Maps of Movies

Léon: The Professional (1994)

Where Léon: The Professional says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A New York hitman's home is a hotel on 23rd Street, most of its rooms are a French studio, and the school at the end is in New Jersey.

Scenes and places

Tony's restaurant in Little Italy (1994)

Léon takes his jobs from Tony, the mafioso he works for. Tony also keeps Léon's earnings for him.

Set in Tony's restaurant (Supreme Macaroni), Little Italy — The Little Italy restaurant of Tony, the mobster Léon works for.

Little Italy, the New York neighborhood where the film places Léon's work.

The flat down the hall (1994)

Mathilda lives with her family down the hall from Léon and has stopped going to her school. Her father has been stashing cocaine for corrupt DEA agents, and trouble is coming.

Set in Mathilda's family apartment, down the hall from Léon — The apartment where twelve-year-old Mathilda lives with her dysfunctional family.

An ordinary apartment building where two neighbors will soon be thrown together.

Filmed at Hotel Chelsea, 222 W 23rd St, Manhattan (Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, United States) — Scenes of the apartment building are set at the Hotel Chelsea; most interiors were built as sets in France. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Léon's apartment (1994)

Léon gives shelter to Mathilda, though he is uneasy about it. She asks him to teach her his trade, and he agrees to train her.

Set in Léon's apartment — The apartment where Léon lives alone and where Mathilda becomes his reluctant guest.

Léon's flat, where the two start their odd life together.

Filmed at Hotel Chelsea, 222 W 23rd St, Manhattan (Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, United States) — The hotel is reported as the building that houses Léon's apartment; most interiors were built as sets in France. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The job in Chinatown (1994)

While Mathilda sets out on her own plan, Léon finishes a job in Chinatown that morning. The man he deals with is Malky, one of the corrupt DEA agents.

Set in Chinatown, Manhattan — The neighborhood where Léon deals with Malky, one of the corrupt DEA agents.

Chinatown, where the news of Léon's work reaches the DEA.

The DEA office (1994)

Mathilda goes to the DEA office with a bag of guns, posing as a delivery girl. She wants to avenge her little brother.

Set in DEA building, 26 Federal Plaza — The federal building where Stansfield's office is, room 4602. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The building where Stansfield works.

The school and the field beside it (1994)

The film's last scene takes place at Mathilda's school and in the field beside it.

Set in Mathilda's school — The school for troubled girls that Mathilda has stopped attending.

A campus on the Hudson used as the school.

Filmed at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey (Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States) — The final scene at the school was filmed here. The coordinate is the center of the campus, not the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Roosevelt Island Tramway, Manhattan (Roosevelt Island, New York, United States) — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Léon — An Italian-American hitman who works for a mafioso named Tony in Little Italy.
• Mathilda — A lonely twelve-year-old who lives down the hall from Léon and asks him to teach her his trade.