Take your shoot and shove it! Brooklyn Heights fights movie-making takeovers
After years of complaining about being New York’s “movie central”, Brooklyn Heights residents have had enough.
City Councilman Stephen Levin is demanding that the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting place the neighborhood on the city’s “hot spot” list, which would result in a moratorium on filming in the Heights.
Because of Brooklyn Heights’ picturesque historic brownstones and views of the Brooklyn Bridge, the area has been a favorite of film and TV crews for years. Notices on parking meters and street signs announcing filming on a particular street, vans for prop men or film electricians, mobile dressing rooms for actors, and food trucks for the crews have all become familiar sights.