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New York City's Colorful Street Signs By Boroughs


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These days, street signs are pretty much a standard white on green, but did you know that when I was a little one, New York had colorful street signs that were color coded by borough?

 

The Code:

Manhattan: Yellow with Black letters and numbers

The Bronx: Blue with White letters and numbers

Brooklyn: Black with White letters and numbers

Queens: White with Blue letters and numbers

Staten Island: Yellow with Black letters and numbers

 

These signs began being replaced around 1990, but some still survive. My favorite? The white and blue of The Bronx.

 

This great page at Forgotten New York remembers our colorful street signs and shows examples in each borough. Enjoy!

 

Link: http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SIGNS/Color/color.html

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