Ghostbusters II (1989) filming locations
- Documented locations
- 50
- Year
- 1989
- Directed by
- Ivan REITMAN
- Cities
- New York, Los Angeles, Burbank, Beverly Hills
Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
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 : The old Bowling Green customs house embodies the Manhattan Museum of Art, where Dana restores paintings and where the cursed painting of Vigo sleeps. Peter is welcomed by a guard who follows his show, the team comes to investigate the next day, then Dana climbs the stairs in pursuit of her baby before the entire building is flooded with pink slime; this is also where the Ghostbusters emerge victorious.
Hook & Ladder Company 8
New York, United States
Ladder Company 8 firehouse of New York, at the corner of North Moore Street and Varick Street, in Tribeca.
The scene : The Tribeca firehouse remains the headquarters of the Ghostbusters: the new logo is installed there when the team returns to duty, Janine closes up shop under the watchful eye of a nervous Louis, and it is from there that Louis launches himself, harnessed, to go lend a hand to his friends.
Fire Station No. 23
Los Angeles, United States
Beaux-Arts style fire station inaugurated in 1910 in the center of Los Angeles, decommissioned since 1960 and now a popular film set for its period interior.
The scene : This former fire station in downtown Los Angeles serves as the interior of the Ghostbusters' headquarters, where Louis is surprised by a free-roaming Slimer; its top floor also features the interior of the birthday party where Ray and Winston struggle to entertain the children.
325 East 77th Street
New York, United States
The scene : In front of her new building on the Upper East Side, Dana chats with the doorman who helps her carry her groceries, unaware that Oscar's stroller starts rolling on its own.
New York, United States
The scene : The carriage gains speed towards the east and swerves onto the roadway just as Dana, chasing after it, runs alongside this building.
New York, United States
The scene : The carriage rushes into the traffic of First Avenue and comes to a stop at the corner, just as a bus passes by, where Dana picks up Oscar. The crew returns later to this same intersection to take alarming measurements, before the search sequence shifts to night in Los Angeles.
New York, United States
The scene : The Ecto-1, in a sorry state, drives down Columbus Avenue at the height of 89th Street on its way to a children's party.
New York, United States
The scene : Thirty blocks further, the Ectomobile speeds east along Central Park South, still on the way to the birthday.
Manhattan, New York, United States
The building houses The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park.
The scene : On the way to the birthday party, the old Ectomobile speeds east along Central Park South and passes by the St. Moritz hotel that occupied this building.
New York, United States
This museum building is the work of architect Edward Durell Stone.
The scene : Going two blocks west, the Ectomobile drives past this building at Columbus Circle before turning onto Broadway.
New York, United States
The scene : The Ectomobile turns the corner to head down Broadway to the south, following the very route that the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man took in the first film.
New York, United States
The scene : Back on Columbus Avenue: the Ectomobile turns onto 88th Street in front of a dry cleaner and drives away, smoking.
420 East 78th Street
New York, United States
The scene : Ray and Winston arrive at this townhouse to host a children's birthday party that is turning into a fiasco; upon leaving, Ray remains optimistic while Winston painstakingly reviews the last five years.
New York, United States
The scene : Dana walks behind the campus library at Columbia while going to consult Egon about the strange incident involving the baby carriage.
Avery Hall (Columbia University)
New York, United States
The scene : This Columbia building represents the research institute where Egon now works; Dana enters to ask him for help.
33 St Marks Place
New York, United States
Since the end of the 1980s, the façade has changed significantly: the door at street level has been replaced by a staircase leading to the first floor, and the white paint has been stripped.
The scene : Ray holds his occult bookstore here, where he sifts through books with Egon to help Dana until Venkman arrives.
Los Angeles, United States
The scene : At night, Ray and Egon tear up the pavement to trace the slime: this intersection in Los Angeles pretends to be First Avenue. A police officer confronts them in front of 772 South Los Angeles Street, Egon loses his composure, and Venkman plays it cool with a thick New York accent.
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse
New York, United States
The scene : After plunging Manhattan into darkness, the Ghostbusters stand trial: the facade of the federal courthouse in Foley Square is used for the exterior shots.
New York, United States
The scene : At the corner of the barracks, Louis catches up with Janine to invite her to dinner; she instead suggests joining her at Peter's place, where she is watching Oscar, and Louis, left alone, almost gets run over.
New York, United States
The scene : The new Ecto-1A, brand new, speeds past these buildings on Columbus Avenue at the beginning of the montage for the grand comeback.
New York, United States
The scene : During the montage of the grand return, the Ecto-1A drives up First Avenue and turns onto 76th Street in front of a diner.
2 Broadway
New York, United States
This international-style office building, completed in 1959, faces the old customs house of Bowling Green. Its ground floor housed, at the time of filming, a store of the Record Explosion chain, which disappeared in the mid-2000s; the space then became a Chipotle restaurant.
The scene : Wearing Christmas hats, the Ghostbusters emerge from a record store with a smoking trap in hand, in the midst of setting up for their grand comeback.
New York, United States
The scene : On the plaza of this church in the Upper West Side, Ray and Egon collect a sample of the mysterious pink substance oozing from the steps.
New York, United States
The scene : On the race track alongside the reservoir, on the east side near the entrance to 86th Street, a phantom jogger weaves through the runners until Venkman, sitting on a bench, triggers a buried trap with a kick.
New York, United States
The scene : Ray, at the wheel of the Ecto-1A, runs a red light on Hudson Street and turns onto Barrow Street, brushing against the front of Barrow's Pub.
58 East 57th Street
New York, United States
The Orrefors crystal shop has since given way to an Aston Martin showroom.
The scene : The team jumps out of the Ecto-1A and rushes, equipment in hand, into the Orrefors crystal shop to track down a ghost burglar.
New York, United States
The scene : The montage of the big comeback ends with the team running towards the camera, traps in hand, the angle of this building in the background, facing the Orrefors shop.
New York, United States
The scene : Near a telephone booth, in front of this building, Ray and Egon collect a new sample of pink slime.
New York, United States
The scene : The Ecto-1 heads north up the FDR Drive, along the East River.
New York, United States
The scene : The day after his visit, Peter meets his companions in front of the museum as they arrive from this side of Bowling Green.
Warner Bros Stage 16
Burbank, United States
One of the largest soundstages of the Warner Bros studios in Burbank, equipped with a tank.
The scene : Most of the museum's interiors were built on this Burbank lot, where the climax against Vigo was also filmed.
Burbank, United States
The scene : This soundstage at Warner Studios in Burbank was used for filming studio scenes.
New York, United States
The scene : From Long Island City, night falls on the towers of Midtown East, across the East River.
644 Broadway
New York, United States
The scene : Dana settles in with Oscar at Peter's place. As evening falls, while he hails a taxi for their dinner, Peter is intercepted by his friends in yellow raincoats who want to take him to the drool track — he prefers to follow Dana.
10130 Riverside Drive (Toluca Lake)
Los Angeles, United States
Val's Restaurant has since made way for a Trader Joe's supermarket.
The scene : Peter and Dana are dining at "Armand's" when the Ghostbusters, dripping with slime, arrive to tell him about the river of slime flowing beneath the city.
Terminal Warehouse
New York, United States
Built in 1890-1891 by the New York Terminal Warehouse Company under the name Central Stores, this vast railway warehouse occupies an entire block between 11th and 12th Avenue; a tunnel of railway tracks runs through its center and allowed freight trains to enter. It housed the nightclub Tunnel from 1986 to 2001.
The scene : Part of the haunted tunnels of an old subway line, where Winston is hit by a ghost train, is said to have been filmed in this former railway warehouse, then occupied by the nightclub Tunnel; most of the sequence was shot in a studio in Burbank.
Greystone Mansion
Beverly Hills, United States
The exterior of the estate is open to the public year-round; the interior is only visited during special events.
The scene : The Beverly Hills mansion plays Gracie Mansion, the residence of the mayor of New York: the police bring the Ghostbusters there, the doorman (singer Bobby Brown) asks for a proton pack for his little brother, and the mayor listens to their apocalyptic predictions in the grand living room.
1567 Broadway (Times Square)
New York, United States
Built in the late 1910s for the Shubert brothers under the name Central Theatre, the establishment became a movie theater in the 1930s and was known as Movieland from 1980 until its closure in 1989. The theater was demolished in the early 2000s to make way for a W hotel; the former lobby hosted a gourmet grocery store, a Radio Shack store, and then a jeweler.
The scene : During a screening of Cannibal Girls, a ghost bursts forth and drives the audience away from the Movieland cinema in Times Square.
Los Angeles, United States
Grand historic hotel from 1923, located in downtown Los Angeles. It was designed by Schultze & Weaver.
The scene : In front of the entrance to 5th Street, a fur coat comes to life and attacks its owner; the hotel corridors also resemble the Parkview psychiatric hospital, where Louis reunites with the Ghostbusters upon their release.
New York, United States
Large public park in Greenwich Village, dominated by a marble arch from 1892 inspired by the Parisian Arc de Triomphe, the historical heart of the neighborhood and the NYU campus. Created in 1827 as a public garden, it remains an iconic space of Manhattan.
The scene : As the slime overflows into the city, a giant ghost invades the park, driving away pedestrians and motorists.
New York, United States
The scene : A gigantic phantom creature rises over the Washington Square arch, triggering a stampede among the passersby.
New York, United States
The scene : Panicked passersby flee along this house on Fifth Avenue, before the monster perched on the arch is discovered.
New York, United States
The scene : Released from the asylum, the Ghostbusters speed towards the museum in Ecto-1A... but head north up Third Avenue and turn onto 14th Street, opposite Bowling Green.
New York, United States
The scene : Animated by the positive drool, the Statue of Liberty strolls down 54th Street and passes by this building.
New York, United States
Skyscraper in Midtown completed in 1983, standing 202 meters tall with 58 floors, identifiable by its bronze-colored facade.
The scene : The Statue of Liberty rises along Fifth Avenue amidst the crowd and plants its foot in front of the tower.
New York, United States
The scene : At the controls of the statue, Ray accidentally crushes a parked police car in front of this building.
New York, United States
The scene : Louis waits for the M15 bus in front of this building; when the doors open, he discovers Slimer at the wheel.
New York, United States
An iconic monument gifted by France to the United States in 1886, located on Liberty Island at the entrance to New York Harbor. Designed by French architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and holds World Heritage status.
The scene : The statue that the team brings to life with positive slime to confront Vigo is also the setting for the epilogue, where the Ghostbusters receive the keys to the city on Liberty Island.
West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
Los Angeles, United States
West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Sawtelle).
The scene : The veterans' medical center is part of the locations that make up the Parkview psychiatric hospital, from where the Ghostbusters emerge before rushing to the museum.
New York, United States
The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center (1973-2001), in Lower Manhattan.
The scene : The twin towers appear in at least one scene of the film.
Filming locations by city
- Filming locations in New York — 75 movies
- Filming locations in Los Angeles — 155 movies
- Filming locations in Burbank — 55 movies
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