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    DOB Billboard Decision Upheld

    Billboards  •  Co-Op City, Bronx

    View of Co-Op City from the New England Thruway. Image Credit: Google Maps

    Owner’s sought to install on a single pole a 9,000 square foot of billboard space capable of running 54 separate advertisements.  In February 2018, Baychester Retail III LLC filed applications with Buildings to install a 9,164 square foot LED billboard made of 27 two-sided panels mounted on one pole on a commercial property located near Co-op City, in the Baychester neighborhood of the Bronx near the New England Thruway. The large billboard would be capable of displaying 54 video screen advertisements, since each of the 27 panels could display advertisements on both sides. (read more…)

    Tags : billboards, department of buildings
    Date:01/06/2021
    Category : CityLaw
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    Billboard Law Challenge Fails

    Billboards  •  Willets Point, Queens

    Billboards on Citi Field as seen from a highway. Image Credit: Google Maps

    Advertising companies sought to erect outdoor billboards in the Willets Point neighborhood. Mucho Media and other property owners in Queens’ Willets Point neighborhood sought to construct large advertising billboards on their property. For safety and aesthetic reasons, the City denied or ordered the removal of billboards in the Willets Point neighborhood. These actions were pursuant to the City’s zoning law that prohibits commercial billboards within two hundred feet of an arterial highway. (read more…)

    Tags : advertising, billboards, CityLaw
    Date:05/29/2019
    Category : CityLaw
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