--- description: Social media users have been documenting the transition title: See Boston Transformed Into NYC for 'Ghostbusters' Shoot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad012c8a7169cae2/69885b683c16392d56458e30/wiig-ghostbusters.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See Boston Transformed Into New York City for _Ghostbusters_ Shoot by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2015 3:32 PM CUT  Kristen Wiig is seen on the set of 'Ghostbuster' in Boston on June 18, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. Kristen Wiig is seen on the set of 'Ghostbuster' in Boston on June 18, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts.Stickman/Bauer-Griffin—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2015 3:32 PM CUT Though the new _Ghostbusters_ movie takes place in New York City, it’s being shot in Boston. (Who you gonna call? Apparently not New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.) That means the set designers have had to transform elements of Beantown to make the shift realistic. Bostonians have been documenting the process on social media with photos of Manhattan design transplants in the middle of their city, from taxi cabs to street signs. Here are a few of the best that have been shared on Twitter and Instagram: > [](https://twitter.com/ls%5Fpowers/status/620729274157371392) > [](https://twitter.com/BostonNewzer/status/621489702705713152) Best of all is a green goo-filled subway station for the N/Q/R line that close observers have pointed out invents a subway stop—there is a 49th street location of the line, but none at 50th street. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3962610/ghostbusters-boston-new-york/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3962610/ghostbusters-boston-new-york/"},"headline":"See Boston Transformed Into New York City for Ghostbusters Shoot","datePublished":"2015-07-17T15:32:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:21:24.341Z","description":"Social media users have been documenting the transition","url":"https://time.com/3962610/ghostbusters-boston-new-york/","keywords":["movies","Ghostbusters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad012c8a7169cae2/69885b683c16392d56458e30/wiig-ghostbusters.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad012c8a7169cae2/69885b683c16392d56458e30/wiig-ghostbusters.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"wiig-ghostbusters","caption":"Kristen Wiig is seen on the set of 'Ghostbuster' in Boston on June 18, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts.","creditText":"Stickman/Bauer-Griffin—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3962610/ghostbusters-boston-new-york/","name":"See Boston Transformed Into New York City for Ghostbusters Shoot"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Top 5 Underrated Sci-Fi Movie Masterpieces","description":"Steven James Snyder, Techland's resident movie geek, outlines the top 5 most under-rated sci-fi movies of all time","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/xe99vdU4/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2010-01-11T22:26:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xe99vdU4.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3962610/ghostbusters-boston-new-york/","duration":"PT4M45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3962610/ghostbusters-boston-new-york/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```