An astronaut, named Brent (James Franciscus), is sent on a mission to find the missing astronaut crew from the first film, and he also lands on the planet of the apes where he stumbles upon an underground city where the last humans are in hiding from the dreaded ape army now out to exterminate mankind.

otsoNY Comments: None of these New York locations were actually used, and in fact the majority of the film was shot on Stage 16 at the 20th Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles, California.

Subway Station, Queensboro Plaza, New York.

New York Public Library, 476 5th Avenue (btw East 40th and 42nd Streets) Manhattan.

New York Stock Exchange, 11 Wall Street and Broad Street, Manhattan.

Radio City Music Hall, 1260 6th Avenue and West 50th Street, Manhattan.

5th Avenue and East 51st Street, Manhattan.

Grand Central Terminal, 89 East 42nd Street and Park Avenue, Manhattan.