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Street Sign Goof
Apr 14, 2008 | 8:18 PM
Category: Traffic
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There are certain things that can get really ugly if you make a mistake. Hand grenades come to mind. So do signs, especially signs that are supposed to tell you where you are. It appears that it was a simple mistake that turned Shore Parkway in Bensonhurst into Shore Road (which is actually in Bay Ridge), but can you imagine how stupid this would seem in your neighborhood?

I grew up on Cherry Lane in Smithtown and if someone made a sign that said Cherry Street or Cherry Drive, my mom probably would have started a riot or at the very least she would have gone into a monologue about how stupid the person was who made the sign.

At this point, I'd like to know if this is a one-time deal. This company is eventually installing thousands of new bus shelters around the city. Please let me know if you see any goofs and we'll check it out.

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Sanctus read my blog view my photos
Apr 15, 2008 | 8:09 AM

This story is a great example of how money is wasted in the city. Since when did we need street signs on bus stops? Don't we already have street signs on the streets? Of course we do, as you rightly pointed out in your story. A quick drive around our city will show even the most casual observer that most bus stops do not have street signs on them. I am now waiting for the city to mandate that toilets have a "sit here" sign on the seat, subway doors have an "enter here" sign on the doors, and sandwhiches have a "bite me" sign attached to a toothpick in the bread.

Daniel
John_Deutzman read my blog
Apr 15, 2008 | 8:18 AM

Daniel,

I love the "bite me" idea"

John
Sanctus read my blog view my photos
Apr 15, 2008 | 11:13 AM

Thanks. Every once in a while, I come up with a good one. Nice to see you in Brooklyn back around my old stomping grounds. I spent many a good summer night down by Caesar's Bay back in high school and even in later years when I lived on 80th street. It's a great place to run, bike and fish as well.

Daniel
John_Deutzman read my blog
Apr 15, 2008 | 11:19 AM

Daniel,

How many bodies did you fish out during your years on the bay?

John
Sanctus read my blog view my photos
Apr 15, 2008 | 11:32 AM

Haha! John, we didn't fish them OUT! We only engaged in educational and peaceful activities.
jmax123 read my blog view my photos
Apr 15, 2008 | 1:00 PM

Hi John....

I missed your segment on signs last night, but hopefully they will be more aware of the problem now.
One thing I don't get is that even in the smallest of towns, there is a variation of the same name, such as "Jackson Street" and "Jackson Ave" or "Church Lane and Church Street".
Do they do this just to confuse people? I'm sure they could think of new names if they put their thinking caps on.

Jane
AmazinMet1969 read my blog view my photos
Apr 15, 2008 | 1:11 PM

At the corner of West Houston Street in SoHo a sign was hung for Mercer St yesterday. The only problem was, the sign said Merser St. When someone pointed this out to the city worker putting it up, he indicated, "I'm just doing my job."
John_Deutzman read my blog
Apr 15, 2008 | 4:22 PM

Interesting,

Are you a really an Amazing Met from '69 or just a fan. One time believe or not, when I was doing sports in Miami Jerry Grote called me to chew me out because I was having fun with a collision bang bang play at the plate!

John
gertrude1945 read my blog view my photos
Apr 15, 2008 | 4:38 PM

This is insane! I can't believe they misspelled Mercer. Uneducated people are running the government, what can we do?

By the way, Daniel/Santus or Daniel Sanctus, they would have to put a disclaimer on the toothpick because someone is liable to take a bit out of it and then sue. Didn't something similar happen a few years back with McDonald's? A woman put her coffee cup between her legs as she was driving and she squeezed her thighs together to pop off the cap and the coffee spilled out and scalded her. She sued and now McDonald's warns that the coffee is hot.
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John_Deutzman

John Deutzman, a New York native, has been working as a reporter at Fox 5 News since September of 2001. John has won 12 career Emmys and has received 28 Emmy nominations. He's known for his aggressive and at times humorous style when catching bad guys and exposing scams for the Fox 5 Investigative Unit. John's stories have resulted in arrests, businesses being shut down and dozens victims getting their money back from scam artists. Before moving back to New York, John spent 11 years in Miami, first as a sports reporter but when hurricane Andrew struck, John was thrown into news reporting and evenutally made the full time switch to news. John also had stints in Binghamton,New York and Springfield,Massachusetts
. A native of Smithtown,Long Island, John is an 11th-generation Long Islander. He describes himself as a 50/50 mix of his two grandfathers. One grandfather was a journalist who owned the town paper, the "Smithtown Messenger" and the other was one of the first cops in town who had a reputation for being tough and crazy but fair.

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