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See where they lived in Lower Manhattan
Downtown this New York TV & Movie Tour heads into historic Greenwich Village where you’ll get an up close photo-op with the famous Friends apartment building. It’s here that Monica Geller (Courtney Cox Arquette), Rachel Green, Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing, and Ross Geller (David Schwimmer) laughed and lived for ten seasons. The Village is referenced many times throughout the series, but the actual apartment interiors were filmed on set in Hollywood. Greenwich Village is also home to the real restaurant that inspired the fictional coffee shop, Central Perk, where the close-knit group of friends frequently shared a sofa in so many episodes and where Phoebe famously performed “Smelly Cat.”
Across the street you’ll catch a glimpse of Ross’s apartment, formerly home to everyone’s favorite “Ugly Naked Guy.” As you’ll see this apartment is not very close to Monica’s apartment – meaning it would have taken a lot of chopsticks to poke Ugly Naked Guy in its real location. Just around the corner is Phoebe’s apartment on Morton Street where she lived for all ten seasons.
Washington Square Park is the heart of the neighborhood and has proudly developed into home for a significant number of off-Broadway theater companies and venues. The Lucille Lortel Theater, where Joey performed all his plays, is also located around the corner from the Friends building.
Our family-fun NYC TV tour is led by local actors and actresses who show you the New York frequented by Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Ross, Joey, and Chandler. This is a must-do sightseeing tour of New York City for any Friends fan.
* In an effort to stay current, we are constantly updating our tours with new locations and cannot guarantee the presence of locations mentioned on our site. If you have a particular interest in locations from a specific TV show or movie, please let your tour guide know and we will do our best to accommodate your request.