The Most Famous Reality TV Sets in New York
The Real World is moving to Red Hook and Top Chef could be taking over Williamsburg, but plenty of neighborhoods—and pricey developments—have earned face time on reality TV over the past few years. After the jump, our roundup of the most notorious reality TV abodes in New York City.
The Real World: Brooklyn
Pier 41
204 Van Dyke Street
The roommates haven't even moved in yet, but the drama surrounding the location already ensures that this place will stay on the radar for the months to come.
Top Chef
Twenty Bayard
20 Bayard Street
This could be where the next group of top chefs are bunking, but the cast and crew who've been spotted in the building won't tell anyone for sure.
Project Runway
Atlas New York
66 West 38th Street
With PR looking at a move to LA, this could be the last season to watch Tim, Heidi and the rotating gang of designers sip champagne on the Atlas roof.
The Apprentice
Trump Tower
725 Fifth Avenue
Every New York cast has stayed here during filming, just a few floors above the fictional boardroom and many, many floors below Trump's own penthouse pad.
America's Next Top Model
39 Lispenard Street
Models from the show's 10th "cycle" stayed here during filming, but the landlord of the building later sued the show, saying the girls trashed the place during the 10 weeks they lived there.
Making the Band 2
47 Charles Street
Diddy's group were such a nuisance during filming that neighbors petitioned to have the cast kicked out. The Charles Street townhouse was also used to film HBO's Angels in America.
The Real World: New York
565 Broadway
No list of reality show houses is complete without the granddaddy of them all, the 4,000-square-foot duplex where MTV filmed the Real World season 1 way back in 1992.
