Where is Monica's apartment in real life?

While interior scenes for the show were filmed in an LA studio, the exterior of the building is a real-life New York location -- 130 East 23rd Street -- which is now the home of "The Friends Experience."
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Is Monica's apartment in Friends real?

But that's just the building. The apartment itself doesn't exist, and all interior shots were filmed on carefully-designed studio sets in Los Angeles.
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Where is the Friends apartment in real life?

It's located at 90 Bedford Street at the corner of Grove Street. Reaching the building used for the exterior shot of the Friends apartment building is relatively easy, thanks to a major subway junction less than a 10 minute walk away.
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Where is Monica's apartment in Friends?

In "The One With The Invitation", we find out that the address of this apartment is 545 Grove Street. There is a Grove Street in West Village, Manhattan, New York City, but it is a short one, and doesn't have a number 545.
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How much would Monica's apartment cost in real life?

According to CNBC, the cost of Monica's apartment in 2018 would be the very steep price of about $4,500 a month.
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The One Where We Go To Monica's Apartment From Friends



Is Central Perk real?

While Central Perk exists solely on a Los Angeles soundstage, the space that would house the corner-side café below the building where Monica, Rachel, Chandler, and Joey lived is very much real.
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How much was Joey and Chandler's rent?

Reddit user lincoln9659 therefore decided to take to the popular r/theydidthemath reddit forum to find out exactly how much money Joey owes Chandler. First, they calculated that Joey and Chandler's rent would have equated to roughly $3,500 a month, totalling approximately $63,000 over three years.
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Did Friends actually film in London?

The finale was filmed in three parts, first the scenes with Lisa Kudrow were filmed in Los Angeles, then everybody went to London and they filmed the scenes on the street, then they filmed the dinner and other scenes in a studio in London before an audience.
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Can you visit Friends set in New York?

The FRIENDS Experience in New York is an exhibition about the iconic TV series Friends. The series about the lives of six New York friends has been given its own “experience” in the city, in full called The FRIENDS Experience: The One In New York City, and you can visit it!
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Does the Friends set still exist?

When filming wrapped in 2004, the apartment sets were dismantled and, sadly, no longer exist (though they were re-created for Friends: The Reunion). Stage 24, though, still stands and is now known as The Friends Stage in honor of the sitcom's seminal success.
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Can you go inside the Friends apartment?

"The Friends Experience," a New York City Pop-Up based on the comedy favorite, is letting visitors book the apartment for just $19.94 a night, according to Booking.com. Guests will get to plop down on the orange couch at Central Perk and stay in the two-story space filled with iconic props from the beloved 90s show.
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Can you visit the real Friends set?

Unfortunately, there is no Friends Studio Tour in LA that will allow you to visit all your favourite Friends sets from the show (i.e. every apartment).
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How much did Monica pay for rent?

During the run of the show, Monica explains that she inherited the apartment from her grandmother and paid just $200 per month in rent due to rent-control.
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Can you visit Central Perk?

If you ever want to visit the Friends apartment building that's located in NYC, you can find that at 90 Bedford St, New York, NY. The downstairs part of that building that's supposed to be “Central Perk” is a restaurant with some great food! I suggest you go for photos but stay for dinner or lunch.
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Who owns Monica's apartment in Friends?

Located in Greenwich Village, the two bedrooms, one bathroom apartment includes a balcony and an open-plan kitchen-dining-living space. Though known as Monica's apartment, the apartment actually belongs to Ross and Monica's grandmother, for whom the apartment was rent-controlled.
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Where did the Friends cast live in New York?

The FRIENDS Experience is located in Manhattan's Gramercy neighborhood at 130 East 23rd Street at the corner of Lexington Avenue. In the show, the Friends cast lived in New York's Greenwich Village neighborhood in downtown Manhattan, and you can view the actual exterior that was shot in the series at 90 Bedford Street.
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Where is the Friends Cafe set?

About. The six main protagonists frequently visited Central Perk throughout the series. It is situated in New York City's Greenwich Village, in the same apartment block as Monica's apartment.
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Is there a real Central Perk in NYC?

Any lucky Friends fans who live in NYC can stop by the fully functioning pop-up Central Perk coffee shop at 199 Lafayette Street at the corner of Broome Street in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood.
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Do the Friends live above Central Perk?

"Friends" is set in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, but where the gang lives and Central Perk's exact location within the village are never actually revealed.
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Who never kissed on Friends?

Chandler, Phoebe, Rachel and Ross kiss everyone else at one time or another, although Ross and his sister, Monica, never kiss on screen.
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Why was Emily always in bed on Friends?

Actress Helen Baxendale became pregnant between seasons 4 and 5; as a result she was unable to travel to the US to do any filming for Season 5. Her only appearances were heavily swaddled in bedclothes, and she had to be written out of the series a lot earlier than was intended.
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Was Phoebe really pregnant on Friends?

The answer is yes, Lisa was really pregnant while on the hit show. The 57-year-old actress was pregnant with her son Julian Murray Stern but, instead of hiding it, her pregnancy became a core plot of the show.
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How did Phoebe afford her apartment?

Phoebe's family has her back

Frances may have purchased the apartment before her death, allowing Phoebe to stay near her friends and not have to worry about rent. This could explain how she can afford to live in the heart of New York.
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How much was Joey's Visa bill?

In season 6, episode 18, Chandler mentions that Joey owes him $3,400.
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How much was Ross rent on Friends?

They decided that that the apartment would cost—drumroll please—$4,500 a month. That's pretty bleak, especially considering that at the time of the pilot, the Friends characters were supposed to be normal, everyday twenty-somethings just trying to scrape by.
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