Wednesday, February 11, 2009

BRODAWAY

A tile sign in an IND Crosstown Line station in Brooklyn spells BROADWAY as BRODAWAY. According to Forgotten NY, the misspelling has stood since the line began in 1933.

This typo (or tile-o) seems to me to have earned its place on the wall (and in NYC lore). Wikipedia's entry on the IND Broadway station notes the venerable error. Please, city elders, stet.

MTA spellers way off-off Broadway in Brooklyn (The Daily News)

comments: 1

Anonymous said...

Subversive work by a toronto maple leafs fan perhaps?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk_Broda