LOCATIONS - SUMMARY

The Hoods was set in Manhattan's Lower East Side around Delancey Street but at the time of filming this location was not suitable. Leone had been offered the streets used in The Godfather Part Two but he wanted more depth of field and one of New York's great bridges in the backgound. Leone opted for the area to the South East of Williamsburg bridge - South 8th Street and South 6th Street.

Some of the houses in the area were owned by the city or boarded up or abandoned and Gabila's Knish Factory took up a substantial part of one side of South 8th St.

The following locations in and near to New York were used.

Williamsburg

Broadway & Dunham Place - Noodles' journey in rental car to Fat Moe's (photos)

South 6th Street - Rolling a drunk attempt, Max & Noodles first meet (photos)

South 8th Street - Exterior of Gelly's Bar/Fat Moe's, Synagogue & Cemetery
Noodles', Peggy's & Patsy's House, Max's House (photos)

Bedford Ave - Deborah walking home (photos)

Brooklyn

Chambers Paper Fibres, Adams Street & John Street - the entrance to Capuano's secret distillery (photos)

Water Street, Front Street, Adams Street - The walk from the station and the death of Dominic (photos)

Main Street - Max & the gang looking on whilst Noodles is taken to prison (the doors of the prison are in Montreal) (photos)

Chinatown

Hallway Scenes - charlotte russe (Young Noodles Patsy & Peggy) (photos)

Manhattan

North of 401 Broadway, near junction of Broome Street & Mercer Street Rooftops scene (Fartface Peggy Max Noodles & Patsy) (photos)

McSorley's Old Ale House 15 East 7th Street - Noodles picks a drunk to roll (photos)

Brooklyn Bridge North - Frisbee scene (photos)

Hoboken

The Lackawanna Railroad and Ferry terminal - Suitcase/Locker scenes (photos)

Queens

Court Square next to Long Island City Court - Noodles leaves prison and is met by Max (photos)

Bronx

Woodlawn Cemetery - Mausoleum and Riverdale cemetery (photos)

Spring Lake, New Jersey

Warren Ave, Passaic Ave & Ocean Ave - Noodles exits car after his date with Deborah (photos)

Not in the film but Leone first met Harry Grey in a bar in Queens near the New Calvary Cemetery, just off Greenpoint Avenue.  May be the model for the 1968 version of Fat Moe's bar.

Parts of South 8th Street were duplicated in Montreal and Rome and the remaining locations were as follows:

ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

Don CeSar Beach Resort, St Pete Beach - Max, Carol, Noodles & Eve on beach

MONTREAL

Dead bodies scene following Noodles' betrayal
Setting fire to Newsstand
Noodles goes to prison
Shooting of Crowning's men (Chicken Joe & Willie the Ape) (photos)
Federal Reserve bank
Possibly a 3rd Fat Moe's set

Trois Rivieres, near Quebec

Shooting of Joe - car swimming

ROME

A set near Prietralata

Fat Moe's Diner & Speakeasy
Gelly's Deli
Back room of Gelly's Bar - Deborah's dance routines
Alleyway
Burnt out car being extinguished by foam on TV

Teatro la Cometa

Shadow Puppet Theater

Cinecitta Studio

Toilet scene - Young Noodles & Peggy
Opium Den above Shadow Puppet Theater
Reginald Marsh/Big Apple murals
Van Linden's Office - Diamond robbery
Hospital - changing baby
Hospital - Jimmy getting treatment
Peggy's whore house

Mattadoyo di Roma (old abattoir)

Jimmy in tank of gasolene

Pratica di Mare

Garbage Truck scene

Belaggio, Lake Como

David and friends with cars - Secretary Bailey's mansion

VENICE

Porto Marghera - The kids rescue a shipment using salt (photos)

The Hotel Excelsior, The Lido - Noodles' date with Deborah & lying on the beach

PARIS

Brasserie Julien, Rue St Denis - Deborah waits for train (deleted scene)

Gare du Nord railway station - Deborah departs for Hollywood

Brief post on the dates when Leone visited the locations:

Filming started Jun 14 1982

1982

Jun - July	Rome
July (4 days)	Paris (Gare du Nord/Brasserie Julien)
July - Aug	Venice, Rome
Late Aug-Oct	Canada, New Jersey, Florida
Mid Oct-Dec	New York

1983

Rome, Venice, Lake Como, Rome

Filming completed Apr 22 1983

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