Maps of Movies

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Where Breakfast at Tiffany's says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The famous store window is real, but the apartment upstairs was built in Hollywood.

Scenes and places

Holly at the Tiffany's window at dawn (1961)

Holly steps out of a yellow cab at dawn in a black evening gown and sunglasses, and gazes up at the store's sign. This ritual is how the film introduces her.

Set in Tiffany & Co., 727 Fifth Avenue — The Fifth Avenue flagship store where Holly stops at dawn. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Tiffany & Co., 727 Fifth Avenue — Filmed right here: the opening exterior, plus part of the first-floor showroom. Most other store interiors were built on the Paramount lot. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: On Fifth Avenue at 57th Street, a working store. Go during opening hours.

Holly's brownstone apartment (1961)

New tenant Paul Varjak, locked out, meets Holly in the hallway and they bond over his cat. Outside, Paul notices a man watching the building.

Set in Holly's apartment building, 169 East 71st Street — The brownstone where Holly lives and Paul moves in upstairs. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Only the exterior is the real building at 169 East 71st Street; the apartment and hallway interiors were sets at Paramount.

Paul feels he is being followed in Central Park (1961)

Paul walks through Central Park and gets the sense that someone is tailing him, and ends up on a bench near the bandshell.

Set in Conservatory Water, Central Park — The model-boat pond on the east side of Central Park. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Conservatory Water, Central Park — The scene where Paul feels followed was filmed here (one source). Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Inside Central Park at East 74th Street; walk in from Fifth Avenue.

Filmed at Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park — Paul ends up on a bench near the bandshell (one source). Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: On the Mall in Central Park, around 72nd Street.

Paul and Holly by the fountain (1961)

Paul and Holly sit on the south wall by the fountain of a Park Avenue plaza and talk.

Set in Seagram Building plaza, 375 Park Avenue — The plaza fountain where the two sit and talk. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Seagram Plaza, 375 Park Avenue — Filmed on the plaza by the fountain (one source). Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: On Park Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets; the plaza is open to the public.

The library card catalog (1961)

Holly and Paul look for Paul's book in the card catalog, and a librarian tells them off for talking.

Set in New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street — The main branch with the stone lions. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building — The exterior was filmed here; the interior is a Paramount set. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, free to enter.

Holly's arrest and the women's jail (1961)

Narcotics agents arrest Holly at her apartment and she is taken to court. Her agent later asks Paul to bail her out.

Set in Women's House of Detention, Greenwich Avenue — The former women's jail in Greenwich Village. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Former Women's House of Detention site, Greenwich Avenue — The coordinate is the jail building's lot (now Jefferson Market Garden). The scene itself was filmed across the street, near 7 Greenwich Avenue (one source). Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Greenwich Avenue at West 10th Street; the garden is open to visitors.

Filmed at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Ossining — Holly's visits to Sally Tomato Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Holly Golightly — A New York socialite who lives day to day and treats Tiffany's as a place of calm.
• Paul Varjak — A writer who moves into the building upstairs from Holly.