🏞 Landscapes & nature
Rikers Island
island in the Bronx, New York, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 40.7907, -73.8810
Rikers Island is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 2 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“Tony Taglialucci (Frank Minucci)'s escape from Rikers Island, set in a river at night, was considered impossible to shoot on location.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Rikers Island as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Carlito's Way 1993
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Analyze That
2002
“The prison scenes were filmed at the Riker's Island prison in Queens, with the prison-release scene shot outside of the entrance to Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Rikers Island?
2 productions are recorded as filmed at Rikers Island, including Carlito's Way (1993) and Analyze That (2002). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Rikers Island?
Carlito's Way (1993), covered by 41 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Rikers Island?
Rikers Island is in United States, at 40.7907, -73.8810.
What other filming locations are near Rikers Island?
New York City, Manhattan, Staten Island, East Harlem and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by User Sfoskett on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.