Ridgewood will become part of Gotham City Wednesday night.
Crews from the hit Fox drama “Gotham” are scheduled to shoot an exterior scene along Palmetto Street between Cypress and Seneca avenues from about 5 p.m. Wednesday until 1 a.m. the next morning.
Parking will be restricted on the block and several nearby streets beginning at 8 p.m. Tuesday in order to accommodate production vehicles.
According to the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, crews will dim street lights and use smoke and spark effects. Approximately 16 vehicles will also be brought in as part of the scenery.
“Gotham,” which debuted last fall on Fox, serves as a Batman prequel, depicting the rise of soon-to-be Gotham City Police Commissioner Jim Gordon prior to Batman’s arrival. It also presents the evolution of various villains such as Oswald Cobblepot (a.k.a. The Penguin).
The show stars Ben McKenzie as then-Detective Gordon; Donal Logue as Gordon’s partner, Det. Harvey Bullock; Robin Lord Taylor as Cobblepot; David Mazouz as young Bruce Wayne, the wealthy orphan who would become Batman; and Jada Pinkett Smith as nightclub owner and mobster Maria Mercedes (a.k.a. Fish) Mooney.
Parking restrictions will also be in effect on the following blocks:
Palmetto Street between Cypress and St. Nicholas avenues;
Gates Avenue (east side only) between Cypress and St. Nicholas avenues; and
Cypress Avenue (south side) between Grove and Madison streets and (north side) between Linden and Madison streets.
This is Ridgewood’s latest foray into Hollywood, as producers from various major television and film shows — such as NBC’s upcoming drama “Odyssey” and HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” —flocked to the neighborhood in recent months to shoot scenes.
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