Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s star ceremony on 4 May 2010.
NBC Los Angeles: Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ name misspelled on Hollywood Walk of Fame (4 May 2010)
259A West 55th Street
Al Yeganeh’s takeout counter, Soup Kitchen International, was on 55th Street between Eighth Avenue and Broadway. A 1995 Seinfeld episode featured a chef nicknamed the Soup Nazi, based on Yeganeh. The real counter had rules. Keep all three and you eat.
You are fourth in line. The window is not far.
Things to do today
Nothing done yet. Strike something out.
526 Columbus Avenue; the old shop was at 2239 Broadway
Kramer returns to H&H to end a 12-year walkout, then strikes again when he is refused time off for Festivus.
H&H Bagels began in 1972. The shop at 2239 Broadway closed in 2011 after the co-founder, Helmer Toro, was indicted for tax fraud. About five years later the chief executive, Jay Rushin, brought it back to the Upper West Side at 526 Columbus Avenue.
The Upper West Side shop is now on Columbus Avenue. The old shop at 2239 Broadway is gone.
The Bronx · seasons 5 to 8
George Costanza was the Yankees’ assistant to the traveling secretary from the end of season 5 through season 8. The owner, George Steinbrenner, was voiced by Larry David.
An empty office. The desk looks very solid.
Exterior shots of the original Yankee Stadium appear in several episodes. The stadium was demolished, and a public ballfield now sits on the site. Heritage Field was built in the footprint of the old stadium. The plans for its 11 acres included baseball, Little League and softball fields, memorial paving stones and viewfinders showing the old stadium.
A public park of ballfields on the old stadium’s footprint, across 161st Street from the new stadium.
The Yankees’ home, across the road from Heritage Field. Games and tours are booked with the club.
The Bronx
Live marketplace results for tours of the Yankees’ stadium, across the road from Heritage Field, where the old one stood.
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Compare toursThe Upper West Side, as seen on TV
129 West 81st Street757
On the show, Jerry lives at 129 West 81st Street.
Jerry’s building in the establishing shots is 757 New Hampshire in Koreatown, Los Angeles: a five-storey block of 1928 known as the Shelley, with 757 on its awning. On the show Jerry’s address was 129 West 81st Street, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
Private flats. People live here; the building is named, not mapped.
Radford Studio Center, the former CBS Studio Center, is at 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, and lists Seinfeld among the hits made there. The lot’s exterior New York Street set was built in 1994 for Seinfeld, and the finale was shot at CBS Radford. It has 22 stages and three backlots: New York Street, Residential Street and Central Park.
A working studio behind its gates on Radford Avenue. See the walls and the gate from the street.
Hollywood Boulevard · 4 May 2010
Julia Louis-Dreyfus received the 2,407th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at a late-morning ceremony in front of the W Hotel on 4 May 2010. Larry David and Alan Horn of Warner Bros. spoke. The star read “Julia Luis Dreyfus”, missing an O and the hyphen.
As laid: Julia Luis Dreyfus.
On the pavement, free, at any hour, outside the W Hollywood.
JULIA LUIS DREYFUS
Curtain
11 places you can visit, in New York and Los Angeles. The studio lot in Studio City is seen from the street. Jerry’s building in Koreatown is people’s homes, so it is named but not on the map.
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 corner diner: walk in and take a booth. The neon sign is on the Broadway side.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Open on show nights. Jerry Seinfeld is booked here in December 2026, January 2027 and February 2027.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The Upper West Side shop is now on Columbus Avenue. The old shop at 2239 Broadway is gone.
2880 Broadway at West 112th Street, Morningside Heights
Tom’s Restaurant has stood at Broadway and West 112th Street since the 1940s; the Zoulis family founded it and has run it ever since.
A working corner diner: walk in and take a booth. The neon sign is on the Broadway side.
2124 Broadway, Upper West Side
Jerry Seinfeld’s official tour page lists shows at the Beacon Theatre on 11 and 12 December 2026, 8 and 9 January 2027 and 5 and 6 February 2027.
Open on show nights. Jerry Seinfeld is booked here in December 2026, January 2027 and February 2027.
526 Columbus Avenue; the old shop was at 2239 Broadway
H&H Bagels began in 1972.
The Upper West Side shop is now on Columbus Avenue. The old shop at 2239 Broadway is gone.
Stay
A 1904 landmark on West 79th Street, a walk from Broadway.
201 West 79th Street, New York
Not a filming location: a landmark building of 1904 on the Upper West Side, with Nice Matin on the ground floor. Broadway, the Beacon and H&H on Columbus are a short walk.
Check roomsGo there
Lunch at Tom’s, soup on 55th Street, a free library tour, the Comedy Cellar and the Yankees.
2880 Broadway at 112th Street · A working diner · walk in
The diner whose front was Monk’s Café. Take a booth; the Big Salad is on the menu.
The diner’s story476 Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street · Free · Monday–Saturday 11am and 2pm · 20 places, book online
A docent-led hour round the Schwarzman Building, where “The Library” was shot, including the Rose Main Reading Room.
Book a place117 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village · Book ahead
The basement room where Seinfeld turned down $15 for a set in about 1984. Big names still drop in unannounced.
See the line-ups259A West 55th Street · Takeaway soup
Al Yeganeh’s window, the original of the Soup Nazi’s counter. Choose before you reach it, money ready, move to the left.
About the shopThe Bronx
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Compare toursNew York
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Seven shows on Broadway between December 2026 and February 2027, from his official tour page.
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Take it home
Seinfeldia, two of Jerry’s books and the soundtrack.
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s book about Seinfeld, published by Simon & Schuster in 2016.
Find the bookJerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld’s collection of his own stand-up, published by Simon & Schuster in 2020.
Find the bookJerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld’s first book, in the 1995 Bantam edition.
Find the bookJonathan Wolff · Digital album, 2021
Jonathan Wolff’s music for the series, the bass and the pops, released digitally in 2021.
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Find a copyDates, 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.
The Lucerne Hotel is at 201 West 79th Street in a landmark building of 1904, with Nice Matin on site.
Seinfeld (Original Television Soundtrack) by Jonathan Wolff, a digital release of 2 July 2021.
MusicBrainz: Seinfeld (Original Television Soundtrack), Jonathan Wolff, 2021
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
12 of 12 places · 13 of 13 Moments
2880 Broadway at West 112th Street, Morningside Heights
The diner’s front stands in for Monk’s Café, where Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer meet for lunch.
Early shots show the whole neon sign; later ones leave out “Tom’s” and keep only “Restaurant”.
2124 Broadway, Upper West Side
Jerry Seinfeld returns to the Beacon Theatre for six shows across the winter.
526 Columbus Avenue; the old shop was at 2239 Broadway
Kramer returns to H&H to end a 12-year walkout, then strikes again when he is refused time off for Festivus.
259A West 55th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
A chef nicknamed the Soup Nazi, based on Al Yeganeh of Soup Kitchen International, runs his counter by strict rules.
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 476 Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street
The library scenes are shot at the Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue.
West 43rd Street at Ninth Avenue, Hell’s Kitchen
Kenny Kramer lives across the hall from Larry David at Manhattan Plaza.
117 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village
Seinfeld drops in to the Comedy Cellar for the first time and turns down the $15 fee.
River Avenue at East 161st Street, opposite today’s stadium
George works for the Yankees, and the owner, heard but seen only from behind, is voiced by Larry David.
1 East 161st Street, the Bronx
For Seinfeld Night the Yankees give 18,000 fans a figurine of Costanza napping under his desk.
4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City
A New York street is built on the Studio City lot for the show; the finale is shot there too.
Koreatown, Los Angeles
The establishing shots of Jerry’s Upper West Side building are filmed at a 1928 block in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
Hollywood Boulevard, in front of the W Hotel at 6250
Louis-Dreyfus’s star is laid with her name misspelled: no O, no hyphen.
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