Movies & TV Shows Filmed In Ditmas Park, 2016 Update

It’s somewhat old news that Ditmas Park’s stately homes and tree-lined streets set an ideal stage for movie and television productions — New York City has been luring crews from the country’s production epicenter for a few years now.

But how has this increased activity affected the neighborhood? Some neighbors get a thrill from seeing stars and crews working on our home turf, while others are peeved at the inevitable traffic spikes and lost parking. One reader commented that they’re fed up with the entertainment business’s continued love affair with Ditmas Park — declaring “This is a neighborhood, NOT a film set.”

But with increased film crews comes increased revenues for the city. A 2015 Economic Impact Study found that increased TV and Film production in New York City contributes $8.7 billion to the local economy, a 21 percent increase since 2011, and a 10 percent spike in full-time film industry job growth since 2011, according to the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.

We’ve definitely seen a film spike in the neighborhood before, but what do you think — is there too much filming in Ditmas Park? See the stats and take our poll here.

But first, get your weekend watching inspiration here — browse our updated list of movies and TV shows filmed in the area, and check out our local roster of indie films here. I feel a Ditmas Movie Marathon/Netflix binge session coming on.

*Films marked with an asterisk have been added from our 2013 list.

• Able Danger
• Adderall Diaries *
• Admission *
• And She Was My Eve (short)
• Anomalous *
• Blood Ties
• Can a Song Save Your Life
• City by the Sea
• Cymbeline
• Death Is No Escape
• The Departed
• The Detectives
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• Fan Girl (Meg Ryan) *
• The Following
• Frances Ha
• The Great Gilly Hopkins *
• The Intern *
• The International
• An Invisible Sign
• Growing Up Desiree
• Just Wright
• Little Galicia
• Listen Up Phillip
• Malcolm X
• Manhattan Nocturne *
• My Dead Boyfriend
• My Super Ex-Girlfriend
• Next Stop, Greenwich Village
• Outliving Emily *
• The Pallbearer
• The Reluctant Professor
• Revenge of the Green Dragons
• The Savages
• The Skeleton Twins
• Sophie’s Choice
• St. James Place, the working title for Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg! Tom Hanks!) *
• The Squid and the Whale
• They Came Together
• The Unspeakable Act
• Very Good Girls
• Videoblogs (indie film) *
• Viral *
• A Walk Among the Tombstones
• The Walk
• While We’re Young

And television shows:

• 666 Park Avenue
• The Affair *
• The Americans
• The Black Box
• Blue Bloods
• Boardwalk Empire
• The Carrie Diaries
• Deadbeat
• Eat Our Feelings (web series) *
• Elementary
• The Family *
• The Following
• Friends of the People*
• Fringe
• Girls *
• The Good Wife
• Indignation (based on the Phillip Roth novel) *
• Inside Amy Schumer *
• Karl Manhair, Postal Inspector
• Law & Order: SVU
• Limitless *
• Louie
• (most likely) Master of None — which we now believe is the unnamed “Aziz Ansari project” *
• Mr. Robot *
• The Mysteries of Laura *
• Odd Squad
• Odyssey *
• One Bad Choice *
• Orange Is the New Black,  And again for Season 5! *
• Person of Interest *
• Rescue Me
• Unforgettable
• Us & Them

Did we leave anything else? Catch any upcoming film shoots? Let us know at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com. Can you think of anything we left out, or know of upcoming shoots?

We’ll continue to update this list as we hear about more, so keep checking back!

Additional reporting by Nora Whelan.