Death Wish 3

Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) rides the Trailways coach over the Queensboro Bridge (also known as the 59th Street Bridge – because its Manhattan end is located between 59th and 60th Streets). It's officially named as the 'Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge' and stretches over the East River in New York City, connecting the neighborhood of Long Island City in the borough of Queens with the Upper East Side in Manhattan, passing over Roosevelt Island.

A gang arrive to collect some owed monies. This is actually part of the London location filming, most of which was on the site of the demolished Old Lambeth Hospital off Brook Drive, Kennington, London SE11.

We switch back to New York as Bronson arrives at the Port Authority Bus Terminal and gets a cab on 625 8th Ave, New York, NY 10109, USA.

Janette Cotton snapped this current ‘now’ shot showing the outside of the Port Authority Bus Terminal. She notes that the brick pillar and traffic light/streetlight post behind the parasol on the original capture are still there, as is the hotel in the centre with the scaffolding type structure on top. The building with the striped brickwork left of centre is still there, the bricks now painted over but the stripes are still visible, but obscured in the ‘now’ shot by the new canopy.

The cab drives down West 47th street where two people are arguing and blocking the road. This part of W 47th St. in New York is in the area known as Hell's Kitchen.

Then the taxi turns from West 47th Street onto 10th avenue.

Then around the corner of an unidentified area, but almost certainly a street in Brooklyn.

The cab then drives down another currently unidentified New York street.

Then the film switches back to the London location shoot on the old Lambeth hospital site as the cab pulls up to where Bronson intends to visit Charley (Francis Drake).

Accused of murder, Bronson is arrested and taken to a local police department. This is actually another London street. Featured is the old north entrance to Lambeth Hospital. Although the building has gone, the road is Brook Drive in SE11. The location can still be identified today by the tops of the buildings further down the road. The 'police department' entrance is roughly at the turning of Castlebrook Close.

A match in the right distance. I'd like to think that there's a tiny bit of original grey wall/column there in the centre of this comparison. SJ

Fraker (Gavan O'Herlihy) goes to his gang hq at 923 Glenmore Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City.

Bronsan is released from prison and wanders over the crossroad of Van Siclen and Belmont, Brooklyn, New York City.

Now staying in the neighbourhood for a month, Bronson looks out of the window at his new surroundings. This is another part of the London location filming on the old Lambeth Hospital site.

Morning in the real New York. This view is looking down onto the shops on Blake Avenue, and in the background it shares a crossroad with Van Siclen Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207, USA. The red four story building in the background has since been demolished and houses built on the site.

Bronson goes for a walk to a postal service outlet situated on the corner of West 147th Street and Broadway in New York City.

A police car is jeered & pelted by the local gang at it turns off Fountain Avenue onto Glenmore Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11208.

A pair of locals getting hassled by a street gang member. This is meant to be New York city, but is in fact the London street set on the site of the old Lambeth Hospital.

After Bronson steps in and deals with the situation, the thugs run off down a London street set that is meant to be New York city.

After defending the locals, Bronson is introduced to other neighbours on the London set of the New York street.

Now we are back in the real New York City, as Kersey (Bronson) and Rodriguez (Joseph Gonzalez) witnesses an elderly lady sticking up for herself on the corner of a currently unidentified New York street. The area has obviously seen a lot of redevelopment in recent years and so this corner remains unidentified, but may be Warwick Street and Pitkin Ave in Brooklyn.

Kathryn Davis (Deborah Raffin) decides to meet with Bronson to try and convince him to take legal action against the police who arrested him. This is another London set shot.

And this is also the London set on the old Lambeth Hospital.

Her cab heads away up the London set location that is meant to be New York. There seems to be some London tower blocks visible in the background.

Giggler (Kirk Taylor) watches from the corner of Van Siclen and Belmont, Brooklyn, New York City and snatches a bag.

Kersey and Rodriguez give chase along Belmont Ave...

Giggler then turns left onto Hendrix Street...

...and then onto Pitkin Avenue.

Kersey (Bronson) and Rodriguez (Gonzalez) conceed defeat on the corner of Pitkin and Hendrix, Brooklyn. New York.

Bronson goes walking at night for ice cream on Glenmore Avenue, between Fountain Ave and Crystal Street.

Giggler (Kirk Taylor) takes Bronson's camera and runs across the crossroad of Glenmore Ave and Fountain Ave in Brooklyn, just before Bronson pulls out his trusty 475 Wildey Magnum and shoots him.

After Giggler gets shot, Richard Shirker (Ed Lauter) walks down Glenmore Ave (with Fountain Ave in the background) to investigate the crime scene.

After The Cuban (Rico Ross) gets thrown off the building at 361 Miller Avenue in Brooklyn, the police find his body.

Bronson and Kathryn Davis (Deborah Raffin) pull up next to the post office on the corner of West 147th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10031.

Gang members knock Kathryn out and push the car down the hill on West 147th Street towards Riverside Drive where it blows up.

Bennett (Martin Balsam) watches as his shop gets blown up. This looks like a UK location, possibly in the Lambeth area of London... This is Tinworth Street, SE1, looking west with Alembic House/Peninsular Heights towering over in the middle of the shot. (SJ)

All we have now is the railway bridge and the surviving building at the end which is the back of The Rose on Albert Embankment. SJ

After slipping out of the hospital, Bronson hails a cab on the corner of Van Siclen Avenue and Pitkin Avenue in Brooklyn. The railings on the right mark an entrance to Van Siclen Avenue subway station.

The gangs get even more rowdy on Elton Street. This Brooklyn street is the part situated between Glenmore Avenue and Liberty Avenue (which you can see in the background).

More gang members on bikes causing mayhem in Brooklyn. This time they're on Ashford Street, with Glenmore Ave in the background.

A switch back to the London set in Lambeth...

...before a switch back to the real New York City. This is Kersey (Bronson) and Rodriguez (Gonzalez) taking out a gang car, likely somewhere in Brooklyn.

The police are involved in a Brooklyn street shoot out. This shot is looking at houses on Van Siclen Avenue with Blake Avenue crossing it in the background.

The police are firing at the balcony on the building next door to Parkville Court on Van Siclen Avenue in Brooklyn.

Ariel shot of cars burning in Brooklyn. This is looking along Dumont Avenue. The road that crosses just above the middle of the frame is Schenck Avenue.

Some residents help the vigilante by putting a chain on the road to take out some bikers. This looks like it might be part of the London location filming.

Cars burn, gang members running amok. This may be the same road as the previous shot. It looks like part of the London filming, which would likely place it at the site of the old Lambeth Hospital. Tinworth Street in SE1, looking east onto Vauxhall Walk. A similar view appears in 'Seventy Deadly Pills'. (SJ)

Horatio Myer & Co and Graphite Square on Vauxhall Walk still stand. SJ

Bronson and Shirker briefly team up and take out groups of gang members. This is part of the London street set in the area of the old Lambeth Hospital.

We're still on the London streets, the old Lambeth Hospital area.

Switching the action back to the real New York, Bronson takes out some gang members who are standing on a fire escape. This is 509 Dumont Avenue, Brooklyn, USA. The building is used by the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church.

Bronson walks across the street. This is likely Brooklyn but being more specific is difficult as this area has likely been totally redeveloped.

Back to the UK set, as Fraker (Gavan O'Herlihy) prepares to go after Bronson for the final time.

Having killed the gang leader, Bronson walks away from the scene before he gets arrested and the credits roll. This is looking up Glenmore Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The road running across is Cleveland Street. The blue house on the left is still there but today is masked by lots of trees.