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Once Upon A Time In America

8th Avenue South

Brooklyn · United States  ·  Early Lower East Side meeting

Once Upon A Time In America filmed at 8th Avenue South, Brooklyn. The street where the two young men first meet in the 1920s sequence was filmed here. On screen it's 1920s Lower East Side.

Where to go

40.688445, -73.974861

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Once Upon A Time In America (1983)
On screen
1920s Lower East Side
In real life
8th Avenue South, Brooklyn
Can you visit?
Open to the public, free
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Questions

Where exactly did Once Upon A Time In America film at 8th Avenue South?
At 40.688445, -73.974861 in Brooklyn. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit 8th Avenue South?
Open to the public, free.
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