Williamsburg, NY – Crews continued to be on the scene after a billboard collapsed next to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, and officials at the Department of Buildings said there shouldn’t have been any advertisements at the location to begin with. NY1’s Amanda Farinacci filed the following report.
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The sign was atop 421 Meeker Avenue. It came crashing down Friday afternoon on the westbound side of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, sending debris flying through the neighborhood and onto the BQE.
A car and nearby buildings were damaged. Officials at the Department of Buildings say advertisements at the location are illegal.
Residents say they’ve seen billboards in the neighborhood sway under high winds, especially during Irene.
DOB officials say the city has been cracking down on illegal billboards since 2009, but it hasn’t been easy since many are old enough to be exempt from new restrictions.
The NY Post reported today that is was one of the “hey you never know” signs from the NY lotto,
It’s very interesting that the city officials don’t say to whom this billboard belongs to.
I am sure if this would of bin one of the small company’s whom the city is out to put them out of business it would of bin in the headlines.
Either the sign is grandfathered in and therefore legal,
OR
new and therefore illegal.
The article makes it appear that it is an OLD sign.
Why doesn’t anyone hear about illegal billboards till they fall down?! I never even knew the city HAD billboard regulations