Jack Shi, a 64-year-old Chinese native, bought a house on 20 Ingram St. in Forest Hills three years ago and had no idea it was the address used for Peter Parker and Aunt May’s in the comics. But since he discovered this famous detail about his new home, he has taken responsibility on letting fans live their dream. “If I am a living here, I should do as Spider-Man,” the dad of two told the NY Post. “If someone wants to take a picture, I say yes.”
COMPRÓ UNA CASA SIN SABER QUE ERA LA DE SPIDER-MAN Y AHORA LE LLEGAN CARTAS DE NIÑOS DE TODO EL MUNDO | Por Antonela Rabanal
Jack Shi, un ciudadano de origen chino de 64 años, recibe cartas de niños de todo el mundo dirigidas a Spider-Man desde que compró, hace tres años, la… pic.twitter.com/RHqukKhnx1
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Shi added that kids from around the world write letters and draw pictures addressed to the Web Head that wind up at his home, which is labeled as “Spider-Man’s home” on Google Maps.
Jack Shi, de 64 anos, mora no endereço canônico do Peter Parker (a casa da Tia May) dos quadrinhos.
Ele não fazia ideia de que a casa era associada ao Homem-Aranha quando a comprou, mas agora recebe cartas destinadas ao herói de vários lugares do mundo. Inclusive, sua casa está… pic.twitter.com/5Ds37dgjR6
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“Spider-Man, how do you do the things that you do like saving the world?” Julius from South Dakota wrote in April.
“Can you come over to my house to play? We can watch TV together,” another letter a child named Cooper wrote not just to Spidey, but Deadpool as well.
The family of little Kannon in Nebraska even invited Spider-Man to the tyke’s 5th birthday party. “This is where I wanted to live. It is an exciting place,” Shi said. “[My neighbors], they are good people,” he added of the area by Union Turnpike and Metropolitan Avenue.
A great marketing story. A man accidentally bought the "Spider-Man house" and is now receiving mail for the superhero.
64-year-old Jack Shi bought a house at 20 Ingram Street in New York three years ago, unaware that this was the address where Peter Parker and Aunt May lived in… pic.twitter.com/rKyHFA8t6O
— Kordon (@Kordoneuropa) August 9, 2026
Nearby at Frank Torres’ residence, he’s also used to being asked “if my house was a Spider-House” – even though the Holland films are set closer to the East River around Astoria and Long Island City.
“I’d say it happens a few times every time a movie comes out,” said Torres, a 76 year-old who’s called Ingram Street home for three decades.
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