Visit all the filming locations on Netflix’s original series “The Watcher” starring Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale.
“The Watcher” on Netflix has risen to the top ten shows on Netflix immediately, this show shook viewers to the core with its never solved mystery and its “based on a true story” elements. A New York City family moves to Westfield, New Jersey, for a safe and sweet escape but they are unwelcomed and met with an anonymous stalker that taunts them for buying this home. Check out these filming locations and the infamous house in the show!
657 Boulevard
Location: 1 Warriston Lane in Rye, New York
Image Credit: Sotheby International Realty
The Netflix original series “The Watcher” impersonates the true story of a family who bought their dream home and later began getting terrorized with threatening letters by an anonymous person called “the watcher.” In the show, the “Brannock family” played the real family that were victims of “the watcher.” Although the series wasn’t filmed on the real 657 Boulevard, the filming house was in Rye, New York. Of course, the house is grand and beautiful, but during your stop at either the filming location or the real one, you will have a hard time fathoming how its beauty justifies someone having such a strong obsession with the house. An obsession so strong that they feel the need to steer everyone away from the house, what is it about 657 Boulevard? This is the viewers’ biggest question! See the house firsthand and maybe you will catch the watcher, as whoever that may be is allegedly still out there.
The Country Club
Location: 459 Stuyvesant Ave, Rye, New York
Image Credit: Coveleigh Club on Facebook
It is true that most wealthy suburbs are linked to the “country club culture” and that is no exception in Westfield. Every single character in this series has a membership to the exclusive “Westfield Country Club,” and it is made to be a pretty big deal on the show. Here, we see many dinners, pool days and some iconic standoffs take place. This country club undeniably screams extravagance and opulence and seeing it in real life with all its glory is a different type of experience!
Back to NYC
Location: Manhattan, New York
Before the Brannocks moved to what they thought was the perfect home to then having their dream shattered by the watcher, they lived their lives in the Manhattan area of New York City. Dean Brannock worked at a successful firm and his wife, Nora Brannock was a well-known pottery maker at a gallery.
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When making the decision to move back to Manhattan and in doing so, fulfilling the wish of the watcher, Dean was very disappointed and before entering his old New York City apartment, we can see him being displeased as he reminisces about the life he could have had if it wasn’t for the watcher. It is clear that Dean is fighting with himself every day due to the fact that he let the watcher win.
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Nora makes her new debut at the gallery and it is a hit! She seems to have moved on faster than Dean with the loss of their house. With their contrasting mindsets about the situation, their relationship meets more conflict than usual.
Do you think that if the Brannock family stuck it out at the house they would have discovered their watcher, or is sacrificing the house the right decision to make? Take your travels to New York and see for yourself where the real story unfolded!