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Filming location · Upper East Side, New York

Holly Golightly’s brownstone

The Upper East Side townhouse that played Holly’s home, stoop, railings and all.

Private · exterior only40.7688° N / 73.9611° W
Directions

Coordinates from published sources · on-site check pending

The scene

What happened at Holly Golightly’s brownstone

Holly’s building, with its stoop and iron railings, is where she meets Paul, her new upstairs neighbor.

Only the exterior was used. The apartment interiors were built on a Paramount soundstage.

Then & Now

On screen · 1961Today
Film frame and current photo pending licensing — preview shown.

On location today

The townhouse is a private home that still looks very much as it did in 1961.

Line up the shot

Stand across East 71st Street and frame the stoop and door together.

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0.8 mi

Open set hours

Midtown Manhattan, New York

Tiffany & Co. Fifth Avenue

Shot here: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

40.7625° N / 73.9740° W

0.9 mi

Private · exterior only

Upper West Side, New York

55 Central Park West

Shot here: Ghostbusters (1984)

40.7717° N / 73.9780° W

1.5 mi

Open set hours

Midtown Manhattan, New York

New York Public Library

Shot here: Ghostbusters (1984) · Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

40.7532° N / 73.9822° W