New York was the first center of American movie-making. When Thomas Edison and other inventors developed this new technology at the end of the 19th century, New York City was already the American cultural and ... Read More

New York (CNN Business) -On a soundstage near the Brooklyn waterfront, dozens of production staff are gathered around four actors as they perform a scene about the hunt for a missing ring. Camera people, sound ... Read More

The holiday season in Astoria was launched with the Fifth Annual Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony on Friday, December 6 at the front gates of Kaufman Astoria Studios. This year the tree is once again decorated ... Read More

For decades the open secret about films and TV shows set in the Big Apple was that they were not actually shot here. Jerry Seinfeld's Upper West Side apartment was on a Los Angeles soundstage. NYPD ... Read More

As Hal Rosenbluth tells it, it was the 59th Street Bridge that was the problem. “It was the days of Woody Allen, Alan Pakula, and Sidney Lumet, because they were the New Yorkers that were ... Read More

What do “Animal Crackers,” “The Wiz,” “Sesame Street” and “Orange Is the New Black” have in common? They were all made at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens. The studio set behind a Hollywood-like gate on ... Read More

The Astor Room at Kaufman Astoria Studios, which closed for renovations, reopens today with a new interior, menu, and name. Now called George’s, the restaurant is a tribute to Kaufman Astoria Studios’ former chairman George ... Read More

“It was like a scene out of ‘The Shining,’” said Pete Romano, recalling the way he used to zoom on his bicycle through the hallways at Kaufman Astoria Studios, a benefit of having an uncle ... Read More

Since Kaufman Astoria Studios was founded in 1920 and Silvercup Studios, which is the largest studio in the five boroughs, was built in 1983 at a former bakery building, the studios have attracted businesses, restaurants ... Read More

After nearly 60 years building sets for the film and TV industry, LeNoble Lumber decided to shutter its Hell’s Kitchen facility and set up shop in Long Island City. Like many of the businesses currently ... Read More