Purchase, United States
The scene : The last performance of Swan Lake, the one where Nina finally dances the two swans, was filmed on the stage of this concert hall at the Purchase campus.
Performing Arts Center at Purchase College
Purchase, United States
The scene : The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College serves as the Metropolitan Opera House for several interiors; its lower levels, with concrete block walls, are recognizable in the dancers' dressing rooms.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
New York, United States
The scene : Nina enters the Lincoln Center via Columbus Avenue, at the height of 63rd and 64th West Streets: this is where the ballet company led by Thomas Leroy is based.
New York, United States
Performance hall designed by the architect Philip Johnson, which hosts both theater and opera.
The scene : Upon her arrival, Nina slips into the theater through a side entrance rather than the front.
New York, United States
The scene : Nina comes up from the subway station and then walks towards the ballet theater.
New York, United States
The scene : The small square of Bowling Green, in Lower Manhattan, is among the locations where the crew set up their cameras.
New York, United States
The former federal customs house of Manhattan, located at the foot of Broadway facing Bowling Green, is now home to the New York branch of the National Museum of the American Indian.
The scene : It is here, in the museum located in the old customs house, that Nina is presented to the former holder of the role of the Black Swan.
Brooklyn, United States
Art museum founded in 1897, located in a Beaux-Arts style building designed by the firm McKim, Mead and White; it is designated a New York City Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The scene : The Brooklyn Museum, on Eastern Parkway, is among the filming locations of the movie.
Brooklyn, United States
Hospital opened in 1982.
The scene : Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn, now known as NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull, hosted part of the filming.
Turner Towers
Brooklyn, United States
The scene : The apartment that Nina shares with her mother Erica is not in the Upper West Side: it is located in this building in Prospect Heights, which faces the north side of Prospect Park.
New York, United States
The scene : Nina comes up from the 103rd Street station on Broadway, eager to tell her mother that she has landed the role.
New York, United States
The scene : An address on 4th Avenue, between 12th and 13th Streets East, referred to by the source as "Forum," was used for filming.
New York, United States
The scene : A nightclub, at the corner of Lafayette Street and Walker Street, is among the filming locations.
Filming locations by city
- Filming locations in New York — 75 movies
Filmed at the same locations
- Autumn in New York (2000) — 1 location in common
- Ghostbusters II (1989) — 1 location in common
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) — 1 location in common
- GoodFellas (1990) — Same city: New York
- Crocodile Dundee (1986) — Same city: New York
- Crocodile Dundee II (1988) — Same city: New York