Sign Shop

NYC DOT’s Sign Shop creates the street signs installed throughout the five boroughs of New York City. These signs serve a variety of purposes, including curbside parking regulations, intersection control signs, guide signs, and street names signs.

Limited Sign Releases

Be on the lookout every month for our limited sign releases for a chance to purchase an NYC DOT sign commemorating a special event, street, or even a custom never released sign!

All limited signs are made at our Sign Shop by the staff that are responsible for creating the signs you see throughout our city every day.

Limited signs are available via the NYC City Store in limited quantities and for a limited time.

Let us know what sign you’d like us to drop next!

SOLD OUT: Cornelia Street Sign

Cornelia Street is in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, between Bleeker Street and West 4th Street. This ‘sign drop’ celebrates Greenwich Village’s prominence among pop music fans. This is the first time a limited sign is available in two versions: its original historic district design and sunset pink.

Limited Drop of two streets signs both for Cornelia St in the Greenwich Village Historic District. One sign is white font on brown, the other sign is white font on a pastel rainbow background.
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Previous Limited Drop Sign Releases

The 'Beastie Boys Square' street sign hangs at the corner of Ludlow and Rivington streets in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. This corner was featured on the iconic cover of Paul’s Boutique, the second studio album released by the Beastie Boys on July 25, 1989. A ceremonial street co-naming in September 2023 dubbed the intersection 'Beastie Boys Square'.

The 'Beastie Boys Square' street sign was released in July 2024.

Limited release of green street sign with white text: Beastie Boys Square.

On June 1, 1989, 20 years after the Stonewall Riots, the City of New York declared Christopher Street between Waverly Place and Seventh Avenue South as Stonewall Place.

The Christopher Street Stonewall Place Sign was released in June 2024.

Limited release of a brown Greenwich Village Historic District street sign with the words Christopher St Stonewall Pl.

How Signs are Made

NYC DOT maintains about one million signs citywide. The NYC DOT Sign Shop located in Maspeth, Queens produces over 70,000 signs a year.

Hover over the picture below to click through various images from the Sign Shop.

Various images displaying the sign creation process at the N Y C D O T Maspeth Sign Shop

 

Watch our Instagram Reel for a behind the scenes look at how the sign shop creates signs.

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