Maps of Movies
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Where The Amazing Spider-Man says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
New York on screen, but the school, the corner store and the bridge fight were partly built or shot in Los Angeles
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Scenes and places
The Parker house in Queens (2012)
Peter lives with Aunt May and Uncle Ben. Years after being left with them, he finds his father's old case in the basement.
Set in The Parkers' house, Forest Hills, Queens — The home where Peter lives with Aunt May and Uncle Ben. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The film sets the house in Forest Hills, a residential part of Queens.
Filmed at Fuller Place, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn — Exteriors only. A row of houses here stands in for Forest Hills, Queens. Interiors were sets built in Los Angeles. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: A residential street in Brooklyn's Windsor Terrace, near Prospect Park. Coordinates mark the neighbourhood, not a house; the photo shows the neighbourhood, not Fuller Place itself.
Midtown Science High School (2012)
Peter takes photos for the school, then stands up to the bully Flash. Gwen Stacy checks on him afterward.
Set in Midtown Science High School, Manhattan — Peter's school, where he photographs for the paper and stands up to the bully Flash.
An invented school; the film places it in New York.
Filmed at William Howard Taft Charter High School, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles — Exterior of the school. The gym and football field were another Los Angeles school, St John Bosco High School in Bellflower (no coordinates in our sources). Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: A working public school in Los Angeles' Woodland Hills; treat it as a view from the street, not an entry.
Oscorp, the lab with the intern tour (2012)
Peter sneaks into an Oscorp intern tour and meets Gwen, the head intern. Dr. Connors shows the interns his cross-species lab work.
Set in Oscorp Tower, Manhattan — The tower where Gwen is head intern and Dr. Connors works.
The fictional Oscorp Tower is a skyscraper campus in the film's New York.
Filmed at Hearst Tower, Midtown Manhattan — The lobby and street-level exterior are said to be Hearst Tower, and the tower's design is said to be modelled on it. The labs inside were built on a soundstage. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Hearst Tower stands on Eighth Avenue near Columbus Circle; the lobby is part of a working office building.
The corner store and the street (2012)
Peter storms out after arguing with Ben. In a corner store he comes up two cents short for milk and is mocked by the clerk.
Set in The corner store and street, Queens — The neighbourhood store and street where Peter's night goes wrong.
An invented neighbourhood store in the film's Queens.
Filmed at 61st Street at Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens — Exterior street shots of the Forest Hills street. The store itself was the Palace Cleaners on York Blvd in Los Angeles (no coordinates in our sources). Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Next to the 61st Street-Woodside subway stop in Queens.
Swinging through the city (2012)
Peter, masked, hunts for the man with a star tattoo. He stops a car thief with webbing, then the police give chase.
Set in The streets of New York — The city streets Peter swings through after he puts on the mask. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A general stretch of the city, not one address.
Filmed at Riverside Drive Viaduct, Harlem — A web-swinging stunt sequence was filmed here, under the viaduct at West 130th Street and 12th Avenue; the police chase itself was shot on South Grand Ave in Los Angeles. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The viaduct carries Riverside Drive over the streets of Harlem; the swing shots are placed under it at West 130th Street by 12th Avenue. Coordinates are the Wikidata value for the Riverside Drive Viaduct.
Dinner at the Stacys' (2012)
Peter climbs to Gwen's apartment by the fire escape. Captain Stacy grills him over dinner about the masked vigilante.
Set in The Stacy apartment, Upper West Side — Captain Stacy's home, where Gwen's family has dinner. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A residential area of Manhattan west of Central Park.
Filmed at 15 West 81st Street, Upper West Side — Exterior of the apartment building. The rooftop scenes appear to have been shot on a soundstage. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: A residential block on Manhattan's Upper West Side; coordinates are for the neighbourhood.
The Williamsburg Bridge (2012)
A giant lizard attacks the vehicles on the bridge. Spider-Man saves a boy trapped in a dangling car and lends him his mask.
Set in Williamsburg Bridge — A bridge over the East River where a lizard attacks the traffic. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Opened in 1903, it spans the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Filmed at Williamsburg Bridge, New York — Filmed on the bridge itself and on a Los Angeles soundstage with a built piece of the bridge. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: A bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan; its footpath is open to walkers.
Police headquarters (2012)
Peter warns Captain Stacy about Dr. Connors but is not believed.
Set in NYPD headquarters — The police headquarters where Captain Stacy works. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A Beaux-Arts building completed in 1907.
Filmed at Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, Bowling Green — Exterior of the building used as NYPD headquarters; in the scene where Captain Stacy walks out of the building to find a dangling criminal, it is the Custom House exterior (the same building houses the National Museum of the American Indian). Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: On Bowling Green at the southern tip of Manhattan; it also houses a museum.
The sewer hideout (2012)
Peter tracks the Lizard through the sewers and phones Gwen for help at Oscorp.
Set in The New York sewers — The sewers where Peter tracks the Lizard.
Underground tunnels; the shooting location isn't known.
Oscorp Tower rooftop (2012)
The story returns to Oscorp Tower.
Set in Oscorp Tower rooftop — The top of Oscorp Tower.
The shooting location isn't known.
Filmed at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles — A funeral scene Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at New York Street backlot, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal City, Los Angeles — A city street scene Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Richmond Hill, Queens — Scene not named Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Sony Pictures Studios, 10202 W. Washington Blvd, Culver City — Studio sets Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Peter Parker — A high-schooler in Queens who finds his father's old case and learns what it holds.
- Gwen Stacy — Head intern at Oscorp and a classmate of Peter's; her father is a police captain.
- Dr. Curt Connors — An Oscorp scientist working on cross-species research.
- Captain Stacy — Gwen's father, a police captain who stands for law and order.
Questions answered on the map
- Where is the Parker family's Queens street really?
- Peter's New York high school: where was it really filmed?
- Which real Manhattan tower is Oscorp?