This page lists significant locations in the DC Universe, the shared universe setting of DC Comics.
Sites
Arrowcave The Arrowcave is the former base of operations of the Green Arrow and Speedy.
Avernus Cemetery Avernus Cemetery is a hidden burial ground in Central City for deceased members of the Rogues.
Batcave
Big Belly Burger Big Belly Burger is a fast food chain that was founded in the 1950s and later bought by LexCorp.Adventures of Superman #441 It started out in the fictional location of Coast City, home of Hal Jordan. The restaurant was inspired by Bob's Big Boy.
Big Belly Burger in other media Big Belly Burger appears in media set in the Arrowverse. Big Belly Burger appears in Blue Beetle. Big Belly Burger can also be found in the cinematic DCU. It can be seen in Peacemaker season 2, and in the background of Superman (2025). Big Belly Burger serves as inspiration for a food establishment at the DC Universe area of Six Flags.
Burnside Burnside is a borough of Gotham City that is connected to Gotham by the Burnside Bridge. It is home to The New 52 version of Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) and appears in Batman '89 as the birthplace of Drake Winston and Harvey Dent.
Casanova Club The Casanova Club is a nightclub owned by Alex Logue in Newcastle, England. It was there that a demon was summoned and John Constantine failed to save a young girl named Astra Logue who was taken to Hell.
Crime Alley Crime Alley is the most dangerous area of Gotham City, where Thomas and Martha Wayne were killed by Joe Chill during a mugging. It was previously known as Park Row before gaining its infamous reputation.
Daily Planet Building
Danny the Street
Flash Museum The Flash Museum is a memorial to the Flash (Barry Allen). It is located in Central City.
Fortress of Solitude
Hall of Doom The Hall of Doom is the home base of the Legion of Doom.
Hall of Justice
House of Mystery
House of Secrets
Reichuss Mansion The Reichuss Mansion is a mobile haunted house that served as the House of Secrets in the 1990s Vertigo series.
Iceberg Lounge The Iceberg Lounge is a nightclub and base of operations for the Penguin. It is located in Gotham City.
Iceberg Lounge in other media The Iceberg Lounge appears in the DC Animated Universe. The Iceberg Lounge appears in Gotham. The Iceberg Lounge appears in The Lego Batman Movie The Iceberg Lounge appears in Batman: Caped Crusader. The Iceberg Lounge appears in The Batman and its spin-off The Penguin. The Iceberg Lounge appears in Batman: Arkham City.
Justice Society Headquarters The current version of the Justice Society Headquarters is built on the foundation of the former brownstone headquarters and museum. The former headquarters in Gotham City, the latter in Manhattan. Sometimes called Dodds Mansion.
Justice Society Headquarters in other media The Justice Society Headquarters appears in the Smallville episode "Absolute Justice".
LexCorp Towers Complex The LexCorp Towers complex is the former headquarters of Lex Luthor. It is located in Metropolis.
Lux Lux is the bar/nightclub based in Los Angeles owned by Lucifer Morningstar and his mistress Mazikeen.
Netherworld The Netherworld is a fictional area of the city of Chicago.
Oblivion Bar The Oblivion Bar is an extradimensional bar used as a gathering place/hangout for magic users, as well as the headquarters for the Shadowpact.
Project Cadmus
Sanctum of Doctor Fate The Sanctum of Doctor Fate is Doctor Fate's headquarters. It is located in Salem, Massachusetts.
Secret Sanctuary The Secret Sanctuary is the original headquarters of the Justice League of America and briefly headquarters of the Doom Patrol. It is located in Happy Harbor, Rhode Island.
Sherwood Florist Sherwood Florist is originally in Seattle and now in Star City, the business operated by Black Canary.
Suicide Slum Suicide Slum (officially named "Southside") is a particularly impoverished and crime-ridden neighborhood in Metropolis. Post-Crisis, Lex Luthor was born and raised here prior to building his fortune.
Titans Tower Titans Tower is the headquarters of the Teen Titans, originally located in New York City and currently located in San Francisco.
Titans Tower in other media The animated series Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go! have the Titans Tower located in the fictional Jump City. Titans Tower is featured in Titans. Titans Tower is featured in films set in the DC Animated Movie Universe (DCAMU).
Underworld The Underworld is a place in Metropolis's sewers which is rejected by society and where the Warworlders took control.
Valhalla Cemetery Valhalla Cemetery is a burial ground located in Metropolis for superheroes who have died in the line of duty.
Wayne Manor
Wayne Tower
Correctional facilities Arkham Asylum
Belle Reve Belle Reve is a high security metahuman prison located in St. Roch, Louisiana and the headquarters of the Suicide Squad.
Belle Reve in other media In Smallville, Belle Reve Sanitarium is a prison for "meteor freaks" (metahumans) and the mentally ill located near Kansas. Belle Reve Special Security Barracks appears in the DC Extended Universe, as the location where Lex Luthor was sent at the end of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and in Suicide Squad, where it is revealed to be a black site where the Suicide Squad is recruited. Belle Reve Correctional Center appears in The Suicide Squad and its spinoff Creature Commandos, where it is the base of operations for Task Force X and later Task Force M.
Blackgate Penitentiary Blackgate Penitentiary is a prison in Gotham City that houses non-metahuman criminals, such as Rupert Thorne, Carmine Falcone, the Penguin, Arnold Wesker / Ventriloquist, Arthur Brown / Cluemaster and Victor Zsasz.
Blackgate Penitentiary in other media Blackgate Penitentiary appears in Gotham. Blackgate Penitentiary appears in Batwoman. Blackgate Penitentiary appears in The Penguin. Blackgate Penitentiary appears in The Dark Knight Rises. Blackgate Penitentiary appears in the Batman: Arkham series.
Gotham State Penitentiary Gotham State Penitentiary is a prison located in the Sommerset neighborhood, near Arkham Asylum.Batman #8Detective Comics #610
Gotham State Penitentiary in other media Gotham State Penitentiary appears in Batman (1966).
Iron Heights Penitentiary Iron Heights Penitentiary is a high security prison devised for many of the foes of the Flash. It is located near Keystone City.
Iron Heights Penitentiary in other media Iron Heights Penitentiary appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Iron Heights Penitentiary appears in The Flash. Iron Heights Penitentiary appears in the Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode "One Minute Mysteries!". Iron Heights Penitentiary appears in Batman: Arkham Knight. This version is a blimp like prison.
Peña Duro Peña Duro, also called Hard Rock in English, is the former prison of the villain Bane that is located in Santa Prisca. He served a life sentence there as a child because of the actions committed by his father King Snake.Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1
Rock Falls Penitentiary Rock Falls Penitentiary is a prison in Rock Falls, Iowa. It was originally created for the film Shazam! and incorporated into subsequent comics as a prison that had a section built to house the magic-based enemies of the Shazam Family.
Ravenscar Secure Facility Ravenscar Secure Facility is a mental asylum in Yorkshire where John Constantine was committed after the Newcastle Incident.
Slabside Island Slabside Island, also called the Slab and Slabside Penitentiary, is a high security metahuman prison. Originally in New Jersey, it was later transported to Antarctica after the Joker's "Last Laugh" riot. Shilo Norman was the original warden of Slabside Penitentiary.
Slabside Island in other media A version of Slabside Island called Slabside Maximum Security Prison appears in Arrow.
Stryker's Island Stryker's Island is a prominent penitentiary in Metropolis specifically New Troy's West River.Superman #9Superman #49–50
Stryker's Island in other media Stryker's Island appears in the DC Animated Universe. Stryker's Island appears in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. Stryker's Island appears in All-Star Superman. Stryker's Island appears in Superman vs. The Elite. Stryker's Island appears in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as an abandoned island between Gotham City and Metropolis.Behling, Steve (February 26, 2019). Shazam!: Freddy's Guide to Super Hero-ing. United States: HarperCollins. Stryker's Island appears in Lego DC Super-Villains as a main hub. Stryker's Island appears in My Adventures with Superman. Stryker's Island is set to appear in The People v. Gorilla Grodd.
Industrial sites Ace Chemicals
Ace Chemicals is a chemical plant in Gotham City where the Joker supposedly originated.
Ace Chemicals in other media Ace Chemicals appears in Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures. Ace Chemicals appears in The Flash episode "Back to Normal" Ace Chemicals appears in Gotham. Ace Chemicals appears in Batwoman. Ace Chemicals appears in Batman (1989), though it is renamed Axis Chemicals. Ace Chemnicals appears in the DC Extended Universe. In the film Suicide Squad, flashbacks show Joker convinced Harley Quinn to bathe in the same chemicals as he did. Ace Chemicals appears in Birds of Prey. Following joker and Harley Quinn's break-up, Harley destroys Ace Chemicals. Ace Chemicals appears in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes.
AmerTek Industries AmerTek Industries is a military arms dealer previously in Washington, D.C. that was run by Colonel Thomas Weston. John Henry Irons worked there until he discovered his inventions were being used for evil purposes.
AmerTek Industries in other media AmerTek Industries appears in Arrow. AmerTek Industries appears in the fourth season of Supergirl. AmerTek Industries appears in Superman & Lois. AmerTek Industries appears in the My Adventures with Superman episode "Fullmetal Scientist". John Henry Irons and Silas Stone used to work at AmerTek Industries until Thomas Weston fired him for speaking against an unstable energy project he plan to make public. An AmerTek Industries building appears in Batman: Arkham Origins. An AmerTek Industries building appears in Batman: Arkham Knight. An AmerTek Industries building appears in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Daggett Industries Daggett Industries is a pharmaceutical company founded and owned by Roland Daggett. Created for Batman: The Animated Series, Daggett Industries later appeared in the main comics continuity.
Ferris Aircraft Ferris Aircraft is Coast City's aerospace company that was originally founded and owned by Carl Ferris and Conrad BlochGreen Lantern Vol 2 #138 and now run by Ferris' daughter Carol Ferris.
Ferris Aircraft in other media Ferris Aircraft appears in Justice League: The New Frontier. Ferris Aircraft appears in Green Lantern: First Flight. Ferris Aircraft appears in Green Lantern.
GothCorp GothCorp is a company based in Gotham City, founded and owned by Ferris Boyle, targeted by ex-employee Victor Fries. Created for Batman: The Animated Series, the company later appeared in The Batman and the Arkhamverse as well as appearing in the mainstream comics.
Kord Industries Kord Industries is an industrial firm founded and owned by Ted Kord.
Kord Industries in other media Kord Industries appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Kord Industries appears in Blue Beetle.
LexCorp LexCorp is an international multi-corporation founded and owned by Lex Luthor. The company is based in Metropolis and is headquartered in LexCorp Tower. In other continuities, it is also known as LuthorCorp or L-Corp.