MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK)

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MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK)
Posted by Gold_12TH on Thu Jun 28 22:45:07 2012 edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d A Brooklyn man's video showing a series of subway riders tripping on the same step while exiting a station in Sunset Park has caught the attention of the MTA. Posted online Wednesday, it instantly made its rounds on various blogs and forums. The video, by filmmaker Dean Peterson, opened with a message: "The subway station I use every day has something very peculiar about it... One of the stairs is a fraction of an inch higher than all the others." In less than 12 hours, "New York City Subway Stairs" had 330,000 views. Peterson told NBC 4 New York that he started documenting the falls at the 36 Street subway station, served by the D, N and R trains, because the step often tripped him. "My girlfriend and I would walk up all the time, and we would always trip," he said. "We just thought we were kind of klutzy. But then I kind of noticed that other people were doing it, too." Peterson's video shows person after person tripping on the seemingly innocuous step in the middle of the staircase. Some catch themselves instantly; others fall straight to their knees. In one worrying instance, a man carrying a baby jerks forward as his foot catches the offending step. He is able to regain his balance by grabbing on to another step in front of him with his free hand. The dangerous step, it turns out, is a half-inch higher than the others. It's not clear why it was built that way, but after the video went viral and reporters started calling, the MTA went to work. Crews went to the station Wednesday to block off the staircase in preparation for repairs. It's not clear what the fix will entail, or how long it will take. ---http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Subway-Stair-Tripping-People-Fall-Steps-Brooklyn-Station-36-Street-Sunset-Park-MTA-160629545.html
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Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St,
Posted by Allan on Thu Jun 28 22:51:17 2012, in response to MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK), posted by Gold_12TH on Thu Jun 28 22:45:07 2012. edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d This is nothing really new. We had the same problem some years back at Pelham Bay Park,only in this case the situation occurred when people were walking down. The 3rd step from the mezzanine landing was not the right height and people (myself included) would always "mis-step". As far as I know, no one fell but I came close a couple of times. This went on for almost a year before they redid that staircase.
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Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK)
Posted by Kahlua on Fri Jun 29 07:00:00 2012, in response to MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK), posted by Gold_12TH on Thu Jun 28 22:45:07 2012. edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Address for the video please? All I get an "Aye Caramba" install flash message...
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Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK)
Posted by Dupont Circle Station on Fri Jun 29 09:39:37 2012, in response to MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK), posted by Gold_12TH on Thu Jun 28 22:45:07 2012. edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d And how many decades has that staircase been like that before someone actually took notice?
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Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK)
Posted by randyo on Fri Jun 29 14:11:53 2012, in response to Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK), posted by Dupont Circle Station on Fri Jun 29 09:39:37 2012. edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d It looks like the treads on the steps on that staircase were retrofitted at some point relatively recently and that the difference in height was caused by a misinstallation of the metal tread. It probably wasn't that way originally.
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Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK)
Posted by FormerVanWyckBlvdUser on Fri Jun 29 16:36:03 2012, in response to MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK), posted by Gold_12TH on Thu Jun 28 22:45:07 2012. edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d There's even a link to the video on the CNN web site.
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Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK)
Posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Mon Jul 2 07:15:12 2012, in response to MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK), posted by Gold_12TH on Thu Jun 28 22:45:07 2012. edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d The steps on the staircase were replaced over the weekend.
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Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK)
Posted by Dupont Circle Station on Mon Jul 2 10:20:28 2012, in response to Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK), posted by randyo on Fri Jun 29 14:11:53 2012. edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d There was a step at 25th Av on the West End that was like that when I lived there in the late 1980s. It had been that way for as long as anyone could remember, at least as far back as the 1950s and likely longer. Since the stop was pretty much people who lived there, most folks knew about it and simply dealt.
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Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK)
Posted by R36 #9346 on Tue Jul 3 11:01:01 2012, in response to Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK), posted by Kahlua on Fri Jun 29 07:00:00 2012. edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d http://vimeo.com/44807536
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Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK)
Posted by R36 #9346 on Tue Jul 3 11:06:20 2012, in response to MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK), posted by Gold_12TH on Thu Jun 28 22:45:07 2012. edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Do you want to hear an interesting thing about stairs?
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Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK)
Posted by Mr RT on Tue Jul 3 12:23:41 2012, in response to Re: MTA Blocks Staircase After Viral Video Shows People Tripping on Same Subway Station Step (36 St, BK), posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Mon Jul 2 07:15:12 2012. edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d A $1B Capital Improvement ?
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