Manhattan, Upper West Side, 1957. Against the backdrop of the decaying tenements in the San Juan Hill neighbourhood and the constant threat of the wrecking ball, two warring gangs--tough Riff's Jets and swaggering Bernardo's Puerto Rican Sharks--fight for supremacy. Now, with a once-and-for-all, winner-takes-all rumble on the cards, an unexpected whirlwind romance at the high-school dance between former Jet brawler Tony (Ansel Elgort) and Bernardo's delicate little sister María (Rachel Zegler) sets the stage for an all-out turf war. But what's a gang without its territory? Above all, when the future is uncertain, what's hope without love?

West 131st Street (btw 5th Avenue and Malcolm X Blvd) Harlem.

Washington Street and Ellison Street, Paterson, New Jersey.

West 113th Street and St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan.

The Cloisters Museum, 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan.

(Near 24) Commerce Street, Newark, New Jersey.