Editing Washington Heights, Manhattan (section)

==In popular culture==

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* The musical ''[[In the Heights (musical)|In the Heights]]'', which ran on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] from 2008 to 2011, is set in Washington Heights.<ref name=intheheights>[[Charles Isherwood|Isherwood, Charles]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/theater/reviews/10heig.html "The View From Uptown: American Dreaming to a Latin Beat"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 10, 2008. Retrieved April 28, 2016. "Mr. Miranda, as the owner of a corner bodega who dispenses good cheer along with café con leche by the gallon, is not just the brightly glowing star of ''In the Heights.'' He also wrote all the ebullient songs for this panoramic portrait of a New York neighborhood – Washington Heights – filled with Spanish-speaking dreamers of American dreams, nervously eyeing their futures from a city block on the cusp of change."</ref> Its [[In the Heights (film)|2021 film adaptation]] was shot in many Washington Heights locations, including the [[191st Street station]] tunnel.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/film-heights-shooting-heights/|title=The Film 'In the Heights' is Shooting ... in (Washington) Heights|date=July 23, 2019|first=Jennifer|last=Vanasco|access-date=April 14, 2020|work=[[WNYC]]}}</ref>
* The [[HBO]] series [[The Deuce (TV series)|''The Deuce'']] chose [[Tenth Avenue (Manhattan)|Amsterdam Avenue]] between 164th and 166th Streets to recreate [[Times Square]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Pichardo | first=Carolina | title=James Franco's HBO Series 'The Deuce' Films in Washington Heights | website=DNAinfo New York | date=November 4, 2015 | url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151104/washington-heights/james-francos-hbo-series-deuce-films-washington-heights | access-date=July 19, 2021 | archive-date=July 21, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721084929/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151104/washington-heights/james-francos-hbo-series-deuce-films-washington-heights/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The 2002 film ''[[Washington Heights (film)|Washington Heights]]'' starring [[Manny Pérez]] is the story of a young man trying to escape the cultural barriers of Washington Heights to make it as an illustrator.<ref>Rivera, Zayda. [https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/manny-perez-takes-new-type-role-gay-love-strange-article-1.1903484 "Manny Perez takes on new type of role as gay cop in ''Love is Strange''"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', August 14, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2020. "But Perez has made a name for himself in the indie Latino market, starring in such films as the Hector Lavoe biopic ''El Cantante'' and 2002's ''Washington Heights,'' in which he plays a frustrated artist trying to get out of the Upper Manhattan neighborhood with a large Dominican population."</ref>
* The 2005 documentary ''[[Mad Hot Ballroom]]'' features students from PS&nbsp;115 in Washington Heights.<ref>Armstrong, Lindsay. [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150818/washington-heights/mad-hot-ballroom-screening-uptown-park-for-films-10th-anniversary/ "'Mad Hot Ballroom' Screening in Uptown Park for Film's 10th Anniversary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118234317/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150818/washington-heights/mad-hot-ballroom-screening-uptown-park-for-films-10th-anniversary |date=November 18, 2017 }} [[DNAinfo.com]], August 18, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2020. "The award-winning film follows a group of fifth-graders from three different public schools, including P.S. 115 in Washington Heights, as they learn to ballroom dance and compete in a citywide competition."</ref>
* The [[MTV]] series [[Washington Heights (TV series)|''Washington Heights'']], which did not continue beyond 2013, is set in the neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/washington-heights/|access-date=February 7, 2021|title=Heights – MTV – Watch on CBS All Access|website=[[CBS]]}}</ref>
* The soap opera ''[[Ryan's Hope]]'' was set in Washington Heights and aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from 1975 to 1989.<ref>Lawless, Wendy. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8k8JCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT98 ''Heart of Glass: A Memoir''], p. 98. [[Simon & Schuster]], 2016. {{ISBN|9781476749846}}. Retrieved April 25, 2016. "A few days later, I read for the producers of ''Ryan's Hope'', an ABC daytime show about a large Catholic, Irish American family who run a bar and live in Washington Heights."</ref>
* Parts of the 2010 film ''[[Salt (2010 film)|Salt]]'' were filmed in the neighborhood, in particular at the 13-story Riviera, a 1910 Beaux-Arts style co-op on 157th Street and [[Riverside Drive (Manhattan)|Riverside Drive]].<ref name="audubonparkhd"/>{{Rp|32}}<ref>Zanzoni, Carla. [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20100721/washington-heights-inwood/angelina-jolie-film-salt-tells-new-yorkers-familiar-russian-spy-tale/video/27739 "Angelina Jolie's Film 'Salt' Also Stars Washington Heights"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610095953/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20100721/washington-heights-inwood/angelina-jolie-film-salt-tells-new-yorkers-familiar-russian-spy-tale/video/27739 |date=June 10, 2016 }}, [[DNAinfo.com]], July 23, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2016. "Washington Heights – The neighborhood is now officially a Hollywood star. In anticipation of the opening of Angelina Jolie's spy flick "Salt" on Friday, Sony Pictures released outtakes of the superstar scaling the wall of the 12-story Riviera, a 1910 Beaux-Arts style co-op on 157th Street and Riverside."</ref>
* The 2008 film ''[[Pride and Glory (film)|Pride and Glory]]'' centers on police corruption in a fictional precinct of Washington Heights.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/movies/24prid.html|access-date=February 7, 2021|date=October 23, 2008|first=A. O.|last=Scott|author-link=A. O. Scott|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=A Band of Loyal Brothers, Not All of Them Honorable}}</ref>
* The 1993 film ''[[The Saint of Fort Washington]]'' is not entirely geographically accurate, but is set in the neighborhood, with the [[Fort Washington Avenue Armory]] playing a large role in the plot.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/17/movies/review-film-saint-fort-washington-homeless-helpless-holy-one-kind-hell.html|first=Janet|last=Maslin|title=Review/Film: The Saint of Fort Washington; Homeless, Helpless and Holy, in One Kind of Hell|date=November 17, 1993|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>
* The 1968 film ''[[Coogan's Bluff]]'' features a scene in which [[Clint Eastwood]] chases the criminal he is to bring back to [[Arizona]] through the Cloisters.<ref>Carter, Michael. [http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/features/2013/cloisters-in-popular-culture "The Cloisters in Popular Culture: 'Time in This Place Does Not Obey an Order'"], [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], July 22, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2016. "At the film's end, however, Coogan returns to the Museum, where the fugitive has (inexplicably) managed to find a safe hideout. The movie's climax consists of a prolonged motorcycle chase through the Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park."</ref>
* The 2007 film ''[[The Brave One (2007 film)|The Brave One]]'' was filmed in some sections of Washington Heights; she and her boyfriend are attacked in a scene filmed in [[Fort Tryon Park]], and the final scene with Terrence Howard was filmed on Elwood Street between [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] and Nagle Avenue.<ref>[https://www.amc.com/talk/2012/03/story-notes-trivia-the-brave-one Story Notes for ''The Brave One''], [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]. Retrieved April 14, 2020. "Some scenes in ''The Brave One'' were filmed on Ellwood Avenue in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan."</ref>
* The 2013 film ''[[Frances Ha]]'' ends with the main character moving to Washington Heights.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://untappedcities.com/2014/03/28/ahoy-sexy-nyc-film-locations-for-noah-baumbachs-frances-ha/|title="Ahoy Sexy!": NYC Film Locations for Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha – Untapped New York|access-date=April 14, 2020|date=March 28, 2014|first=Christopher|last=Inoa|website=untappedcities.com|quote=The film ends with Francis moving into a new apartment, located on 97 Audubon Avenue in Washington Heights.}}</ref>
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