New York City

"How would you like to see a magical city called New York?"

- Mr. Gold to Belle

New York City is a Land Without Magic location featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the first episode of the second season.

Inhabitants

 * Avery
 * B. Goldberg
 * B. Johnson
 * Carriage Driver
 * C. Finn
 * The Dragon
 * Emma Swan (formerly)
 * Fan
 * F. Rodriguez
 * Gibson
 * Hank
 * Henry Mills (formerly)


 * Isaac Heller (formerly)
 * J. Israel
 * Librarian
 * Mr. Gold (formerly)
 * M. Ibanez
 * Middle Aged Couple
 * Mrs. Cuse
 * Neal Cassidy † (formerly)
 * Nurse
 * NY Cop #1
 * P. Lesh
 * P. Smith


 * Purse Snatcher
 * R. McDonald
 * Robin Hood (formerly)
 * Roland (formerly)
 * Server
 * Tamara † (formerly)
 * T. Brahe
 * Toll Operator
 * T. Schaffer
 * Ursula (formerly)
 * Walsh † (formerly)
 * Zelena (formerly)

Trivia
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On-Screen Notes

 * Neal's apartment is located in SoHo, a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.
 * The pizza restaurant Neal take Henry to, is called the Arco Di Trionfo Pizzeria. "Arco di trionfo" is Italian for "arch of triumph".
 * Emma and Walsh have dinner at a restaurant called Ostria.
 * Isaac's book signing takes place in New York City, which can be seen from the NYPD police car which passes in front of the building.


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Production Notes

 * New York City being featured in several episodes of the show, is a writer's pick: Adam Horowitz is from Manhattan.
 * According to show creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, the footage of Michael Raymond-James as Neal in the opening scene of "Broken" was actually shot in New York City.
 * Neal's apartment is situated across the street from the back building of real-life Italian pasta supplier Piedmont Ravoli Co. Inc. located on 162 Mulberry Street in New York City. The frontal retail store is on 190 Grand Street in New York.
 * New York City is featured in the title card for "Manhattan" and "New York City Serenade".
 * For "Manhattan", "The Queen Is Dead", "Selfless, Brave and True", "New York City Serenade", "Heart of Gold", "Only You" and "An Untold Story", the streets of New York were filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where production for Once Upon a Time is based.
 * A building seen in "Manhattan" and "The Queen Is Dead", which somewhat resembles the Flatiron Building, is in fact Vancouver's Hotel Europe. The name of the hotel can even be seen on a window as Neal and Emma walk down the street to meet Tamara in "The Queen Is Dead", and when Henry and Violet are walking down the street with a hot dog in "Only You".
 * When Neal takes Henry out for pizza, a business called Soparlo can be seen in the background, a reference to Mark Soparlo, a member of the production staff on the show.
 * The episode "New York City Serenade" is named after a Bruce Springsteen song of the same name. Adam Horowitz is a fan of the singer.
 * The scenes in Emma and Henry's apartment were filmed in Gastown's Koret Lofts building on East Cordova Street, Vancouver.
 * As the episode "Heart of Gold" transitions to New York, someone can be heard shouting, "I'm walkin' here, I'm walkin' here!"; an homage to the famous quote from the 1969 drama film Midnight Cowboy.
 * Isaac's address, 968 East 14th Street, Brooklyn NY, 11230, was the childhood home of Woody Allen. Show creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis were both inspired by Woody Allen at young ages.
 * The scene where Isaac is recruited by the Apprentice was filmed in the Dancy Ballroom & Dance Studio in downtown Vancouver.
 * Isaac's speech and book signing was filmed inside the Orpheum theater in Vancouver.


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Props Notes

 * As Neal is running from Emma, he runs past a New York Ledger vending machine. New York Ledger was a weekly story paper published in New York City, from 1855 to 1898.
 * Interestingly, Isaac's book is a "New York Ledger bestseller".
 * When Tamara comes to Storybrooke, she brings bagels from Zabar's, a real food store on Broadway, Manhattan.
 * As August is talking to Neal in New York, a New York Banner vending machine can be seen on the street. This is a fictional newspaper in Ayn Rand's bestselling novel The Fountainhead.
 * The Cassidy Apartment address is 89 Wooster Street, New York, NY, 10012.
 * When Emma walks Henry home from school, a newspaper vending machine says New York Bugle; a reference to the Daily Bugle, a fictional New York City tabloid newspaper that is a regular fixture in the Marvel Universe, most prominently in Spider-Man comic titles.
 * Isaac's address is 968 East 14th Street, Brooklyn NY, 11230.


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Goofs

 * Though the filming streets in "Manhattan" were a recreation of Manhattan, at least two Vancouver-based food eateries in the real-life neighborhood of Gastown are visible in the background; Terracota Modern Chinese and Salty Tongue Cafe.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.


 * New York City is mentioned on a gravestone in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter".
 * A map of New York City appears in "We Are Both".