Crews filming “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” in South Williamsburg have agreed to rearrange shooting schedules for the Orthodox Jewish community leaders who fumed it would block streets and hog parking spaces over Passover.
“We expressed the importance for Spider-Man to ‘pass-over’ filming during Passover, and they have answered our call,” said Councilman Stephen Levin (D-Brooklyn), who helped broker the compromise with Columbia Pictures, the Mayor’s Office and community leaders.
“Thank you for letting my people park.”
Columbia Pictures had wanted to close the streets surrounding the Marcy Avenue Armory at Lynch Street to film the sequel from March 22 to 27. Passover begins at sundown March 25.
Under the compromise, nearly all the production vehicles will be contained in private lots with the exception of “10 car lengths of parking outside the building,” said Marybeth Ihle, a spokeswoman for the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. All filming will continue to take place inside the Armory as originally planned.
Civic leaders praised the solution.
“I’m happy that an agreement was reached, and they’re not going to disrupt the preparation of the holiday — and the holiday itself,” said Rabbi David Niederman, president of the United Jewish Organization of Williamsburg.
“It was also a matter of safety by putting kids in danger with extra vehicles on the street. This will ensure the community and children will be safe.”