Flatiron Building
From outsideMidtown & Flatiron
The thin wedge at Fifth and Broadway is the Daily Bugle in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films, and the crossing at its north end is where Buddy the Elf has one of his first New York moments.
- Time there
- 15 minutes
- Best time
- Early morning, when the plaza is quiet
- Cost
- Free
- Good to know
- The best full view is from the pedestrian plaza on the north side, at 23rd Street.
Filmed here
Spider-Man (2002)
The outside of the Daily Bugle, where Peter sells his photos to J. Jonah Jameson; the newsroom was a set in Los Angeles.
Elf (2003)
Buddy crosses Broadway at 23rd Street, mistakes a man in a red tracksuit for Santa and helps himself to old gum stuck to the subway railing.
Private land or a working building. Look from a public spot; please don’t go in.
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