The Other Guys was filming a motorcycle stunt staged around 40th and 7th ave. This movie looks like a huge pile from the synopsis, but I do enjoy a good stunt.

I happened to be walking by this on my way home from the gym. Everyone was annoyed that they were having to walk an extra block for reasons they didn't know. I cut around and walked behind that bus in the video instead of walking down 25th towards 5th. So glad I did!

When people saw this, I swear, business men were grinning like boys with a new Tonka truck. It was awesome to watch.

Car commercial?

"The new 2010 Lexus can detect and outrun out-of-control wrecking balls. Isn't your piece of mind worth another 20 grand."

just think of what that wrecking ball would have done to a cyclist.

The ball looks to be 6 feet in diameter, slightly "shorter" than the van. Wrecking balls are usually solid cast iron, a cubic foot of steel weighs around 500 pounds. 6 foot ball is 113 cubic feet, and would weigh 56547 pounds. This makes one think: 1) such wrecking ball can't even exist 2) this ball is presumably 20 times heavier than a minivan, it would just slice through the van.

I work a couple blocks from here and happened to be walking by when they did this--it was at least a month ago. Big crowd had formed on the other side of the street and had no clue why, so I lingered for a minute or two and then BAM.

Heh. You can even hear someone right at end of the video saying "that was right on target."

As a couple of the YouTube comments point out, you can see the hydraulic catapult attached to the van's undercarriage. Most likely that hit from the wrecking ball, hitting as high as it does (to be sure to not actually injure the stunt driver) would just smash through the top of it.

So the driver hit a button as the ball hit, deploying the arm underneath, which struck the pavement and flipped the van.

Yeah, wrecking balls have been illegal in NYC for a while now. Impressive stunt, though!

I was hoping for "The Lost Language Of Cranes 2".

HA! Good one :D

That gay Londoner's neurotic ex-boyfriend is back...with a vengeance!

Starring Christian Bale and Clive Owen and directed by action/gay/British movie savant Ang Lee.

Strange. I would've pegged it to be "On Golden Pond 2, the Boogaloo Year."

It's a scene from the Will Ferrell movie they've been shooting around town for a couple months, "The Other Guys."

Yep. This was on 25th and Park Ave. You even see some of the filming crew's gear under a tan tarp in the foreground.

Actually, 24th and Park Ave. South.

Where the Crane is used to be a really good deli.

Yep. They did a bunch of big-budget stunts.

Heh. I know what it is, having seen it on a cell phone over a month ago.

Not sure whether I want to reveal the truth though...

I will say it has nothing to do with Astroboy.

You can hear them say "CUT!!!" about 5 seconds after the van gets hit. Obviously a movie.