In the film
111 Archer Avenue
A fan location list says the house played the family’s home at “111 Archer Avenue”.
Harlem, Midtown and Forest Hills · 2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
The film gave New York invented names: Archer Avenue, the Lindbergh Palace, the Cavendish Theatre. Its house is a private home on Convent Avenue, shown here by its street only.
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Forest Hills
Unroll the turf
For Richie’s match the crew laid grass on the stadium floor. Slide to lay it strip by strip. Each strip stands for 1,000 square feet of the 10,000 the article names; the sources give no day-by-day record.
0 of 10,000 square feet · 0 of 10 strips
Bare floor. Nothing laid yet.
Wikipedia is the source for the turf. Lay all ten strips to read it.
A private club with a concert stadium beside it. The stand is seen from Dartmouth Street; check with the club before going further.
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On screen, shot here
Six invented names
Pick a name from the film, then flip it to the real place. Most of these rest on a fan-run location list, and each source note says so.
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Go and find the corners
The Waldorf Astoria, the Custom House, the Belasco and Trinity Church Cemetery are seen from the street. Forest Hills and Alder Manor sit behind private grounds. The house on Convent Avenue is a private home and is not pinned.
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Where it is now
6 places you can pin in Manhattan, Queens and Yonkers, plus the Tenenbaum house, named by its street only.
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 hotel on Park Avenue. Seen from the street; the lobby is for guests and visitors to its restaurants.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public building at Bowling Green that now holds a museum. Check its opening hours before you go.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working Broadway theatre. The front is on West 44th Street; inside only with a ticket.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A cemetery and mausoleum on Riverside Drive. Seen from the street; check opening times before going in.
The Park Avenue entrance of the Waldorf Astoria, 2013. Hennem08 · CC BY-SA 3.0 Manhattan · 301 Park Avenue, between 49th and 50th Streets, Midtown
Waldorf Astoria
The production notes say the Waldorf Astoria stood in for Royal’s home, the Lindbergh Palace Hotel.
A hotel on Park Avenue. Seen from the street; the lobby is for guests and visitors to its restaurants.
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The ground level of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green, 2026. Epicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 Manhattan · 1 Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan
The Old Custom House
A fan location list says the old United States Custom House, now the National Museum of the American Indian, played the City Public Archives.
A public building at Bowling Green that now holds a museum. Check its opening hours before you go.
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The Belasco Theatre on West 44th Street, 2022. ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0 Manhattan · 111 West 44th Street, Midtown
Belasco Theatre
A fan location list says the Belasco Theatre played the Cavendish Theatre, where Margot’s play runs.
A working Broadway theatre. The front is on West 44th Street; inside only with a ticket.
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Trinity Church Mausoleum on Riverside Drive, 2009. Jim.henderson · Public domain Manhattan · 770 Riverside Drive at West 153rd Street
Trinity Church Cemetery
A fan location list says Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum played Maddox Hill Cemetery, where Royal visits his mother’s plot.
A cemetery and mausoleum on Riverside Drive. Seen from the street; check opening times before going in.
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Stay
A room on Park Avenue.
The hotel the production notes name as Royal’s Lindbergh Palace.
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Park Avenue, Manhattan
The hotel the production notes name as Royal’s Lindbergh Palace, on Park Avenue. Pictured: the Park Avenue entrance, 2013.
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The archive
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
7 of 7 places · 9 of 9 stories
The Tenenbaum house
Convent Avenue at West 144th Street, Hamilton Heights, Harlem
The house
Filming begins in March 2001 at the Convent Avenue corner, the film’s main location.
The remodel that waited
The owner delays a remodel by six months so the shoot can go ahead.
West Side Tennis Club
Forest Hills, Queens
Ten thousand square feet
AstroTurf is laid at Forest Hills Stadium for Richie’s tennis match.
Centre Court
Scenes are staged on the Centre Court of the West Side Tennis Club.
Waldorf Astoria
301 Park Avenue, between 49th and 50th Streets, Midtown
The Lindbergh Palace
The Waldorf Astoria stands in for Royal’s home, the Lindbergh Palace Hotel.
The Old Custom House
1 Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan
The City Public Archives
The old Custom House plays the archives where the children camp out in a flashback.
Belasco Theatre
111 West 44th Street, Midtown
Margot’s play
The Belasco Theatre plays the Cavendish Theatre, where Margot’s play runs.
Alder Manor
1061 North Broadway, Yonkers
The school
Alder Manor in Yonkers plays the school Margot leaves at 14.
Trinity Church Cemetery
770 Riverside Drive at West 153rd Street
Maddox Hill
Trinity Church Cemetery plays Maddox Hill, where Royal visits his mother’s plot.
