“The Preacher’s Wife” (1996) was filmed in several real-world locations across New York, New Jersey, and Maine, with some interiors done on soundstages in New York City.

Main filming locations

  • New York (state and city)
    • Yonkers, New York, including Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in the Nodine Hill area for exterior church shots.
* Tarrytown, New York, particularly Main Street, dressed for Christmas for the café and street scenes.

* Various New York City locations, including an abandoned jazz club in Greenwich Village used as Jazzie’s.
  • New Jersey
    • Trinity United Methodist Church in Newark, New Jersey, used for the church interior where the Biggs’ congregation worships.
* Additional scenes filmed in Jersey City and Paterson, New Jersey.
  • Maine
    • Portland, Maine, at Deering Oaks Park, where the movie’s ice skating sequence was shot on the park’s pond, with fake snow and ice brought in because of warm weather.

Notable spot list

  1. Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, Yonkers, NY – exterior of St. Matthew’s church.
  1. Trinity United Methodist Church, Newark, NJ – main church interiors.
  1. Deering Oaks Park, Portland, ME – ice skating date scene on the pond.
  1. Main Street, Tarrytown, NY – Christmas-decorated street and café scenes.
  1. Jazz club in Greenwich Village, New York City – location for Jazzie’s.

Simple HTML table of key locations

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      <th>Location</th>
      <th>City / Area</th>
      <th>Used for</th>
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    <tr>
      <td>Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church[web:7]</td>
      <td>Yonkers, New York[web:1]</td>
      <td>Exterior of St. Matthew’s church[web:7]</td>
    </tr>
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      <td>Trinity United Methodist Church[web:5]</td>
      <td>Newark, New Jersey[web:5]</td>
      <td>Interior church scenes[web:5]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Deering Oaks Park[web:2]</td>
      <td>Portland, Maine[web:2]</td>
      <td>Ice skating sequence on the pond[web:2][web:4]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Main Street[web:2]</td>
      <td>Tarrytown, New York[web:2][web:6]</td>
      <td>Downtown Christmas street and café scenes[web:2][web:6]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Jazz club in Greenwich Village[web:7]</td>
      <td>New York City[web:5]</td>
      <td>Jazzie’s nightclub interiors and exteriors[web:5][web:7]</td>
    </tr>
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Little bit of context

  • Filming ran from January to May 1996, with winter and Christmas settings created using fake snow in several spots.
  • The production leaned heavily on real churches and neighborhoods to ground the story’s urban church setting in a believable New York–area environment.

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