Today at 1PM, the MetroTech Business Improvement District (BID) announces the initial deployment of the Downtown Brooklyn Wayfinding Sign System.

The  first two signs of a seventy-eight (78) sign system will be unveiled in front of 209 Joralemon Street and off the Northwest corner of Adams Street (Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard) and Joralemon Street.

This pedestrian friendly system consisting of 45 kiosks containing maps and locations of key destinations in Downtown Brooklyn, together with 33 directional signs, will be installed over the next few months, in a large area of Downtown Brooklyn from Fort Greene to DUMBO.

The signs identify twelve “neighborhoods” in Downtown Brooklyn and contain info about  local destinations, directions, historic and cultural anecdotes and subway locations.

The design and content was reviewed and contributed to by many of the neighborhood associations and institutions located in Downtown Brooklyn and approvals were granted by Community Board #2, the Department of Transportation, the Landmarks Commission and the Public Design Commission.

The signs were designed by Two Twelve Associates and fabrication and installation will be done by Design Communications LTD.