Name: Joker Stairs
Item: Joker Stairs
Author: ZipMundi Admin

The “Joker Stairs” are the colloquial name for a step street connecting Shakespeare and Anderson Avenues at West 167th Street in Highbridge in the Bronx, New York City. Located near the 167th Street station on the New York City Subway’s 4 train, the stairs served as one of the filming locations in the 2019 film Joker.

In the film, Arthur Fleck, the main character, played by Joaquin Phoenix, is repeatedly shown walking up and down these stairs as part of his daily routine. Later, during the film’s climax, he dances down the stairs wearing a bright red-colored suit and clown makeup that will come to represent his character of Joker, as Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part 2” plays in the background. The stairs appear in a promotional poster for the film and have become a tourist destination. Both the stairs and Arthur’s dance have become Internet memes. Many visitors reenact the scene from the film, sometimes in Joker attire, to the point that the stairs have become crowded with sightseers.

Joker Stairs

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