Forgotten New York

FORT GREENE GHOST

The true miracle is that this, the last of Brooklyn’s ‘humpback’ street signs, is still in place. Out of thousands this is the last one. In fact I haven’t been by here in a few months — I hope it’s still there. Really, the Brooklyn Museum or a local outfit should claim it before the Dapartment of Transportation finds it and throws it out.

And that’s not all. Look closely at the hump–you’ll see a street that’s no longer there.

The two braces at the bottom likely held a white arrow-shaped one -way sign that was marked “Police Department.”

I wish I remembered everything I heard in school in addition to this stuff. I’d be a lot richer.

 

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