Closing Bell: Carroll Gardens Combats Circular Dumpings
We’ve noticed more and more “No Flyer” signs popping up outside of houses in Carroll Gardens. Assemblywoman Joan Millman’s office has been distributing the signs for free after Millman pushed a bill through the Assembly that gives the city the power to enforce violations on the unsolicited circular deposits on homes. Has anyone given these…
We’ve noticed more and more “No Flyer” signs popping up outside of houses in Carroll Gardens. Assemblywoman Joan Millman’s office has been distributing the signs for free after Millman pushed a bill through the Assembly that gives the city the power to enforce violations on the unsolicited circular deposits on homes. Has anyone given these signs a spin? They working?
Assemblywoman Millman Fights Flyer Scourge [Brownstoner]
The signs that the Park Slope Civil Council gave out are similar, though mostly in red and therefore (I think) a touch less garish. They seem to work somewhat, and they pose enough of a threat that apparently someone has been removing the signs – 14th St. has been having this problem, according to a block meeting announcement taped to a tree.
What do you recommend from Papa John’s? I haven’t got that menu – only Domino’s
Regardless of what’s printed on these signs, they actually read as “I’m Cranky, hurumph.”
Good luck enforcing that bill.
Time to sue the local locksmith, eh?
Just a thought? How about just an obsessive thought that we’ve heard about 40 times this week and would you give up already? You are not reflecting well on the gray people!
The Boerum Hill Association created this sign. Yes, it’s very yellow, but it’s also pretty small and, methinks, fairly unobtrusive. Neighbors who use it report that it’s pretty effective.
5:05, good point re: new local places. Most probably don’t have the resources to get word out there any other way. I would give them a pass too for ignoring my handy dandy sign, unless they made a habit of it. But I would still prefer to have none as it doesn’t take long for me to walk by and notice new restaurants within a mile or two radius of my home.
Papa John’s is the worst offender in my neighborhood too (Cobble Hill).
I don’t mind the local places so much because it gives me the chance to try a new restaurant now and then. But I still don’t understand why it isn’t considered littering.
That particular sign is an eyesore; I would go for something more subtle in black and white. Regardless, I can’t stand coming home to Papa John’s menus (if they left a thousand menus in a thousand days on my stoop, I wouldn’t eat that crap) and all kinds of other unsolicited junk. It’s a total waste of paper and it’s obnoxious to throw this crap all over the front of private homes.
I love the new bill and wouldn’t hesitate to report those who ignore my sign.
No one is ranting. It’s a huge waste of paper, messy and annoying, and signs sometimes discourage it.