Closing Bell: Flyer-Free Fort Greene?
Until there’s a law with some teeth regarding the undiscriminating dissemination of menus and circulars, it falls upon residents of buildings to fight the good fight by posting signs blocking junk mail on stoops and in vestibules. To that end, Green Fort Greene and Clinton Hill is coordinating a “No Ad” sign blitz of Fort…
Until there’s a law with some teeth regarding the undiscriminating dissemination of menus and circulars, it falls upon residents of buildings to fight the good fight by posting signs blocking junk mail on stoops and in vestibules. To that end, Green Fort Greene and Clinton Hill is coordinating a “No Ad” sign blitz of Fort Greene and Clinton on April 24th (two days after Earth Day). The goal is to post 1,000 of the signs around the two ‘hoods. If you’d like to get involved, please contact brian.bohan@gmail.com.
actually there is a state law that makes it illegal to put flyers on private property with a properly worded and sized sign which the city enforces
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/html/contact/requests_lawnlitter.shtml
also the city aggressively tickets people posting on light poles…
http://www.council.nyc.gov/html/releases/path_act_10_7_09.shtml
Lets see – take-out menus and coupons that serve some use (people do use them to order – which is why they leave them) vs 1000 flyers that serve no purpose – especially since the majority of the people who this is aimed at cant read it.
Very Green! Idiots
I gave up with this. Somebody took my ugly sign down and now I just throw the papers away. Has anyone, EVER looked at one of these flyers? Just wondering.
Taking a page from Park Slope I see. Businesses don’t spend money marketing their services if they didn’t think they were benefiting, which means these signs wont stop them. And the guys who get paid to distribute the flyers don’t care about little signs when it comes to doing their job. I prefer the clutter IN the vestibule rather than ON the sidewalk fences.
It’s the Lock Service ones that get me. What am I supposed to do, call them up and put them on retainer???
DIBS, you just don’t want to discourage the guys distributing the Chinese and Mexican restaurant flyers from approaching your door.
I get three of those plastic bagged flyers once or twice a week. Hate them, but agreed those signs are more of an eyesore than dealing with the paper.
THESE SIGNS ARE UGLIER THAN THE FLIERS THAT APPEAR. WHO WANT TO TAPE THAT CRAP TO THEIR FENCE OR THEIR STOOP???
You enter and leave your house at least once a day. just pick it up and toss it out.
There’s all sorts of douchebaggery here but these signs take it to a higher level.
1000 of those signs!?!? isnt that a bit worse than the random flyer or menu on your stoop? tho honestly in my building they seem to drop off hundreds of those ads/coupons? in the plastic bags in a big giant heap in the lobby, even tho there’s not even 1/4 of that many apartments..
those little red signs i see all over in park slope saying no menus and stuff are kind of an eyesore and ive always wondered do they actually work?
*rob*