“*Batteries Not Included” is a 1987 science fiction comedy-drama film produced by Amblin Entertainment and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. It follows elderly residents of a New York apartment building who are saved from greedy developers by small, magical, mechanical alien lifeforms.
Batteries Not Included was primarily filmed on location in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, specifically around East 8th Street and Avenue B, with additional scenes in Times Square and at Universal Studios in California. The iconic tenement building was a constructed set on a vacant lot in the East Village.
Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall has served as a prominent filming location for movies such as The Godfather, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Rosemary's Baby, and Annie.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
St. Patrick’s Cathedral is in Miracle in the Rain, Youngblood Hawke, They All Laughed, The Scorpion with Two Tails, Ghostbusters, Batteries Not Included +++.
Times Square
Times Square has appeared in Midnight Cowboy, Taxi Driver, *batteries not included, Crocodile Dundee, Big, Vanilla Sky, I Am Legend, Enchanted, and many more.