A New Yorker learns early on how to properly hail a taxi.

And actress Scarlett Johansson, who was born and raised in the Big Apple, proved that showing a little leg certainly doesn’t hurt when you need a quick getaway.

The 27-year-old movie star quickly got the cab driver’s attention, then dashed across the busy Manhattan street, and bid farewell to her blonde female companion.

Hey taxi! New Yorker Scarlett Johansson proved that showing a little leg certainly doesn’t hurt when you need a quick getaway as she hailed a cab today

With her blonde hair in a messy bun, Scarlett kept cool in a casual blue floral dress and black strappy wedges as she carried two heavy bags on each arm through the bustling city.

The curvy actress can thank her enviable figure and toned legs to her recent physically-demanding role in The Avengers where, she stuck to a ‘mostly vegan diet’ and worked for almost two months with trainer Bobby Strom and her stunt double Heidi Moneymaker.

She and ex-husband Ryan Reynolds recently put their two-bedroom Los Feliz home on the market for $3.65 million, after having lived in it for less than six months.

Blending in: With her blonde hair in a messy bun, Scarlett kept cool in a casual blue floral dress and black strappy wedges as she carried two heavy bags on each arm throught the bustling city

The news comes a month after Ryan and his new girlfriend, Gossip Girl star Blake Lively, purchased a new house in upstate New York for more than $2 million.

After dating Sean Penn briefly, Scarlett was spotted all over Manhattan and Hawaii with New York-based advertising creative director Nate Naylor, who isn’t used to dating celebrities.

‘[The media attention] must be very strange for him,’ she told Vogue in April.

Getting fit: The curvy actress can thank her enviable figure and toned legs to her physically-demanding role in The Avengers where, she stuck to a ‘mostly vegan diet’ and worked out hard for almost two months

I got one! The 27-year-old movie star quickly got the cab driver’s attention, then dashed across the busy Manhattan street, and bid farewell to her blonde female companion

‘I mean, it’s got to be an adjustment for him way more than it was for me [when my career started] at 19. But he’s really remarkably good about it.’

Two weeks ago, the Match Point star was seen in 1960 period costume on the set of Hitchcock, a film about the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s scariest film, Psycho, out next year.

Carrying an enormous umbrella, Scarlett was seen wearing a cream pencil skirt, matching heels, and a yellow-and-black sleeveless blouse.

Becoming Janet Leigh: Two weeks ago, Scarlett was seen in 1960 period costume on the set of Hitchcock, a film about the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s scariest film, Psycho, out next year

Jessica Biel plays Vera Miles, the actress who portrayed Marion Crane’s sister in the film, while British actor James D’Arcy plays Anthony Perkins who played the psychotic Norman Bates.

Dame Helen Mirren plays the director’s wife Alma, while Anthony Hopkins will take on the title role.

Reluctant sex symbol: The Match Point star loves that how Janet Leigh was able to successfully balance being a ‘good actor’ and ‘sexy’

Scarlett recently told Total Film Magazine how excited she is to play Janet Leigh, the actress whose character is murdered in the infamous shower scene.

‘There was never really an actor I wanted to portray or do a biopic of but I do love Janet Leigh,’ she said.

‘I’ve always loved her. She was such a good actor and sexy. But it never got in the way of her work. She was spunky and her relationship with Hitchcock was famously one of great admiration and affection between them.’

However, being a good actor and sexy has definitely made Johansson feel pigeonholed as a sex symbol.

‘I never wanted to be a sex symbol. I wanted to be a character actor. Those are the actors I often mostly admire,’ said the Lost In Translation star.

The Golden Globe-nominated actress continued, ‘But I think women that are curvy can be pigeonholed in that bombshell thing. I never think of my characters that way. What can you do about it? As I get older, I think I’m seeing more multifaceted roles. I’m past the ingenue phase, which I’m very thankful for, but I’m happy it’s over.’

She’ll soon join Inception star Joseph Gordon-Levitt in his directorial debut feature Don Jon’s Addiction, a comedy about a porn-addicted ladies man who learns to be less selfish.

Also out this year is Under the Skin, Jonathan Glazer’s film in which Scarlett plays an alien in human form on a journey through Scotland.

Currently in post-production, the movie was shot in London and on location in Scotland earlier this year.