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Paramount Studios Complex
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National Register of Historic Places

Paramount Studios Complex

Also known as Astoria Studio; Army Pictorial Center; Famous Players Lasky Co

A district of 6 historic buildingsOn the Register since 1978
ClassicalListed 1978New York City
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About the district

Paramount Studios Complex, at 35th Ave., 35th, 36th, and 37th Sts., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Nov 14, 1978. The Register lists it for its communications and performing arts, at the national level. It describes its style as Classical, as it does for 23 other New York listings. The district takes in 6 historic buildings. The listing covers 5 acres.

What it isFilm studio. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 77 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1921 to today

  1. 1921Built, designed by multiple
  2. 1978Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 48 years
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Finding Paramount Studios Complex

35th Ave., 35th, 36th, and 37th Sts., New York City

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No other Register listing is within a short walk. The nearest are under Around it.

Around it

33 more Register listings within 2 miles

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BTrinity Lutheran ChurchCollegiate Gothic0.6 miDSunnyside Gardens Historic DistrictArt Deco0.9 miBAstoria Center of IsraelNeo-Classical Revival1 miBSohmer and Company Piano FactoryBuilding1.1 miBLong Island City Courthouse ComplexFrench Second Empire1.2 miBBohemian Hall and ParkNeo-Classical Revival1.2 miSt45th Road-Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT)Arts and Crafts1.3 miDHunters Point Historic DistrictItalianate1.3 miBThe OctagonGreek Revival1.3 miBBlackwell HouseGreek Revival · Built 17961.4 miBChapel of the Good ShepherdVictorian Gothic · Built 18881.4 miStLighthouseBuilt 18721.4 miBUS Post Office-Long Island CityColonial Revival1.5 miStQueensboro BridgeStructure1.6 miDCity and Suburban Homes Company's York Avenue Estate and Shively Sanitary Tenements Historic DistrictGothic Revival1.6 miBArchibald Gracie MansionFederal · Built 17991.6 mi★Founder's Hall, The Rockefeller UniversityBuilding1.7 miDHenderson Place Historic DistrictDistrict1.7 mi
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BStrecker Memorial LaboratoryBuilding1.8 miBCity HospitalBuilt 18321.8 miDCity and Suburban Homes Company's First Avenue Estate Historic DistrictBeaux Arts Style1.8 miBMunicipal Asphalt PlantBuilt 19411.8 miBSmallpox HospitalGothic Revival · Built 18561.9 miBSmith, Abigail Adams, MuseumFederal · Built 17991.9 miBFirst Hungarian Reformed ChurchEarly 20th Century Revival · Built 19161.9 miBZion-St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran ChurchLate Victorian1.9 miBUS Post Office-Jackson Heights StationColonial Revival2 miDJackson Heights Historic DistrictMediterranean2 miBEast 80th Street HousesNeo-Federal Style2 miBUS Post Office-Lenox Hill StationColonial Revival2 miBLent Homestead and CemeteryDutch Colonial2 miBNew York Public LibraryItalian Renaissance · Built 19022 miBHoly Trinity Church, St. Christopher House and ParsonageFrench Gothic Revival · Built 18972 mi

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Questions about Paramount Studios Complex

Is Paramount Studios Complex on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Nov 14, 1978 (Register number 78001897).

Is Paramount Studios Complex a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; New York has 273 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Founder's Hall, The Rockefeller University, 1.7 miles away.

Can you visit Paramount Studios Complex?

It has its own website, the place to check whether and when it is open to visitors.

Where can I read the history of Paramount Studios Complex?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 77 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 75321125 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.