Where NYC actually films

We pulled 6,000 official NYC film & TV shooting permits from 2025–2026 and mapped where the cameras really go. Here's what the city's own data says.

The borough split

What's shooting

The 12 most-filmed streets in NYC

1. West 48th Street 194 shoots
2. East 11th Street 174 shoots
3. Amsterdam Avenue 152 shoots
4. Dekalb Avenue (Brooklyn) 141 shoots
5. Frost Street (Brooklyn) 113 shoots
6. Monitor Street (Brooklyn) 105 shoots
7. West 55th Street 103 shoots
8. 30th Street 94 shoots
9. Starr Avenue (Queens) 89 shoots
10. Kingsland Avenue (Brooklyn) 86 shoots
11. West 33rd Street 84 shoots
12. Calyer Street (Brooklyn) 80 shoots

Greenpoint and Williamsburg (Frost, Monitor, Kingsland, Calyer, Dekalb) quietly rival Midtown — the Brooklyn side is a production hub hiding in plain sight.

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These published permits — held streets, dates, category, and production fields — are available as filterable data. Current pricing is shown on the Actor listing.

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