Filming locations · Comedy / Fantasy

Ghostbusters (1984)

Name: Ghostbusters
Director: Ivan Reitman
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Released: 1984

Three out-of-work scientists go into business catching ghosts in New York.

Released: 1984
Director: Ivan Reitman
Runtime: 105 min
Shot in: New York

Where was Ghostbusters filmed?

Ghostbusters shot its New York exteriors on location and its interiors in Los Angeles, a common trick that makes location-hunting half detective work.

The three main locations are all still standing, and one is still a working firehouse.

3 locations, in the order they appear on screen.

Scene by scene

The library ghost
New York Public Library
The film opens in the New York Public Library, where a librarian meets the first ghost.
Open set hours40.7532° N / 73.9822° W
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Headquarters
Hook & Ladder 8 Firehouse
The team buys an old firehouse. The exterior is Hook & Ladder 8 in Tribeca.
Private · exterior only40.7195° N / 74.0066° W
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Spook Central
55 Central Park West
The final battle takes place at Dana’s building, 55 Central Park West.
Private · exterior only40.7717° N / 73.9780° W
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Trivia for the obsessed

The firehouse interiors were shot in a Los Angeles fire station.
The temple on top of 55 Central Park West was created with models and matte paintings.
The crew at Hook & Ladder 8 displays the Ghostbusters logo.