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'Law & Order: SVU' Filming at Two Clinton Hill Restaurants Wednesday

By Alexandra Leon | February 22, 2016 5:18pm
"Law & Order: SVU" will be shooting in Clinton Hill on Wednesday.
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The Special Victims Unit is making a cameo at two Brooklyn restaurants this week.

NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU” will be back in Clinton Hill Wednesday filming scenes for season 17, according to City Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo and an NBCUniversal spokeswoman. 

The shoot will take actors to two Myrtle Avenue restaurants: Putnam’s Pub & Cooker and Five Spot Soul Food, according to Cumbo.

Filming will also take place on Clinton Avenue, between Myrtle and Park avenues, where an actress playing a nun will pick up a girl in a minivan.

A spokeswoman for “Law & Order: SVU” did not confirm which actors would be at the shoot, but said the episode titled “Unholiest Alliance” would air March 23 at 9 p.m.

The show has been frequenting Clinton Hill and other parts of Brooklyn this season as the fictional detectives investigate crimes across the borough

Wednesday’s shoot will close off several streets starting at 10 p.m. on Tuesday.

Drivers will be unable to park in the following locations through the end of the shoot Wednesday at 11 p.m.:

►North and south sides of Myrtle Avenue between Adelphi Street and Washington Avenue
►East side of Clinton Avenue between Park and Myrtle avenues
►East side of Waverly Avenue between Park and Myrtle avenues
►East and west sides of North Oxford Street between Flushing and Park avenues
►East and west sides of North Portland Avenue between Flushing and Park avenues
►North side of Park Avenue between North Portland Avenue and Cumberland Street
►South side of Flushing Avenue between Navy Street and North Portland Avenue