The Shelley is an apartment building in Los Angeles, at 755 South New Hampshire Avenue in Koreatown. Although Seinfeld is set in New York, this building was used for the exterior façade of Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment building throughout the series. The building was constructed in 1928 and is one of the most recognisable television apartment façades of the 1990s.
The Shelley appears in Seinfeld (1989–1998). In the series, it serves as the exterior of Jerry’s apartment building, even though the character’s address is given as 129 West 81st Street in Manhattan. That contrast between the fictional New York address and the real Los Angeles façade has made the building one of the show’s best-known location curiosities.
In Seinfeld (1989–1998), The Shelley is seen in the recurring exterior shots used to establish Jerry’s apartment building between scenes. It is not tied to one single episode or storyline, but functions as one of the series’ standard visual markers, appearing again and again as the outside of the building where Jerry, Kramer, and Newman live.
Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is inseparable from New York in tone, most of the series was filmed in Los Angeles. The series used real New York locations for key establishing shots.
O’Neill House
The O’Neill House is best known as a filming location in two feature films: Breathless (1983) and 8 Million Ways to Die (1986).
7 Days Liquor Store
In Superbad (2007), 7 Days Liquor Store is used for the scene in which Fogell, using his fake McLovin ID, goes into the liquor store to buy alcohol.
Circus Liquor
Circus Liquor appears in Clueless (1995), Blue Thunder (1983), and Alpha Dog (2006).
Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica Pier appears in numerous productions, including The Sting, Forrest Gump, Ruthless People, Cellular, Iron Man, Her, Modern Family, and Seinfeld.
The Donut Hole
The Donut Hole has appeared in Moving Violations (1985), Dragnet (1987), and Calendar Girl (1993).
Otomi Ceremonial Center
The Otomi Ceremonial Center served as the filming location for Franz Sanchez’s drug factory/laboratory in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill.
Old Joliet Prison
Old Joliet Prison appears in The Blues Brothers (1980), Prison Break (2005–2006), Let’s Go to Prison (2006), Derailed (2005), and Empire (2015–2020).
Buckhead Diner
Buckhead Diner appears in DTF St. Louis (2026), and the building has also been used for other Atlanta-shot productions.
The Exorcist House
The Exorcist House refers to the private residence in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., which was used for exterior filming of the 1973 horror movie The Exorcist.
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