Q.
What is it supposed to be on the show?
A. A police impound lot for vehicles that are towed away for parking violations.
Q.
Where is it supposed to be on the show?
A. In Brooklyn, New York.
Q. When did we see it on the show?
A. We see this location in Episode 2 of Season 1 of Resurrection.
After Dexter has his SUV towed away for parking illegally on a Manhattan
street, he's told by the tow truck driver to go to the Brooklyn impound
lot to get his car back.
So he calls a Ur-CIt is look at it ar, and is
picked up by rideshare driver Blessed Kamara, a friendly guy who takes
him to Brooklyn and waits with him outside the impound gate for his car
to arrive.
After Dexter learns that one of Blessed's
friends is a rideshare driver who barely escaped being killed by the
Dark Passenger killer, he suddenly expresses an interest in becoming a
rideshare driver himself . Blessed says he will send him a link with
the information he needs.
But when Dexter's car arrives, and Blessed
sees that it is a full-size Ford Bronco with battle camouflage paint and
plastered in weird bumper stickers, he tells Dexter that he can't drive
that, that it is disturbing, and that he will need a normal car.
Q. What is it actually in real life?
A. Basically just an empty lot with a chain link fence in front of it.
Q.
Where can I find it in real life?
A. They shot this scene at 126 Woodworth Ave, in Yonkers, New York.
(The camera is looking east.)
It appears that this used to be a
flooring business, where they stored lumber and supplies, but it closed down, and
now it seems to be basically just an empty lot where cars are being
temporarily parked.
But this wasn't the kind of location that demanded much. All they really
needed was an industrial area and a fenced lot. So they
didn't bother traveling far, and found this lot a short distance from
their Yonkers studio.
They simply draped the chain link fence in an opaque tarpaulin, put up a few signs (one reading NYPD Brooklyn Impound, and added a fake security booth outside, and Voila! Instant police impound lot.
( But by the way the scene is staged, it's made to look as if they are
already inside the impound yard, and that the tow truck arrives with
Dexter's SUV from an outside street. But in reality, They are outside
the lot, near the curb, and the tow truck drives out of the gate, not in. )
Here is a matching StreetView of that fence and lot:
Here is an aerial
photo of the location. And here is a map
link.
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Q. How the heck did you figure out where it was?
A. This was, to some extent, a lucky guess on my part.
This could have been very difficult to find, since there isnt much to
go on, and obviously the signs outside were fake. No way this was
actually an NYPD impound lot. So all I really had to go on was a chain
link fence and a street with really bad sidewalks.
But then I thought of a possible shortcut.
There are two kinds of filming locations: Those that are very specific
and require locations that precisely match the script (e.g. Central Park
or a billionaires mansion), and those more generic, everyday locations
that can be found just about anywhere (such as a gas station, or a
typical city street).
While the first type can require a lot of research and extensive travel,
the second, generic type can be shot just about anywhere.
So Ive learned from experience that when that is the case, they will
usually take the easy way out: They will either shoot that generic
location near the more important location, or they will just shoot it
somewhere near the studio, so they dont have to travel far.
So, since I had just done a page
about a generic street scene with Harrison that was shot in Yonkers,
near the studio, it occurred to me that this impound lot was also a
generic location that could probably be filmed near the studio.
So on that hunch, I used Photoshop to lighten the images of that impound
lot, and looked for details. What caught my attention was a residential
house in the background. It was three stories tall and slim (see the
image below), and distinctive enough to be recognizable if I saw it.
So I got out Google Earth and began looking at the area immediately near that Yonkers studio.
And I must admit that I surprised myself when I found the house very quickly, just one street northeast of the studio .
Once I had found the matching house, the lot itself was easy to spot
nearby. It was right across the street (west of) the house, and actually
on the same street as that Great Points inflatable studio.
Then from that, I used StreetView to determine exactly where the cameras were at, and that was it.
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