Riverbank Medical Center, New York | MCU Location Scout

Jessica and Trish entering Riverbank morgue.

I’m here from the Medical Examiner’s office. There’s an older male subject that I need to examine.

JESSICA JONES SEASON 1

Jessica drags Trish to a morgue, where she heard on the police scanner that an older man was admitted. She believes she can catch Kilgrave by getting a lead from his father’s dead body.

Based on photographic evidence, this appears to be the Coler-Goldwater Hospital (also known as NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler) located on Roosevelt Island. The location has been used for other shows in the Netflix pantheon, as well as The Exorcist (1973).

  • Jessica entering Riverbank morgue.
  • Jessica and Trish entering Riverbank morgue.
  • Jessica and Trish following worker into Riverbank morgue.
  • Jessica, Trish, and Maury in Riverbank morgue.
  • Jessica entering Riverbank morgue.
  • Jessica entering Riverbank morgue.

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DAREDEVIL SEASON 3

Riverbank makes its first appearance on Daredevil in the third season when Karen visits the bedside of abduction victim Mr. Kazemi to get a story from his daughter, Neda. Matt stops by later to make sure they’re okay and let her know that the men responsible are in jail. As he exits the hospital, he overhears that Wilson Fisk has been released from prison by the FBI. Ray visits the hospital in episode 3 to check on the Agents who were injured in the shootout with the Albanians.

For episodes 2 & 3, the Metropolitan Hospital in East Harlem was used. The exterior shots with Matt were instrumental in figuring this one out. A bridge is visible outside the windows in episode 3–it’s the Ward’s Island Bridge crossing the Harlem River.

  • Nurses station in Riverbank Hospital.
  • Room and hallway in Riverbank Hospital.
  • Karen talks to Neda Kazemi in Riverbank Hospital hallway.
  • Karen talks to Neda Kazemi in Riverbank Hospital hallway.
  • Matt exits Riverbank Hospital.
  • Matt exits Riverbank Hospital.
  • Matt exits Riverbank Hospital.
  • Matt exits Riverbank Hospital.
  • Nadeem and some family's in the hallway of the hospital.
  • Nadeem approaches SAC Hattley in the hallway of the hospital.
  • Nadeem speaks with SAC Hattley in the hallway of the hospital.
  • Nadeem in the hallway of the hospital.

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In episode 7, Karen returns to visit Mitchell Ellison in room B-178, while he is convalescing after the attack at the Bulletin. This room does not appear to have been filmed at the same location as earlier in the season. The buildings outside the window do not match up with any architecture near the Metropolitan Hospital. This may not even be a “real” hospital, since all that is seen is the doorway and the room.

  • Karen outside a hospital room in Riverbank Hospital.
  • Karen and Ellison in his room at Riverbank Hospital.
  • Karen in Ellison's room at Riverbank Hospital.
  • Karen in Ellison's room at Riverbank Hospital.

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JESSICA JONES SEASON 2

Exterior – Morgue

A quick exterior establishes the Riverbank Medical Center.

For Jessica Jones, the exteriors were shot outside 504 E 5th St, in the East Village, complete with a fictitious sign. This is the same location used for the Tompkins Square Free Clinic in episode 3 of Season 1.

  • Exterior of the Riverbank Medical Center.

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Exterior – Episode 12

Episode 12 is a busy episode at the hospital, as Dorothy urges all people watching her interview to “Pray for my Patsy.” Alisa sees the news report and knows exactly where to find her next victim. Finally, Jessica sneaks out of the hospital, past the police blockade, by hiding in the back og a mortuary van.

The East Harlem Metropolitan Hospital was used for all these exterior shots. Dorothy enters at the main entrance off 2nd Avenue that is closest to E 97th Street. Alisa startles the orderly snacking out back along the E 97th Street driveway closest to 2nd Avenue. Finally, Jessica hops into the mortuary van (which is outside the morgue, ‘natch), which is at the trash alley on the E 99th Street side.

  • Dorothy walking along sidewalk outside the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • News reporters approaching Dorothy outside the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Dorothy and news reporters outside the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Dorothy and news reporter outside the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Dorothy and news reporter outside the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Rear side of the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Orderly snaking outside the rear side of the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Orderly and Alisa outside the rear side of the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Jessica looking at a dead Detective Sunday on the roof of Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Jessica on a trash dumpster outside Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Jessica behind a trash dumpster outside Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Men loading bodies in a mortuary van outside Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Jessica running towards a mortuary van outside Riverbank Medical Center.

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Interior – Morgue

In episode 3, Trish visits the Medical Center, once again, to get help from Murray. This time, it’s providing an autopsy on a severed head found in Leslie Hansen’s furnace, which Jessica sneaks into the morgue. Later, after she is attacked by Alisa in episode 12, the police move her into the morgue for protection.

The interiors for the morgue were again filmed at the Coler-Goldwater Hospital, the same as in Season 1.

Episode 3

  • Jessica sneaking into the morgue at the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Jessica sneaking into the morgue at the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Jessica sneaking into the morgue at the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Trish inside the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Murray inside the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Murray inside the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Trish and Murray inside the Riverbank Medical Center.

Episode 12

  • Dorothy and Jessica in hallway outside the Riverbank Medical Center morgue.
  • Dorothy and Jessica in hallway outside the Riverbank Medical Center morgue.
  • Dorothy and Jessica in hallway outside the Riverbank Medical Center morgue.
  • Jessica and Detective Costa walking through the Riverbank Medical Center morgue.
  • Jessica and Detective Costa in the Riverbank Medical Center morgue.
  • Trish and Jessica in the Riverbank Medical Center morgue.

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Interior – Hallway & Patient Rooms

The last three episodes of the season feature Trish being treated at Riverbank after a near-disastrous encounter with Dr. Malus.

As with Daredevil Season 3, the Metropolitan Hospital was used once again for the interiors of the hospital proper. For scenes in Trish’s room, it appears to be a mix of footage from the actual hospital and a recreated set. The set is evident when Alisa climbs in and jumps out of the window (especially with a camera being on the outside of the building.

  • Jessica watching Trish inside the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Jessica in a hallway of the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Jessica and Malcolm in a hallway of the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Jessica in a waiting room of the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Jessica, Trish, and Dorothy in a Riverbank Medical Center room.
  • Jessica, Trish, and Dorothy in a Riverbank Medical Center room.
  • Jessica, Trish, and Dorothy in a Riverbank Medical Center room.
  • Jessica in a Riverbank Medical Center room.
  • Jessica running through a hall of the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Jessica running through a hall of the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Alisa climbing into Trish's window at the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Alisa climbing into Trish's window at the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • Jessica looking out Trish's window at the Riverbank Medical Center.
  • The doctor, Dorothy and Trish in a Riverbank Medical Center room.
  • Trish and Detective Costa in a Riverbank Medical Center room.

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(Jessica Jones S01E11, 2015; Jessica Jones S02E03 & E11-E12, 2018; Daredevil S03E02-E03, E07 & E11-E13, 2018)