The complaint was properly dismissed. The alleged hazard in this trip and fall action, temporary plywood flooring raised from the surrounding well-lit subway platform floor and painted bright yellow around the edges, was open and apparent and thus did not constitute a trap or snare for the unwary, and, under all the relevant circumstances, too trivial to be actionable (see Trincere v County of Suffolk,
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