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Seinfeld Walking Tour
New York

From the diner where the show was born to the apartment building that inspired Jerry's address, explore the real New York City locations behind television's greatest comedy about nothing.

8 stops · Various New York City locations

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The Library Cop

Jerry is investigated by a "library cop" here over an outstanding fine from 1971, one of the show's most beloved absurd plots, inside a Beaux-Arts landmark completed in 1911 atop the foundations of the old Croton Reservoir.

Tony Award Winner

Kramer holds court here after "winning" a Tony Award, dining beneath the caricatures of Broadway legends that have covered the walls since 1927, in the restaurant where the idea for the Tony Awards itself was born.

Where Nothing Began

Over coffee at this diner, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David first hashed out the idea for a comedy about nothing, a show that would go on to run nine seasons and become one of the most influential in television history.

No Soup For You

The beloved "Soup Nazi" episode was based on Al Yeganeh, the real chef whose exacting standards and exceptional soups inspired the character, and his rules still apply here: have your order ready, move to the left, and skip the small talk.

Jerry's Apartment Building

This was Jerry Seinfeld's real apartment address early in his stand-up career, the true inspiration for the show, even though the building's on-screen exterior was actually filmed in Los Angeles.

Kramer's Return

Kramer finally returns to work here after a twelve-year strike, at the real-life bagel shop that inspired the show's version, and although this original location has since closed, the brand survives at its Upper East Side outpost, still hand-rolling and kettle-boiling its bagels.

Monk's Cafe

The red neon sign here is one of the most recognizable images in television history, marking Tom's Restaurant as the real-life exterior of Monk's Café, where Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer solved nothing over coffee for nine seasons.

George's Office

George exasperated George Steinbrenner while working for the Yankees inside this stadium, built in 1923 and nicknamed "the house that Ruth built," though that original ballpark was demolished in 2009 and today's stadium stands just across the street.

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