Various logos and graphic representations have been used for NYC transit companies over the years, but the handsomest has been the interlocking “TA” used by the New York City Transit…

Have I ever mentioned that I got a B in a college math class? It was a proud B, since it was one of a handful of A’s and B’s…

I can’t believe I hadn’t noticed this classic awning sign on 8th Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue in Dyker Heights, since I must have passed it every day on the…

Originally, NYC fire alarms, introduced in the 1880s, were indicated by lights mounted on shafts above the alarm itself. However, when cast and wrought iron streetlamps were introduced in 1892…

This nearly rusted-through sign on 73rd Street between 6th and 7th Avenues (my former block) was rusty when I moved there in 1982. There are plenty of these type of…

This battered sign for S&H Green Stamps hung outside Mishkin’s Pharmacy on West 145th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, along with old-school neon signs, for decades before a recent renovation. S&H,…

There are a pair of unusually-named streets on the southern edge of Far Rockaway: Seagirt Boulevard, the more important of the two, a 6-lane behemoth with a center divider that…

Two otherwise unconnected women whose names are separated by a single letter are remembered on street signs in Woodside, Queens and Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. In 1995 the corner of 31st…

Heavy iron T-shaped directional signs were once standard issue on New York City’s parkways. Originally the signs were white with black lettering and illuminated by attached incandescent bulbs. Today the…

Just to get it out of the way, there’s no organization called “Hike New York”, but there are 44 pairs of 24″ diameter signs placed along designated routes in Astoria,…

This illuminated sign that appears at 43rd Avenue and 36th Street in Sunnyside seems to be advertising a now-departed business. There are various CRECOs worldwide: equipment rental, light manufacturing, concrete…

There’s a lot of mud and trucks a few blocks away. 11/5/14