The steps, which join Shakespeare and Anderson Avenues and run along West 167 Street, are officially called “Joker Stairs” and listed at 1165 Shakespeare Ave. in the photo sharing app.

The inspirations behind Tim Curry’s Pennywise. So the Joker was not the inspiration for the novel It. The first adaptation of the novel was the 1990 miniseries starring Tim Curry.

The image of Phoenix’s Joker dancing on those stairs has been a meme since the internet first laid eyes on it, which was in April, when the bit was used for promotional materials like the Joker ...

Photos taken by Joker fans on the stairs, connecting Shakespeare and Anderson avenues at West 167th Street, run the gamut from normal to next level. In the movie, Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker dances ...

And what's good for the block, they hope is good for the borough. "Go right here on 161st Street to see it, you don't have to go anywhere else so come to the stairs, come to the restaurants," said ...

The stairs Joaquin Phoenix sashays down in the movie Joker have now become less ominous and more touristy, as people have been flocking to the New York City location to be just like him. People ...

A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 23 of the New York edition with the headline: ‘Joker’ Stairs Turn Bronx Into Magnet For Tourists.

In a city filled with some of the most iconic attractions in the world, a set of stairs might be the hottest new tourist destination in New York City. It's not quite up there yet with the stairs that ...

The Stairs in 'Joker' Have Become a N.Y.C. Tourist Destination — and Some Locals Aren't Happy. ... Joker has grossed a massive global total of $737.5 million after three weekends.

He left PEOPLE in 2018. They both played infamously evil clowns, but It’s Bill Skarsgard sees some major differences between his Pennywise and Heath Ledger’s Joker from The Dark Knight.

The inspirations behind Tim Curry’s Pennywise. So the Joker was not the inspiration for the novel It. The first adaptation of the novel was the 1990 miniseries starring Tim Curry.