Sightseeing New York with your boyfriend in tow can be difficult. After all if you were with your girlfriends you wouldn’t have any qualms about spending an afternoon in Bloomingdale’s or dragging them halfway around East Village so that you can have your picture taken standing on the steps next to Carrie’s apartment. When it’s your boyfriend however, something’s got to give. So if you’re planning on watching a fashion show at Macy’s or checking out the Gossip Girl Hotel, make sure that you indulge your boyfriend’s passion by ordering a pizza from the restaurant used in Men in Black II, or checking out the Ghostbuster’s fire station.

Grab a Bite with the Men in Black

Your boyfriend is bound to tell you that sightseeing New York and an empty stomach just don’t mix. So before he, or his stomach, get the chance to grumble, whisk him away to Ben’s Pizza, which is probably the most famous pizza joint in the whole of New York City. Sadly, Rosario Dawson won’t be serving you, but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t stop by 177 Spring Street for a slice of the restaurant’s greasy pepperoni pizza, with possibly the best crust you’re ever likely to sample.

Visit Spiderman’s House

From New York’s best pizza, to hanging out with New York’s most famous pizza delivery boy! Most of the Spiderman trilogy was shot around Los Angeles, but if you take the subway to Queens you can still see the childhood home where Spiderman lived with his Aunt Dorothy. Spiderman’s road is 69th Street between Metropolitan Avenue and Sybilla Street in Forest Hills. Whilst you’re in Queens you may be tempted to wander uptown to 92nd Street near Elmhurst Avenue. This is the address of Betty Sanchez from Ugly Betty and the mint-green, colonial house that she lives in is a popular attraction for those sightseeing New York.

Relive Karen’s Disastrous Double Date at Salernos

Another movie filmed around Queens is Goodfella’s, and the Italian restaurant Salerno’s, based at Hillside Avenue on Richmond Hill, Queens, is remembered for being the place that Hill took Karen on their first disastrous double date. Of course, Hill managed to impress Karen later by whisking her through the kitchen at the old Copacabana Nightclub, based at 10 East 60th Street at Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The nightclub may have since closed but you can still see the entrance used for the electrifying tracking shot.

Who You Going To Call?

The small firestation that serves as the Ghostbusters Headquarters is, in fact, a real building and can be seen when sightseeing New York’s Tribeca area. The 8 Hook and Ladder is based at 14 North Moore Street and is still a working firehouse. However, a decommissioned building in Los Angeles was used in the Ghostbusters film for the interiors.

Norman Osborn’s Apartment in Spiderman

Back in Manhattan you can visit the apartment of Norman Osborn, Spidey’s arch-nemesis. Norman’s apartment at 5 Tudor City Place at East 41st Street scores a hat-trick for your film-buff boyfriend, as it was home to no less than three iconic movies. Tom Hanks’ character lived here in Splash, Norman Osborn in Spiderman and most famously it was the home of the intended bomb victim in that cult-movie classic Scarface.

Author Bio: Marta Sanders-Cooper is the New York Destination Expert for Shorex, specialising in unique and unmissable, expert-led tours & excursions in major cities around the world, for the best in city sightseeing. New York tours are custom made and constructed from an extensive menu of activities, attractions and excursions, many of which are unique to Shorex.

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