Everybody knows Alfred Hitchcock's “Rear Window'' is set in Greenwich Village. But few realize the massive Hollywood set on which the thriller takes place is based on an actual New York City location.

What city does rear window take place in?

Plot. Recuperating from a broken leg, professional photographer L. B. "Jeff" Jefferies is confined to a wheelchair in his apartment in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. His rear window looks out onto a courtyard and other apartments.

What is the setting of Rear Window?

Rear Window is set in Greenwich Village, Lower Manhattan, New York, and the entire film takes place in Jeff's apartment from where he sits in his wheelchair and curiously observes the various goings on of his neighbours.