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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

Where Home Alone 2: Lost in New York says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Lost in New York, but the toy store, the hotel pool and the suite are Chicago, and the uncle's house is a Los Angeles backlot.

Scenes and places

The McCallisters' house in the Chicago suburbs (1992)

The McCallisters' Christmas trip starts in chaos. After a prank on his cousin, Kevin is sent up to the attic, and the family heads out in a rush.

Set in McCallister family house, Chicago suburbs — The suburban Chicago house the family leaves from at the start of the trip. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at McCallister house, 671 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka (Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, Illinois, United States) — Filmed here: the house is the family home in the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Kevin gets separated at the airport (1992)

The family hurries to board a flight in the crowd. Kevin gets separated from them and is left behind.

Set in Chicago airport — The airport where the family boards and Kevin gets separated from them. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at O'Hare International Airport (O'Hare Airport, Chicago, United States) — Filmed here. The airport also doubled for New York's JFK on his arrival. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Kevin checks in at the Plaza Hotel (1992)

Kevin arrives in New York and checks in alone with his father's credit card. The staff grow suspicious of the boy living in a suite.

Set in The Plaza Hotel, New York — The grand hotel where Kevin checks in alone with his father's credit card. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at The Plaza Hotel, lobby and a suite (Fifth Avenue, Midtown, New York, United States) — Real lobby and one suite filmed here; the owner allowed it in exchange for a cameo. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, 120 E Delaware Pl (Gold Coast, Chicago, United States) — The hotel pool scene was filmed here, not in New York. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Hilton Chicago, Conrad Hilton Suite, 720 S Michigan Ave (South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States) — The big suite scenes were filmed here, in Chicago. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Duncan's Toy Chest (1992)

Kevin shops for toys and gives money to the store's charity drive. The two burglars he met earlier plan to rob the shop.

Set in Duncan's Toy Chest (toy store) — The toy store where Kevin shops and gives money to a charity drive. The sources give no street address for it in the story.

Filmed at The Rookery, 209 S LaSalle St, Chicago (The Loop, Chicago, United States) — The store's outside was filmed on this Chicago office building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Uptown Theatre, 4816 N Broadway, Chicago (Uptown, Chicago, United States) — The store's inside was a set built in this theatre's lobby. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The pigeon lady in Central Park (1992)

Kevin wanders into the park and meets a lonely woman who feeds the pigeons. She tells him about trust and loneliness.

Set in Central Park, near Gapstow Bridge — Where Kevin first meets a lonely woman who feeds the pigeons. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Gapstow Bridge, Central Park (Central Park, the Pond, New York, United States) — The woman is first spotted at this bridge over the Pond. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Uncle Rob's empty townhouse (1992)

Kevin finds his uncle's townhouse empty. He turns it into a trap-filled fortress for the two burglars.

Set in Uncle Rob's townhouse, Upper West Side — The empty townhouse Kevin turns into a trap-filled fortress. The story address (51 West 95th Street) has no coordinates in our sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Brownstone Street, Universal Studios backlot, Los Angeles (Universal Studios Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States) — The house front is a set on this backlot street. Coordinates point to Universal Studios Hollywood as a whole, not the street itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The giant Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center (1992)

Kate searches the crowds at Rockefeller Center for her missing son, and Kevin heads for the giant Christmas tree.

Set in Rockefeller Center Christmas tree — The plaza with the giant Christmas tree. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Rockefeller Center (Rockefeller Center, New York, United States) — Listed as a filming location; one source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Queensboro Bridge (Queensboro Bridge, New York, United States) — Taxi ride into Manhattan Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Avenue of the Americas (Midtown, New York, United States) — Photo outside Radio City Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Empire Diner (closed), 210 Tenth Ave (Chelsea, New York, United States) — Santa on stilts Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Pulitzer Fountain, West 58th St (Grand Army Plaza, New York, United States) — The beads scene Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Teachers College, Columbia University (Broadway entrance) (Morningside Heights, New York, United States) — Hospital donation scene Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Symphony Center, Michigan Ave and Adams St, Chicago (The Loop, Chicago, United States) — Carnegie Hall orchestra scene Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Kevin McCallister — A boy separated from his family at the airport and left alone in New York.
• Kate McCallister — Kevin's mother, who searches for him.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the Plaza Hotel pool and suite really filmed?
• Where was Duncan's Toy Chest really filmed?
• Where is Uncle Rob's New York townhouse really?