Harlem’s Paradise Nightclub | MCU Location Scout

Entrance to Harlem's Paradise.

This place was a roach trap by the time Mama Mabel died.

Exterior

Cornell Stokes, aka Cottonmouth, makes his headquarters at this popular Harlem club, which he revitalized. As Season 1 starts, Luke Cage works here at night as a dishwasher, and sometimes as a bartender when called upon to do so. The exterior features more in episodes 11 and 12 when the NYPD responds to a shooting at the club, rescues the hostages, and arrests Luke Cage.

The exterior of Harlem’s Paradise is the Music Hall of Williamsburg, a music venue located on N 6th Street in Williamsburg. But other locations were utilized to bring this happening night spot to life.

  • A crowd outside the entrance to Harlem's Paradise Nightclub.
  • The exterior of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Citizens flee out of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Shades on the sidewalk outside Harlem's Paradise.
  • High angle view of Harlem's Paradise entrance.
  • Luke arrested by NYPD officers.

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Interior

The interior of the club includes the main performance space with a second-floor VIP balcony (used primarily by Stokes and his guests) which overlooks the stage and a bar. There’s also the kitchen space and Stokes’ private office, which features a gigantic image of Notorious BIG.

The interior of the club was designed by Loren Weeks and built on a soundstage. An article from FilmAndFurniture.com explains the reasons for building this location, rather than using the interior of an existing club space–which mainly include scheduling concerns for busy venues. When the club appears throughout the season, the VIP balcony, main floor, and Stokes’ office are the primary locales.

  • The bar inside of Harlem's Paradise Nightclub.
  • The performance and dining area inside of Harlem's Paradise Nightclub.
  • Cornell Stokes and two women in the balcony area inside of Harlem's Paradise Nightclub.
  • Luke washing dishes inside of Harlem's Paradise Nightclub.
  • Cornell and Mariah inside of Harlem's Paradise Nightclub.
  • Luke at the bar inside Harlem's Paradise Nightclub.
  • Luke and Misty at the bar inside Harlem's Paradise Nightclub.
  • Luke and Misty outside Harlem's Paradise Nightclub.
  • Shades and Tone meeting with Cornell in his office at Harlem's Paradise Nightclub.
  • Luke in the VIP balcony of Harlem's Paradise with Shades, Tone, and Cornell.
  • Colon and his men walking through Harlem's Paradise nightclub.
  • Colon and his men meeting with Cornell in Harlem's Paradise nightclub.
  • Cornell in Harlem's Paradise nightclub.
  • Cornell and his men in his office at Harlem's Paradise.
  • Luke confronts Cornell in his office at Harlem's Paradise.
  • Mariah giving a speech to a crows in Harlem's Paradise.

Alley

Episode 2 features Tone calling in a request to Turk, who meets with Shades in this back set of stairs and alley at the club.

As mentioned above, only the front entrance to the club was filmed at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. For a more realistic interior and other exterior shot a secondary location was found. This is the side/back entrance alley from the W 176th side of the United Palace Theater, a location that would also play itself later in the season. The street view, below, shows the view outside the alley entrance in the last image.

  • Tone walking down the back access stairs at Harlem's Paradise.
  • Tone and Shades meet with Turk in the back alley of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Turk in the back alley of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Shades exiting the back alley of Harlem's Paradise.

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Rooftop

Episode 2 concludes with Cornell expressing his disappointment in Tone’s handling of the current situation, but throwing him from the rooftop of Harlem’s Paradise.

This rooftop also utilized the United Palace Theater and features the death of Tone on the W 176th Street side of the building.

  • Tone, Cornell, and Shades on the roof of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Tone, Cornell, Mariah, and Shades on the roof of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Tone, Cornell, Mariah, Turk, and Shades on the roof of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Tone crashing into a car after being thrown from the roof of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Cornell on the roof of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Shades and Cornell on the roof of Harlem's Paradise.

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Basement

Episode 11 takes place solely at Harlem’s Paradise, during a hostage negotiation between Diamondback and the NYPD. Claire manages to find a wounded Misty and Luke hiding in a secret room in the basement.

It’s possible that the production returned to the United Palace Theater for this epsiode as well, using other back stairways and basement levels. At this time, the exact location of these rooms is unknown.

  • Claire in the basement stairway of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Claire stepping over a downed thug in the basement stairway of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Claire in the basement stairway of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Claire in the basement lockers of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Luke an Misty in a secret room in the basement of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Luke fights a thug in the basement hallway of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Luke walking through a basement hallway of Harlem's Paradise.
  • Luke walking through a basement hallway of Harlem's Paradise.

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(Luke Cage S01E01-E03, E05, E07-E09, & E10-E13, 2016)