Ridgewood’s starring role in a 1980s coming-of-age film: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was – QNS

These days, it’s not uncommon to see a film shoot on the streets of Queens, and in particular, Greater Ridgewood. Many great directors and television producers have come to the neighborhood to shoot scenes on location, from present-day dramas to period pieces.

We imagine that many directors find Ridgewood attractive because of its old-fashioned housing stock, which makes the area suitable setting depicting urban life from the 20th century and beyond. As a result, Ridgewood has served as a filming location for productions from “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” in modern-day America; to Martin Scorsese’s latest film about the alleged assassin of Jimmy Hoffa, set in the 1970s; to “Boardwalk Empire,” the HBO drama set in the Roaring Twenties; and more.

But long before the entertainment boo