Looking at it again, 14B probably IS too far south for this view. Here's a shot from a Hoboken camera (a little farther north) that looks a little more like the correct angle (meaning Exit 16 is more likely):

I don't think any of the exits have three letters.

After the Turnpike splits off into the Eastern and Western Spurs, all the exits are labeled with an "E" or "W", depending on the spur.

14W immediately leads into Route 78 West. 14E is really "78 East" because it takes you into Manhattan via the Holland Tunnel and then onto the BQE, which is 278.

But there are a few exits before you hit the tunnel -- one for Bayonne, one for Liberty State Park in Jersey City, and at least one and possibly two others in Jersey City as well.

Maybe I'll put the movie on and check the scene out and then go for a ride.

Exit 14 does (A, B, C).

Just don't pull over and take a Pee.

Then again if that is all you have to do tonight, Go for it.

"14E" "14W"??
You sure you live in NJ??

If it's 16W, they rebuilt the ramps since then. It is quite possible since the "Sports Complex" didn't exist when the movie was filmed. If that is 16W, that is what is called the "NT Ramp" (North towards the tolls). The current NT Ramp is much larger than what is pictured. If I get a chance, I'll take some pictures of that ramp tomorrow.

I was just gonna ask that!

In this case, it was basically just the fact that the stars were shooting in NY, and the estate was in Cally, so they used a second unit to shoot these scenes....

I just watched the scene again.

The picture that SC posted is the first time you see the car coming around the curve. The Empire State Building is clearly visible in a way that makes me think the scene is too far north to be Jersey City.

But when they pull over so Clemenza can take a leak and Paulie can get shot, the only thing visible in the backround is the Statue of Liberty, which would be too far south to be seen from exit 16W.

It's not 14E and 14W?

And thats why I thought it was around Liberty State Park.

This is definitely the area that is now Liberty State Park in Jersey City.

Is it any wonder I got lost going to Casa Dante with your directions?

Amen, brotha!

Well, my fantasy team for tomorrow is done, the grass is cut, the flower baskets are hung, and the grill is in good working order...... [/QB][/QUOTE]

No...There's:

14
14A
14B
14C.

There is a 15, 16, and 18 W and E... And to confuse you even more, coming in 11/05 there will be an exit "15X" in Secaucus.

Are you sure that when you are traveling south and get off at exit 14, once you're on the exit ramp they don't label it 14E for Manhattan and 14W for Route 78 West?

I know all about the "15X". That's gonna service the Secaucus Transfer Station, and should also be a shortcut for me to get home.

Now, when I get off at 16W, I have to take Route 3 East for more than a mile, then go down Meadowland Parkway. With the new exit, it's just a few blocks via the backroads where the outlets are.

Yes. When the Roadway divides for Exit 14, you have 2 choices. Exit '14' for Route 78 West and Newark Airport, etc. And Exits '14A', '14B', '14C', for Bayonne, Jersey City, and The Holland Tunnel. This is the "Newark-Bay Extension" built in 1956.

This is definitely the area that is now Liberty State Park in Jersey City. [/QB][/QUOTE]


Yes it is. I go there every day to catch a ferry from Liberty State Park.

As for the east and west exits that you guys are trying to figure out, isn't it 17E to go to Manhatten?


Don Cardi

Yes, sort of. "17E" can only be accessed going southbound on the "Eastern Spur" of the Turnpike, or going westbound on RT 495. Coming north, you'd get off Interchange 16E or 16W.

Gents,

I think you see an exit 14 A,B,C around the airport. But who pays attention to that, you're just trying to survive.

Re: the "cannoli" scene. I've posted several times about the faux pas of the car exiting when Clemenza says that he has to take a leak and when Paulie get shot. The "gotta leak" scene (that SC posted) appears to be taken from the Queens/Brooklyn border. Notice the shadow of the car on the ground. If that was the JOisey side the sun would be from the North - can't be, not even a Summer Solstice sunrise. The sun is in the southwest sky, making the "gotta leak" scene shot on the east side of Manhattan. Then the "take the cannoli" scene is shot from Joisey (Liberty Park).

I was too lazy to find my original posts. So then let's add the "gotta take a leak" scene to list of locations we want to know.

How did we go from GF to CSI?

Very Good MaryCas!


Don Cardi

The scene at the toll booth was shot in Brooklyn at Floyd Bennett Field. The billboard blocked the view of an unfinished high rise, that was built with mob cement and declared unsafe and never completed

Do you still say this after reading SC's previous comments about this?

J Geoff.......very interesting stuff....looks like we have some very knowledgeable people in these forums.....I'd like to see you try and play your hand at my trivia challenge....gl

KP

Hey, we loved your book, we sure would love some good trivia.

the scene i am talking about is sonny's shooting at the toll booth. SC is talking about Clemenza, this was shot in Jersey City just off the turnpike extension between exits 14 B and C. Anyone have any info on the coreleone compound. it was shot on Staten Island, off Ocean Terrace. I went there when they were shooting, but I cannot remember where it is today, to much new development

I went to the Corleone "Mall" this winter and took some pictures of the homes, yard, and street where it was filmed. It is located at 110 Longfellow Ave. The link for the pictures is below, and the password is 'corleone' to see the full size photos.

Corleone Mall Photos

A QUESTION FOR HARLAN LEBO

On page 111 of your paperback version you wrote that Al Pacino injured himself while filming a scene of him jumping on to a car's running board. You wrote that it was Clemenza'a car. Shouldn't it have been Tessio's?? (The novel has Tessio picking Mike up after the shootings).