Williamsburg, NY – Billboard Collapse Halts Traffic on BQE

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    Williamsburg, NY – Authorities say strong winds may have helped topple a giant billboard onto a busy expressway in Brooklyn, tying up traffic for hours as emergency responders brought in a crane to remove it.

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    WCBS-TV was reporting Friday that the 20-foot by 60-foot billboard in Greenpoint fell on the westbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

    Fire Department of New York Chief Robert Strong tells the television station that the wind was a factor.

    But he says they don’t know the exact cause yet.

    The FDNY says a crane was being brought over to try to remove the billboard.

    Two lanes of the heavily traveled expressway were blocked as authorities investigated and tried to clean up the mess.

    The National Weather Service advised that winds up to 50 mph could blow through the city.


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    12 years ago

    I heard this was an illegal billboard. We don’t need these billboards anyway whether they have scantily clad people on them or pushing anything else.

    12 years ago

    There are other dangerous signs along the BQE, notably one from the same frum ‘charity’ that saturates the airways 7 days a week 365 days a year. Perhaps they should remove their BQE sign.

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    12 years ago

    It did not have any scantly clad ads. The report says it advertised the Mega Millions
    Lottery.