Film1968Hudson Heights

Coogan's Bluff

Clint Eastwood's 1968 cop film staged a shoot-out at the Cloisters and a motorcycle chase through the Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park.

Fort Tryon Park · The Cloisters (shoot-out) · Heather Garden (motorcycle chase)

A curving paved path through the Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park, with trees and plantings on both sides.
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Per Wikipedia’s Fort Tryon Park article, two scenes were filmed in the park: a shoot-out at the Cloisters and a motorcycle chase in the Heather Garden. In the plot, a fugitive hides at the Cloisters and detective Coogan chases him through Fort Tryon Park. DNAinfo (2011) also noted that the park appeared in Coogan’s Bluff. The film’s title refers to the real Coogan’s Bluff, the cliff above the old Polo Grounds on the Harlem River side of the neighborhood.