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Illicit Drone Video Takes You From NYC Subway Train To High Above Bushwick
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Jen Carlson
Published Aug 3, 2016
Modified Apr 3, 2018
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Drones are definitely not allowed in our subway system, but here in New York City we don't care for rules. Below, watch one law-breaking citizen drag his young daughter into a life of crime by operating a drone inside of a subway car. [Correction: this part of the video was not filmed with a drone, sneaky bastards.] That moment comes to a quick end as the drone soon emerges from the Halsey Street station, flying over the streets of Bushwick, and eventually hovering over 345 Eldert Street, where a choreographed scene unfolds against the setting sun.
The video is not totally random—that music you hear is the vintage 1983 HBO theme, to which the video pays homage.
[h/t Reddit]
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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