The Parks Department has finally one-upped the famed “Sign Lady” of Cadman Plaza Park.
The other day, the city finally installed official-looking signs to direct confused tourists to the hard-to-find Brooklyn Bridge footpath — replacing once and for all the popular handmade, white plywood, black-lettered signs made and installed (under cover of night) by Roslyn Beck.
“We appreciate her effort, and now we have these signs in its place,” said Parks Department spokesman Phil Abramson.
Beck said she isn’t offended. If anything, she’s flattered that the city, after years of occasionally removing her signs, has decided to imitate her instead.
“The new signs look very nice,” said Beck graciously. “Hopefully, people will find their way.”
Beck’s fans needn’t entirely despair. There are still traces of her handiwork in and around Cadman Plaza Park — including a tall placard near Washington Street, and another hanging near the footpath’s actual entrance under a grimy Brooklyn-Queens Expressway overpass.
The lucky tourist might even get Beck herself. The sign lady has been known to give visitors tours of the neighborhood for free.
