Street signs in New York City - Wikipedia
There are many types of street name signs in New York City. The standard format is a green sign in all-capital letters, with the suffix abbreviated and in superscript. Many signs deviate from the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices standards, especially in historic districts and in Midtown Manhattan and the Financial District.
NYC DOT - Sign Shop - NYC.gov
NYC DOT’s Sign Shop creates the street signs installed throughout the five boroughs of New York City. These signs serve a variety of purposes, including curbside parking regulations, intersection control signs, guide signs, and street names signs.
The History of NYC's Street Signs - Untapped New York
Mar 5, 2013 · Street signage in New York City today is an amalgamation of modern-day standardization and references to historical styles. A few of the signs from the 1960s and 1970s remain, but the majority are...
NYC DOT - Infrastructure - Traffic Signs
Sign Shop. NYC DOT’s Sign Shop creates the street signs installed throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Learn more about the Sign Shop. Parkway Signs. NYC DOT creates, installs and maintains signage on New York City Parkways. Learn …
13 Iconic New York City Signs, Past and Present
Jan 3, 2023 · From the glowing Pepsi-Cola logo to the newly restored Domino Sugar sign, discover the most iconic New York City signs!
Why does New York City have different colors street signs? - PIX11
Jul 19, 2024 · Explore the unique meaning behind New York City's different-colored street signs. Learn why they are green, brown, blue, black and red.
NYC Street Signs
NYC Street Signs is a product of the NYCity News Service at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
We’re Walkin’ Here! - Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
Aug 15, 2019 · Though New Yorkers are likely most familiar with green and white signs (or brown and white for historic landmarked areas, or blue and white for streets with nicknames), New York’s signs have a much more colorful past.
MANHATTAN STREET SIGNS - Forgotten New York
Sep 11, 2012 · This is the street sign style used in Manhattan and the Bronx beginning in the mid-1910s, and surviving in some cases until the early 1960s. They were navy blue and white, with the cross street placed above the main identifier street in what came to be called the ‘hump.’.
Staten Island street signs - Forgotten New York
Jan 2, 2025 · Many of these signs were on freestanding iron posts and were positioned perpendicularly, like this, an arrangement not used for NYC street signs in recent decades. Before the 1950s, though, Queens street signs were also positioned like this. Note the small knob, or finial, at the top of the pole.