The Brief
- FOX 5 NY’s Lisa Evers spoke exclusively with Byron Sterling, a Brooklyn native behind viral videos showing riders evading the MTA’s fare gates.
- His videos demonstrate a range of methods, from riding a scooter through station entrances and vaulting over turnstiles “Spider-Man–style” to, in some cases, forcing his way through by prying open glass fare gate doors.
- “We need to focus more on safety, and the service of the subway system,” Sterling told Evers.
NEW YORK – As the MTA rolls out new fare gates, a Brooklyn content creator’s viral videos are drawing attention to how some riders are still getting through without paying.
What we know:
FOX 5 NY’s Lisa Evers spoke exclusively with Byron Sterling, a Brooklyn native behind the viral videos officialkiingspiider on social media, which show various ways to evade the MTA’s fare gates.
The MTA has referred to Sterling and his group of friends as “minor league trolls.”…