The eerily perfect Burbank street secretly owned by Disney

Nypost · Apr 06, 2026 · 351 words · By Bianca Heyward

Media production practices Corporate land use and secrecy

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The eerily perfect Burbank street secretly owned by Disney Forget Main Street USA — the real Disney World is a quiet area of Burbank where the grass is always greener, the paint is never chipped, and the landlord happens to be a multi-billion dollar rodent.

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Welcome to South Keystone Street, a two-block stretch of suburbia nestled right against the Walt Disney Studios lot.

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To the casual passerby, it’s a postcard of the American Dream.

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Claim 1: “South Keystone Street is a two-block stretch of suburbia nestled right against the Walt Disney Studios lot.”

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Claim 2: “Nearby homes on Keystone are estimated to be valued between $1 and $2 million, according to Zillow.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 444 East 58th Street is a six-story residential building located in the Sutton Place neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Designed in the Beaux-Arts style by architect George F. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/444_East_58th_Street

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable Lustron houses. A Lustron house is a home built using enameled metal. There were about 2500 prefabricated homes built in this manner. Numerous Lustron houses have been list…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lustron_houses

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Claim 3: “Disney has spent decades quietly snapping up all the single-family homes on the east side of South Keystone Street.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of feature-length films released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment for home entertainment. Some of the films were produced directly to home theater by Disney without a theatrica…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_feature-length_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of assets currently or formerly owned by the Walt Disney Company, unless otherwise indicated. As of October 2024, the Walt Disney Company, or just Disney, is organized into three main s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_the_Wa…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Walt Disney Studios, located in Burbank, California, United States, serves as the corporate headquarters for the Walt Disney Company. The 51-acre (20.6 ha) studio lot also contains several sound s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_(Burbank)

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Claim 4: “Disney’s 'Golden Oak Ranch' in Santa Clarita is a well-known private filming retreat, whereas Keystone Street is the company’s hidden-in-plain-sight masterpiece.”

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Claim 5: “Keystone Street has served as the backdrop for everything from the 1971 classic The Million Dollar Duck to the gritty series Wicked City.”

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Claim 6: “The corporate land grab reportedly began in 1991.”

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