New York Film Locations



Tootsie (1982)

Last Updated: May 2025

Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) is an unemployed actor with an impossible reputation. In order to find work and fund his friend's play he dresses as a woman, Dorothy Michaels, and lands the part in a daytime drama. Dorsey loses himself in this woman role and essentially becomes Dorothy Michaels, captivating women all around the city and inspiring them to break free from the control of men and become more like Dorsey's initial identity. This newfound role, however, lands Dorsey in a hot spot btw a female friend/'lover,' a female co-star he falls in love with, that co-star's father who falls in love with him, and a male co-star who yearns for his affection.


Michael's Apartment, 15-17 West 18th Street (btw 5th and 6th Avenues) Manhattan.
 

 

otsoNY Comments: The National Video Center at 460 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th avenues was demolished several years ago and a new building has now replaced it.

460 West 42nd Street (btw 9th and 10th Avenues) Manhattan.
 

 

The Russian Tea Room, 150 West 57th Street and 7th Avenue, Manhattan.
 

 

otsoNY Comments: Pour Moi used to be at 1181 2nd Avenue until 2010 when the building was demolished. The block was left empty for several years until more recently. A new highrise now occupies the block between East 62nd and 63rd Streets.

Shop, 1181 2nd Avenue (btw East 62nd and 63rd Streets) Manhattan.
 

 

Bloomingdale's, 1000 3rd Avenue and East 59th Street, Manhattan.
 

 

Michael's Apartment, 15-17 West 18th Street and 5th Avenue, Manhattan.
 

 

Sherry Netherland Hotel, 781 5th Avenue and East 59th Street, Manhattan.
 

 

531 9th Avenue (btw West 39th Street and 40th Street) Manhattan.
 

 

West 52nd Street (btw 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue) Manhattan.
 

 

otsoNY Comments: In 1992, then-owner Peter Dorn moved the club from its original location to 617 West 57th Street.

Copacabana Nightclub, 10 East 60th Street (btw 5th and Madison Avenues) Manhattan.
 

 

Michael's Apartment, 15-17 West 18th Street and 5th Avenue, Manhattan.
 

 

(Near) 460 West 42nd Street (btw 9th and 10th Avenues) Manhattan.
 

 

42nd Street (btw 9th Avenue and Dyer Avenue) Manhattan.
 

 



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