Hollywood Boulevard, with its convenient location next to the nexus of the American film industry, is appropriately the most filmed street. The IMDb research found 133 movies and shows on Hollywood Boulevard. Notably, not all are of those depictions are labeled as Hollywood Boulevard in movies and shows.
I became accustomed to recognizing filming locations while growing up in California and later living in New York City. It’s like finding a little Easter egg — especially when you notice that place that is supposedly shown on the movie or show is actually somewhere else (or when the depiction is off, which was the case in The Gilded Age).
I lived in New York City’s Washington Heights during the filming for Daredevil, and my street and entrance to my apartment was shut off for a few days one summer. Turns out the showrunners needed somewhere that had a bit more of an edge to depict Hell’s Kitchen, which by that point had already largely been turned into a playground of clubs, restaurants, and overpriced bars.
The most filmed locations in New York trend toward the more glamorous, though. Park Avenue is the second most filmed street overall, while Broadway and Wall Street have many depictions of their own.
Outside of New York City and LA, other popular filming locations include San Francisco (Market Street), Chicago (Wacker Drive), and New Orleans (Bourbon Street).
To make the map, AHS used movies listed on IMDb from 1900 to 2020 with data about filming locations. Only the routes and intersections were included using Google Geocoding API, and the team counted the number of times a street was filmed (landmarks or specific locations on a street were not).
Using this map, you can set up a street tour for yourself, and add the real locations of your favorite TV homes into the mix while you’re at it. 