The HBO series “High Maintenance”, about the life and times of a personal pot delivery guy in NYC, shot a show for season three in Sloatsburg, NY.
The basic premise of the HBO series “High Maintenance” has the show’s main character riding through New York City on a bike, delivering weirdness, scraps of human compassion and wisdom and weed products.
The Guy, played by series co-creator Ben Sinclair, is a normal New York everyman just trying to get by in these trying times. He makes a living delivering high-end marijuana products, often biking through the city streets to satisfy his clients’ cravings. “High Maintenance” does a brilliant job of distilling snapshots of people’s ordinary lives while weaving together rich stories of the many ways pot and people intersect in real life.
The Guy is noted for delivering an awkward, humane wisdom with his weed.
Another cool film shoot in #sloatsburgny. @HBO’s pot and the lives of New Yorkers series High Maintenance shot a show for season 3 in the village center. Looks to be a special upstate ny farm stand produce product. #HMonHBO @HMonHBO #sloatsburg
Tx to Geoff Welch for the video. pic.twitter.com/u1L0XNGt0e— Sloatsburg Village (@Sloatsburgny) September 12, 2018
The HBO series shot a show for season three in the Village of Sloatsburg at the intersection of Route 17 and Liberty Rock Road. The Sloatsburg Library parking lot was turned into an upstate NY farm stand while the Super Seven gas station and convenience store provided an entirely other show backdrop.
HBO’s “High Maintenance” shoots at the Sloatsburg Library parking lot, with the Sloatsburg Senior Center sign covered. The setting is an upstate NY farm stand.
A scouting location manager for the HBO series (and other productions, including Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman”) said that Sloatsburg has a mix of upstate rural (think the surrounding parks and older structures) and Route 17’s more urban feel. She also mentioned that Sloatsburg is at an exact geographic distance from New York City that allows for cost-effective production shoots.
Sloatsburgers can often see signs of film location around the Village … look for yellow placards with brief coded letters or directional signs attached to utility poles or other highway signs. The intersection of Route 17 and Johnsontown Road most often has a location directional sign.
“High Maintenance” began in 2012 as a Vimeo web series that continued with sporadic shows through 2015 and was picked up by HBO in 2016. The show’s second season ran from January-March 2018 and has been picked up for a third season.
