September 28, 2005
Oy Vey, What a Sign for Marty Markowitz
The city's most visible borough president (sorry, C. Virginia, running for mayor doesn't count), Brooklyn's Marty Markowitz, has gotten his wish: Now drivers (and bikers and pedsetrians) leaving Brooklyn by way of the Williamsburg Bridge will see signs that say, "Leaving Brooklyn? Oy vey!" Markowitz tried to propose this sign in January 2004, but the Department of Transportation said no. The "Oy Vey" sign was a suggestion someone made after Markowitz unveiled the "Leaving Brooklyn...Fugheddaboutit" sign, which some felt stereotyped Italian-Americans, because Markowitz would most likely happily stereotype all of his constituents in order to prove to the world that Brooklyn is the greatest borough in the world. Gothamist thinks he could probably make signs for neighborhoods, like "Entering Park Slope? Be careful of the strollers running over your feet!" or "Taking the G? Good luck"
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I hate to be negative about anything that is conceived of as an improvement (on any level) to any of the boroughs, but those signs are SO lame! Every time I driive past that one at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge I gag at the inanity.
Agreed that signs are dumb and al, but felt it worth pointing out that the sign has already been over the w'burg bridge for at least several months
marty is basically a media putz and a buffoon who is actively selling the city and it's waterfront to the (apparently) lowest bidder, who will build the cheapest possible tax-free crap-boxes.
Brooklyn deserves much better.
is the office of bbp actually empowered to sell out the waterfront, etc.? sounds like he was having a hell of a time getting the city to allow him to put up a funny sign.
I love Marty! Whenever I see him (and being a Brooklyn resident, I see him fairly frequently) I feel cheered up. I hardly think he could be singlehandedly blamed for the property and waterfront development happening in Brooklyn - not only does he not have that much power to spearhead or veto such efforts, it's a natural extension of all the property and waterfront development that's been happening in Manhattan. A quote from MM about real estate prices in Brooklyn: "Blessed are those who bought early."
i snapped a photo of this sign last sunday the 25th. see link:
The man is a scumclown - a weird mixture of clown and scumbag. Every day that I wake up in this fair Borough, knowing that this man represents it to the wider world, is a slightly darker one than it should be. The man should not even be super at a Sheepshead Bay condo. Vote Gloria!