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The New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) on Thursday launched a limited sale of authentic “Welcome to Queens” street signs, celebrating the city’s most diverse borough through its ...
Left: Leroy Mccarthy poses with a street sign honoring the legacy of Biggie Smalls on the 27th anniversary of Biggie’s death in 2023. Replica signs are now being sold by the DOT in celebration of the ...
The New York City Department of Transportation is honoring the legacy of hip-hop icons with a limited-edition street sign celebrating the legendary music group Wu-Tang Clan. Hip-hop fans can get their ...
Getting lost in the city is not just for befuddled tourists. One in three visitors told city surveyors they’d gotten lost in the last week – but so did one in 10 New Yorkers. “And… ...
Green signs are the standard sign throughout the city, a spokesperson for the NYC DOT said. The street signs at Broadway and West 46th Street near Times Square in Manhattan, New York (Photo by ...
The city’s Department of Transportation plans to roll out a series of new signs and maps in four neighborhoods to help directionally challenged New Yorkers and tourists who visit the areas.
The NYC DOT has launched monthly ‘sign drops’, featuring signs for iconic New York City streets, commemorations of famous New Yorkers, celebrations of special occasions, and other custom releases.
And the biggest fan of those 178,000 or so street name signs is John Fisher, who retired two years ago after 39 years as a city Department of Transportation engineer and assistant general manager.
Street signs dot every city block in the U.S. Without commanding much attention, they serve as a silent but ever-present reminder to live within the rules.
The Sign Shop is in Maspeth, Queens, where a team of 32 DOT employees hand-make more than 70,000 street signs, highway signs, directional signs and parking signs every year.
Residents and visitors in Muscatine will soon notice new street-name signs being installed at key intersections throughout ...