A Brooklyn filmmaker noticed something off about a subway staircase and turned his observation into a video that has gone viral.
Dean Peterson, whose interests "include but are not limited to: coffee, Siberian Huskies and David Bowie," shot a video of person after person tripping on the same step in a staircase at the 36 Street Station on the D, N, and R lines in Brooklyn.
Title cards of his short film claims the step is a "fraction of an inch higher than all the others" and that makes it "just high enough so that EVERYONE trips on it."
Peterson uploaded the video to Vimeo on June 27 and by the afternoon of June 29 had been viewed more than a million times.
The MTA issued a statement about the video, saying "The staircase will be repaired and ready for service tomorrow morning."
Peterson said on his Twitter feed that he has been interviewed by several news outlets, including CNN and the New York Times.
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The unofficial start of summer is being met with not so perfect beach weather. Many beach communities had been hoping for good weather this weekend following the destruction and rebuilding due to superstorm Sandy.
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President Barack Obama plans to give the Jersey Shore a boost with a post-Memorial Day visit to showcase recovery efforts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
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New Jersey's education commissioner has overturned the firing of a high school athletic director who was caught on camera putting dog waste on his ex-wife's car.
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Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested Thursday for allegedly smoking marijuana in the lobby of her Midtown Manhattan building and throwing a marijuana bong out of a window, said police.
Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested Thursday for allegedly smoking marijuana in the lobby of her Midtown Manhattan building and throwing a marijuana bong out of a window, said police.
