According to Gothamist and Brooklyn Paper articles, the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment limited film shoots in Dumbo, restricting movies being filmed for a 6 week period in March/April due to complaints from neighbors that they are too frequent and because of infrastructure work.

The Brooklyn Paper wrote:

“It is part of our office’s continuing efforts to weigh the needs and concerns of the community while supporting the jobs that come from film and television production in the city,” said city film spokeswoman Marybeth Ihle.

The city is only allowing a limited number of movies to shoot in a wide swath of the borough bounded by Gold, Front, Plymouth, and Main streets.

Production companies did not film any movies, television shows, or commercials in large parts of the historic neighborhood before April 1 because of infrastructure work, according to the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.

Some neighbors cheered the intermission for easing parking and congestion, but others claim any moratorium — even a limited one — will hurt the city’s film industry and neighborhood businesses.

“Most residents do not understand that filming in NYC has a strong positive economic impact on the community,” said DUMBO resident Mark Winkel, who stages events and runs a production studio. “The shops, cafes, and galleries all gain substantially from any type of extra foot traffic — it’s hard times right now, and businesses need any push they can get.”

The temporary moratorium on productions has been lifted, according to Chris Coffey, the Assistant Commissioner at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment. He told Gothamist, “Brooklyn is open for business, including Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo… while we balance the needs of residents, it is also our primary mission to get people to make their production in this City. Film and TV employs 130,000 New Yorkers. Those are real jobs for real New Yorkers. It generated $7.1 Billion for the City’s economy in 2011 and we are going for even more this year.”

Looks like we should expect to see more filming in Brooklyn and NYC.

All filming posts are tagged here: DumboNYC.com/tag/filming

Permit #NA: Thursday, May 10, 2012

A filming for TV series Louis (third season) is taking place in Dumbo Brooklyn in Dumbo Brookyn on Thursday, May 10, 2012.

Filming and equipment will take place on the following streets:

• Front Street on the south side of street between Main and Dock Street
• Adams Street on the east side between Plymouth and John Street

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Permit #NA: Friday, April 13, 2012

An NBC pilot production is filming in Dumbo from 2pm to 4am. Per Cinemablend.com:

The drama pilot Notorious over at NBC has cast the leading role; Meagan Good has taken the role as Joanna Locasto, a detective who returns undercover to the home of the wealthy family where she grew up to investigate the murder of a friend. If it goes to series it will mean the first regular series role for Good.

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Permit #NA: Friday, April 6, 2012

An independent film produced by Atlantic Pictures will be filming in Dumbo on Washington Street from 1pm to 8pm. “People Kissing” is a French independent film.

This is the 6th filming in Dumbo this week – a busy week for film in the area.

All filming posts are tagged here: DumboNYC.com/tag/filming

In addition to the filming at 85 Jay Street yesterday, there are four filmings for TV, Movies, and commercials in Dumbo Brooklyn between April 4-6.

(1) Permit #N/A: Thursday, April 5, 2012

A feature film called “Now You See Me” starring Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Mark Ruffalo, and Morgan Freeman is being shot. According to IMDB, “Now You See Me” is a thriller about “FBI agents tracking a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.”

(2) Permit #N/A: Thursday, April 5, 2012

A commercial for Fiat called “Supply and Demand” is being filmed along Washington Street.

(3) Permit #N/A: Wednesday, April 4, 2012

A project called “Tommy” is being filmed around Front and Washington Street.

(4) Permit #N/A: Friday, April 6, 2012

A TV movie called “Golden Boy” is being filmed around Front and Washington Street. According to IMBD, “Golden Boy” is a TV drama “about the making of a man that tracks one cop’s meteoric rise from officer to detective to police commissioner.”

Question: Did NYC do away with filming permit numbers? None of these filming notices have them.

All filming posts are tagged here: DumboNYC.com/tag/filming

[UPDATE: Turns out it's temporary staging for a promotional piece being filmed by the Jehovah's Witnesses.]

We’ve seen some activity on the 85 Jay Street parking lot in the past, though nothing came out of it. An email tip came in with the above photo of the parking lot at 85 Jay Street owned by the Watchtower Society in Dumbo. The email says:

There’s some construction that started today in the huge parking lot owned by the Jehovah’s Witnesses. See the attached photo (above). It looks like they’re doing something in the Northeast corner of the lot that’s bounded by Front, York, Bridge and Jay Streets. Any ideas on what this might be?

As noted before, this 3 acre plot of land is the largest plot of undeveloped land in the city. There are no jobs/filings for 85 Jay on the NYC Department of Buildings website. Does anyone have any information here?

Previously:
{‘Mysterious’ 85 Jay Street Activity?, 30Jan2008}
{No Truth to Rumor that Witnesses Will Not Develop 85 Jay, 03May2007, Brooklyn Daily Eagle}
{Jehovah’s Abandon Dumbo, 24Apr2007, Curbed}
{85 Jay Watchtower Complex, skyscraperpage.com}
{Jehovah’s Witnesses On Track to Colonize Dumbo, 04Dec2004, Curbed}

Permit #TV-132: Monday, March 26, 2012

A TV show with the project name “UR Answer” is filming in Dumbo Brooklyn today between 5am-11pm. If anyone has details on what this is, please comment below.

Related, it seems to be full season for film crews in Dumbo, and residents are debating about the benefits of these filmings. See recent comment threads here and here for discussion. One resident suggested going to NYC Office of Film and Broadcasting to send letters.

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(1) Permit #C-49582: Wednesday, March 21, 2012

A commercial with the project name “NYL” is filming today in Dumbo Brooklyn on Front Street between Jay Street and Bridge Street and on Jay Street. (NYL is New York State Lottery, according to @epc)

(2) Permit #NA: Thusday, March 22, 2012

Since not enough filmings are happening here, TV Movie Elementary (CBS) is also being filmed in Dumbo tomorrow on Front Street, Washington Street, Main Street, and Water Streets.

Movie filming season is in full swing. There were a few other filmings this past week. All filming posts are tagged here: DumboNYC.com/tag/filming

(1) Permit #48922: Thusday, March 15, 2012

A television pilot called “Guilty” is filming today in Dumbo Brooklyn on Wednesday, March 15, 2012 around John Street, Adams Street, Anchorage Place, Front Street, Jay Street, Water Street, Plymouth Street, Pearl Street, and John Street.

According to IMBD, the pilot starts Cuba Gooding and Julian Morris. The plot “Revolves around a smart and ethically questionable defense attorney who uses his unique methods to solve cases he’s been banned from handling after he’s stripped of his license to practice law after being falsely convicted of fraud.”

(2) Permit #NA: Thusday, March 15, 2012

TV series Person of Interest is also being filmed in Dumbo today on Front Street, Main Street, and Water Street.

All filming posts are tagged here: DumboNYC.com/tag/filming

Permit #49098: Wednesday, March 14, 2012

A project by “Radical Media” is filming in Dumbo Brooklyn on Wednesday, March 12, 2012 around Main and Water Streets.

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