Rooftops, New York | MCU Location Scout

Peter Parker doing a handstand on the roof of a skyscraper.

What happens on the roof, stays on the roof.

It wouldn’t be a Spider-Man film if he didn’t spend some time on rooftops. The majority of these shots included visual effects in some fashion (there’s no way that Sony would be putting Andrew Garfield on top of a giant skyscraper).

These buildings are all shot around Manhattan in New York, and the details of the locations are annotated below.

  • Peter Parker on the roof of a skyscraper.
  • Peter Parker doing a handstand on the roof of a skyscraper, with the street visible below.
    This image, along with the two above, were shot looking north from a building in the Financial District, though the buildings and streets here appear to be all digitally created.
  • POV of Spider-Man running across roof.
    These buildings, in this sequence appear to be a digitally created NYC, intended to emulate buildings in the Bryant Park area.
  • Spider-Man on the roof of a skyscraper.
    Peter stands on the lip of the SE corner of the MetLife building in Midtown.
  • Spider-Man on the roof of a skyscraper.
    A wide shot shows more of the MetLife building with Peter perched precariously on the precipice.
  • Spider-Man sitting on the edge of a skyscraper.
    Spider-Man enjoys his lunch on the Met Life building, overlooking 100 Park Avenue in Manhattan.
  • Spider-Man on the roof.
    Spider-Man lands on darkened roof in NYC, which may be part of a digitally created skyline.
  • Aerial view of New York intersection at night.
    A police helicopter hovers above a NYC intersection (presumably 6th Ave) in what may be a fully digitally created shot.

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(The Amazing Spider-Man, 2012)