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New York: Top 10 filming locations for Men in Black
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Headquarters
The mythical entrance to the MIB HQ is in reality one of the ventilation towers of the Holland Tunnel, providing one of the two underground road links between Manhattan and New Jersey. The interior of the headquarters was created in Sony studios in Los Angeles. The decorators had to give it a style resembling an airport of the 60s. The examination room is directly inspired by JFK’s TWA terminal.
Address: 504 Battery Place, New York, USA
Battery Park
After his first visit to MIB headquarters, Agent J (Will Smith) sits in the park across the street to take stock of the new world that is opening up to him.
Address: Battery Park, New York, USA
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Designed by architects Philip Johnson and Lev Zetlin for the 1964 World’s Fair, the towers of the New York State Pavilion are shaped like flying saucers. That was all it took for the MIB writers to make the leap, turning the park into a landing site for the aliens. One of the ships even crashes into the Unisphere, the gigantic 42-metre-high sculpture of the globe.
In very bad condition, the towers cannot be visited and were almost destroyed a few years ago. A citizen movement managed to save them. They are now being restored.
Address: Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York, USA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The first pursuit between Agent J and an alien takes place in this magnificent museum of modern art designed by the great architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Its particularity is that it has a helix structure: the visitor enters from the top and gradually descends to the ground floor via a slightly sloping ramp.
Address: 1071 5th Avenue, New York, USA
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Empire Diner
Agent J and his partner Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) share a meal before he is “neuralyzed”. The Empire is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful dinners in Manhattan and appears in many films and series. Its interior decoration has been totally redesigned in 2011.
Address: 210 10th Avenue, New York, USA
Grand Central
Their investigation leads the MIBs to Grand Central, a station housing a whole people in locker C-18 of their locker room.
Address: 89 East 42nd Street, New York, USA
Statue of Liberty
The torch of the statue hides a giant Neuralyzer to erase the memory of the New Yorkers so that they forget the fight that just took place.
Address: Liberty Island, New York, USA
Famous Ben’s Pizza
On the spot, a poster of the film reminds us that a scene was shot in this pizzeria with generous and cheap shares.
Address: 177 Spring Street, New York, USA
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Cosmic Lanes
The front of the Van Nest Lanes is used for the front of the Cosmic Lanes bowling alley.
Address: 1756 Bronxdale Avenue, Bronx, New York, USA
Chrysler Building
To save Agent K, Agent J jumps from the Chrysler Building to travel back in time to 1969.
Address: 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, USA
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