Filming Location for Elf

Buddy's First Date - Ice Skating

5th Avenue between 49th & 50th Streets, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

On Buddy's first date with Jovie (Zooey Deschanel) he shows her the biggest Christmas Trees he's found in New York. At that point Jovie realises he's not seen the one in Rockefeller Plaza. After showing Buddy the tree, the pair of them go Ice Skating on the ice rink by the tree. The tree is usually erected around the 30th November.