From gangsters to aliens to downtown teenagers, the Lower East Side has been a main character of the silver screen for decades and staying at UNTITLED puts you within walking distance of nearly 80 years of New York movie history. Here are a few film locations worth visiting:

187 Chrystie Street

In Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), 187 Chrystie Street was used for exterior shots of Peter Parker’s apartment building. It’s the shabby downtown apartment Peter moves into while struggling with rent, work, school and his increasingly complicated life as Spider-Man.

The Bowery Ballroom – 6 Delancey Street

One of downtown's best-known music venues has had a few memorable moments on screen too. The Bowery appears in Coyote Ugly (2000) in the climactic open-mic sequence, where Violet finally performs her own music in front of an audience.

It also forms part of the downtown world of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008), which follows Michael Cera and Kat Dennings through New York's late-night indie music scene. Nearby 199 Bowery, then home to the club Crash Mansion, was another location used in the film.

Orchard Street

Few streets have been as useful to filmmakers looking for quintessential Lower East Side New York as Orchard Street.

In Men in Black (1997), the area around 92–94 Orchard Street appears when Agent J meets Frank the Pug. Sergio Leone also used Orchard Street to recreate early 20th-century New York in Once Upon a Time in America (1984).

More recently, 135–137 Orchard Street was transformed back into 1950s New York for Marty Supreme (2025), starring Timothée Chalamet.

Essex Street

Crossing Delancey (1988) was filmed extensively around the neighborhood, following Izzy between her downtown family life and the literary world of uptown Manhattan.

The former Essex Market at 108 Essex Street appears in the movie, while 35 Essex Street, then home to Guss' Pickles, became the fictional Posner's Pickles, where Izzy's grandmother tries to set her up with pickle seller Sam. The market has since moved across the street to 88 Essex, but much of the surrounding neighborhood is still instantly recognizable.

Rivington Street

Rivington Street has appeared on screen in several very different versions of New York.

In Begin Again (2013), starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo, scenes were filmed at the former Schiller's Liquor Bar at 131 Rivington Street. A few doors away, 124 Rivington Street, formerly Schapiro's Kosher Wines, appears in Crossing Delancey.

Ludlow Street

In Adventureland (2009), starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, 37 Ludlow Street was used as the exterior of Emily's New York apartment.

A few blocks up, the former Motor City Bar at 127 Ludlow Street appeared in Generation Um... (2012), starring Keanu Reeves.

Stanton Street

The Naked City (1948) was famously shot on location around New York rather than relying entirely on studio sets, leaving behind an extraordinary record of the postwar Lower East Side.

192 East Broadway

If any movie captures the energy of downtown New York in the '90s, it's Party Girl (1995).

The cult comedy stars Parker Posey as Mary, a wildly dressed fixture of the city's club scene who takes a job at her godmother's library after being arrested for throwing an illegal party.

That library was filmed at 192 East Broadway at Jefferson Street, bringing one of the movie's central locations to the Lower East Side.

Katz’s Delicatessen – 205 E Houston St.

Katz's is responsible for one of the most famous scenes in romantic-comedy history. When Harry Met Sally (1989) filmed its legendary Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal deli scene right here.

But Katz's filmography doesn't stop there. Johnny Depp's Donnie Brasco (1997) filmed at the deli, and Enchanted (2007) used both its dining room and kitchen as Nathaniel attempts to communicate with Queen Narissa while Prince Edward casually eats lunch.

Best of all, this isn't a location you have to admire from the sidewalk. Walk in, grab a ticket and order a pastrami sandwich in essentially the same room you've seen on screen.

Double Down Saloon – 14 Avenue A

For Caught Stealing (2025), director Darren Aronofsky turned the East Village back into 1998 New York. The crime thriller, starring Austin Butler and Zoë Kravitz, filmed extensively around Avenue A and East Houston, where the production recreated the late-'90s East Village down to its storefronts and signage.

Double Down Saloon was transformed into Paul's Bar. The production even brought back long-gone neighborhood fixtures like Kim's Video and Benny's Burritos to make the modern East Village look like its 1998 self.

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