Across the city, new film studios are rolling thanks to generous government incentives and escalating demand for content.

New studios have opened or are underway in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Astoria, Long Island City, Yonkers and at the former Northrop Grumman facility on Long Island. In New Jersey, Netflix is creating a $848 million studio complex in Fort Monmouth.

NYC is already home to about 60 qualified production facilities — defined by the Film Production Tax Credit Program — located in all five boroughs but concentrated in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Already, these facilities include around 2 million square feet of production space, and more are on the way. 6

According to the most recent NYC Film and Television Industry Economic Impact Study 2021, the city’s film and TV secto

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