Articles about “sign”
"Iconic" History Channel Sign Coming Down In The Bronx
Photo via GlynLowe.com Citi Field is losing its iconic Pepsi porch, Williamsburg's waterfront was stripped of its Domino Sugar sign (for now), the Kentile Floors sign came down last year, and now the Bronx will be...
Kanye Got Beck'd At Last Night's Free Flatiron Show
Last night Kanye West took over the NYC streets with a free(zing cold) outdoor concert in front of the Flatiron Building. We'll have more on that later, but the most eventful thing that happened was probably this:...
Make Your Own Damn Kentile Floors Sign
The Kentile Floors sign was stripped from the South Brooklyn skyline earlier this summer, and while we will never be able to fill the void it has left, we can pay $20 for a miniature version...
You Can Buy A Custom Street Sign From The DOT For $35
Recently a "Big Pun Place" sign was installed in the Bronx, but it wasn't the Department of Transportation dedicating the intersection to the late Bronx-born rapper. The sign, which is at 163rd and Rogers Place, was...
Smart Crew Sorta Recreated Banksy's Stencil After Sign Was "Stolen"
At some point in last night, someone removed the "Graffiti is a crime" sign from Banksy's Allen Street piece, but it was soon replaced with a new sign courtesy of Smart Crew, which read: "Street art is...
Brooklyn's Eagle Sign Is Being Ripped From The Gowanus Skyline
Earlier this year there was a false rumor that the beloved Kentile Floors sign would be ripped from the South Brooklyn skyline—luckily that never happened. But now the Poor Man's Kentile Sign—the Eagle Clothes sign—is being torn...
Evil Genius Seeking Minions In NYC
via Anthony Fisher Someone has been hanging up these signs around New York City (this one was spotted in LIC) which signal the hatching of some downright evil plans. The poster is looking to form a...
Let's Find This Missing Firehouse Kitten!
Photo by SB This sign was spotted by one of our readers on the Upper East Side this morning, put there by the firefighters at East 85th Street who have lost their kitten. It reads: "Please...
Note Threatens To Publicly Humiliate Dog Owner For Not Cleaning Up After Pup
Photo by Mike V These signs have been spotted all over Gramercy Park, where a tipster tells us they're "taped on every flower bed along the southside" (this one was hanging at 20th and Irving). The...
The Keymaster Is In Manhattan, Searching For The Gatekeeper
Over in Greenwich Village, someone is in search of the Gatekeeper, and our money's on the Keymaster. Have you seen this demigod around? She may also answer to the name "Zuul," but given she has the...
Meanie On The Loose On The UWS!
Photo by David T. Cole/Glark Beware bespectacled and sunglassed folks on the Upper West Side, one of your own had his glasses knocked off by a mean man near Columbus and 94th Street over the weekend....
Altered Subway Sign Makes The MTA A Little Bit Sassy!
via Zoe Schlanger You know those ads in the subway telling you how much the MTA has improved, or is working upon improving the city's mass transit system? Heh, always good for a laugh. And today...
Orphaned Baby Squirrel Roaming The East Village
Photo by Scott Lynch An orphaned baby squirrel is on the loose in the East Village. A tipster saw this sign on East 7th Street and 2nd Avenue, which asks: "If seen or caught, please send...
Let's Bring Back These Anti-Spitting Posters
Speaking of etiquette... did you know that spitting is still prohibited in New York City, with the law stating that "no person shall spit upon a sidewalk of a street or place, or on a floor,...
Red Hook "Where's Osama?" Sign Gets Taken Down
From reader E.N. The sign hanging outside a Red Hook home and demanding, "Where Is Osama Bin Laden?"—complete with a counter of how many years and days had passed since 9/11— was taken down yesterday. Cheryl...
Amy Poehler Promises 24/7 Stripping In Former "Hot Chicks Room"
Last night we ran into Amy Poehler—and her influence—at a party (where her friend Craig Wedren was performing an intimate set) in the East Village. The very same East Village that recently demanded the Upright Citizens...
UCB Agrees To Take Down "Hot Chicks Room" Sign At New Bar
The Upright Citizens Brigade have been settling in to a new space on Avenue A at 3rd Street, and the welcoming committee has already forced them to take down some signage. Welcome to the East Village...
Keep It Classist, Park Slope
Photo via FIPS The Garfield Street entrance of Prospect Park has been given some neighborhood-specific street art. The tag resembles the tourist lane, but this one separating the "rich" from the "poor." FIPS has breathless commentary...
Tip: Don't Smile At Strangers
Via Subway Art Blog Lest you forget where you are (New York City) and who you are (a very important New Yorker) here is a little sign to help you keep in check—located at 14th Street,...
Uptight Westchester Library Bans Balloons!
Photo by Scouting NY Libraries are sticklers for their rules—and they have a lot of rules—but check out the latest one at the Yonkers Public Library: NO BALLOONS. While bringing a balloon to the library doesn't...
Is Kristy/Krissy/Kristie Just Not That Into JJ?
We were going to ignore this story, but desperate times call for... blogging. And desperate times are upon us. Has the rest of the internet familiarized you with JJ yet? The young lad, dressed as an...
Trader Joe's Puts Up Crime Sign
Photo via McBrooklyn Acknowledging they are a hotbed of criminal activity, Trader Joe's has put up a chalkboard message warning customers to keep an eye on their things. (Whatever happened to the sign targeted at the...
This Unicorn Has Gone Missing In Central Park!
Courtesy of Queens Crap A unicorn has gone missing near Central Park and West 72nd Street! There's a reward—and probably some good karma—if you can lead to the retrieval of the magical creature. We called the...
New MTA Typo Spotted
Photo via l.e.s.ter The MTA recently made some changes to the M15 bus route, which means new signs, which means new typos! A Bowery Boogie tipster notes that "this embarrassing poster was spotted on the payphone...
Spotted: Love Now Allowed On Subways
Photo by Katie Sokoler You still can't smoke or litter on the subway, but now you can be in love, or find love, or give love, or target love? So long as it's not the kind...
Service Alert: The G Train Doesn't Care About You
Photo via A Brooklyn Art Critic's Notebook The G train may just be a mere puppet under the control of the MTA, but this is probably what it would say to you if its transit Svengali...
Welcome To Brooklyn Sign Returns To Borough
About 33 years ago, the Welcome To Brooklyn sign that adorned the Verrazano Bridge ramp—the same sign that was made famous in the opening credits of Welcome Back Kotter—was stolen. According to the Daily News, however, it's...
Beatrice Inn's Sign Stolen!
A network of thieves is banking on someone caring enough about the now-shuttered Beatrice Inn that they'll actually pay real money to retrieve its stolen sign. The Imaginary Socialite received the above image last night via...
MTA Will Erase FML From Station Signage
Photo via Aman*Duh's Flickr An internet meme has met the MTA, albeit briefly. When new changes to the transit system led to new signs marking some stations, the agency was forced to put the letters F,...
Bill Murray, There Is An Amazing Opportunity Awaiting You
Photo by Miss Heather/NYShitty Can we get a Facebook group going around this, akin to the one that got Betty White launched into the hosting spotlight on SNL? Because it would be amazing to see Bill...