New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue
Free to visitMidtown
The lions out front, and the opening of Ghostbusters.
- Time there
- 30–60 min
- Best time
- Weekday mornings
- Cost
- Free
- Good to know
- Free tours Monday–Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Rose Reading Room tours sign up 30 minutes ahead.
Filmed here
Ghostbusters (1984)
The opening: a librarian meets the first ghost. The reading room had to be cleared by 10am; the basement stacks were shot in Los Angeles.
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