123 Sesame Street



123 Sesame Street is the most famous address on Sesame Street, located right next door to Oscar's trash can and Big Bird's nest. It is bordered on the other side by a storage facility and the courtyard adjoining Hooper's Store. It is a large brownstone apartment building with an inviting front stoop.

The basement of the building contains the rather spartan apartment of Ernie and Bert, as well as the laundry room. There is also an access to the area beneath Oscar's Trash Can. The ground floor is home to Gordon, with his wife Susan and son Miles. Gordon and Susan appear to be the owners of the building. The top floor is home to Luis, with his wife Maria and daughter Gabi. Originally, Gordon's sister Olivia lived in the top floor apartment, but she moved away when Maria and Luis got married. With its big fireplace, the upper apartment is a favorite gathering place during cold weather and blackouts. The roof of the building is where Bert keeps his pigeon coops. It is also a favorite gathering place for social events such as weddings and sing-alongs. The area directly to the right of the building is a courtyard that is enclosed in a wall made of discarded doors to form a living area for Big Bird.

Grover has been a resident; the 1985 book When Grover Moved to Sesame Street shows Grover and his mommy moving into 123. Other books, like Grover's Bad, Awful Day, show Grover and his mommy living in a house, and other books show them living in another apartment across the street.

Fisher-Price made a playset of 123 Sesame Street as part of its Little People line in 1975. When Palisades Toys got the license to make Sesame Street action figures, the original plan was to release two different types of figures: collector's-market versions that came with parts of the street, and family-market versions without extra pieces. The street pieces were to be put together into a playset, and the first series was to come with parts of 123 Sesame Street.

The front door to this building was originally green. In Season 33, it was changed to red, and later in season 35, it was green again.

Trivia

 * "123 Sesame Street" appears as a property on the Monopoly: Sesame Street Edition game board, in place of Boardwalk.