--- title: Spider-Man Brawls With Man in Times Square description: The fight was captured on video canonical: https://time.com/3987897/spider-man-times-square-fight/ author: Eric Dodds article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-06T19:56:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:09.108Z og:title: Spider-Man Wrestles With Pedestrian in Times Square og:description: The fight was captured on video og:url: https://time.com/3987897/spider-man-times-square-fight/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbacba5fc299fc597/69885e41a988ca23c96b3c9d/the-amazing-spider-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: The Amazing Spider-Man og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Spider-Man Wrestles With Pedestrian in Times Square twitter:description: The fight was captured on video twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbacba5fc299fc597/69885e41a988ca23c96b3c9d/the-amazing-spider-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Spider-Man Wrestles With Pedestrian in Times Square > Sponsored content. 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According to the [New York](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/spider-man-takes-man-times-square-article-1.2317080?Df=&utm%5Fcontent=bufferbda5c&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fcampaign=NYDailyNewsTw)[ _Daily News_](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/spider-man-takes-man-times-square-article-1.2317080?Df=&utm%5Fcontent=bufferbda5c&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fcampaign=NYDailyNewsTw), the pedestrian was the antagonist. “The guy was harassing a number of performers, other costumed folks,” witness Geoff Goldberg told the tabloid. “They’ve notoriously had issues with him in the past.” Goldberg was the man responsible for capturing 30 seconds of the brawl on video, though the clip failed to capture the start or outcome of the fracas. The video begins with Spidey throwing the first punch (and kick). > [](http://twitter.com/geoffgolberg/status/629322602700521472) \[[_New York Daily News_](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/spider-man-takes-man-times-square-article-1.2317080?Df=&utm%5Fcontent=bufferbda5c&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fcampaign=NYDailyNewsTw)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3987897/spider-man-times-square-fight/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3987897/spider-man-times-square-fight/"},"headline":"Spider-Man Wrestles With Pedestrian in Times Square","datePublished":"2015-08-06T19:56:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:09.108Z","description":"The fight was captured on video","url":"https://time.com/3987897/spider-man-times-square-fight/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbacba5fc299fc597/69885e41a988ca23c96b3c9d/the-amazing-spider-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbacba5fc299fc597/69885e41a988ca23c96b3c9d/the-amazing-spider-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Amazing Spider-Man","caption":"The Amazing Spider-Man","creditText":"Jaimie Trueblood—Columbia Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3987897/spider-man-times-square-fight/","name":"Spider-Man Wrestles With Pedestrian in Times Square"}}]}] ```