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From my own notes at TheGodfatherTrilogy.com, with extreme thanks and acknowledgement to ScoutingNY.com -- Please report any corrections or additions to jgeoff@jgeoff.com
33 Liberty St (btwn Nassau & William St), New York, NY
Bank · Financial District · 38 tips and reviews
J Geoff Malta 🍸: Exterior of the meeting between the Five Families, in The Godfather. The interior was filmed at the Penn Central Railroad, but has since been gutted.
J Geoff Malta 🍸: In The Godfather Part II, where "Michael Corleone says hello!" Also used in Serpico, Sex and the City, Rent, and many, many other movies and TV shows.
J Geoff Malta 🍸: In The Godfather, Don Vito's interior hospital scenes were shot here, but exteriors were shot at the since-demolished old location of Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx (140th St & Southern Blvd)
J Geoff Malta 🍸: Godfather filming location: 118th Street east of Mt. Pleasant Ave (need address) look for the stoop where the orange-suited Carlo is hanging out, then across the street where Sony kicks his ass
J Geoff Malta 🍸: Was: Louis' Restaurant, where Michael made his bones in The Godfather. Apparently this was a real restaurant (Louis'), and the rumor about filming at Luna's Restaurant is apparently untrue
49-02 Laurel Hill Blvd (btwn Greenpoint Ave & Gale Av), Long Island City, NY
Cemetery · Blissvile · 7 tips and reviews
J Geoff Malta 🍸: Godfather filming location: Where Don Vito rests in peace. Section 1-West, look for DALY tombstone (which has since been turned around!). Check sorabji.com for details.
Apartment or Condo · Brooklyn Heights · 2 tips and reviews
J Geoff Malta 🍸: Supposedly the hotel lobby bar where Luca gets garrotted in The Godfather (despite the hallway being filmed at Hotel Edison in Manhattan)
J Geoff Malta 🍸: Pass through a bunch of weeds to find the abandoned Mitchel Air Force Base runway, where the toll booths were built while filming The Godfather -- goodnight, Sonny!
J Geoff Malta 🍸: Nearby Godfather filming location: Find your way to 110 Longfellow Ave to see the residence where the Corleone Compound was filmed (exteriors)
J Geoff Malta 🍸: Presumed to be Bonasera's Funeral Parlor, in the basement. Possibly also the exterior of the Psychiatric Ward was where Michael and Enzo stood outside the hospital (not confirmed) in The Godfather
J Geoff Malta 🍸: Not a Godfather filming location, but spoken. Next door is "309 West 43rd Street" where Paulie was to look for a hideout ("mattresses")
J Geoff Malta 🍸: SCARFACE (1983) BONUS: 5 Tudor City Place is where Tony Montana accompanied Alberto to find the "problem" they were to "dispose of" -- look for the awning. The car bomb was planted just to the left.
Tudor City Pl (btwn E 41st and E 42nd St), New York, NY
Park · Tudor City · 9 tips and reviews
J Geoff Malta 🍸: PEACEMAKER (1997) BONUS: This is the park you'll see George Clooney run through. Across the street was a fake window built (in the street) he jumped through -- right next to 5 Tudor City Pl