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Calvin Klein Billboard Getting Attention In Lower Manhattan
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Calvin Klein is pushing the line again with one of its ads. Or maybe it isn’t. The latest Calvin Klein billboard drawing attention from pedestrians — especially men – in the...
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Officials Investigate Legality Of Billboard That Collapsed On BQE
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway was re-opened Saturday, a day and a half after a billboard crashed down on it, but crews were still working to remove a section of the massive...
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Offensive Or Art? Chelsea Billboard Features Nude Woman Floating In Water
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A billboard along the West Side Highway across from Chelsea Piers is turning a lot of heads. The 8-foot by 10-foot panel posted on the side of a Chelsea art gallery features a...
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Discount Vodka Company ‘Wodka’ Courts Controversy Again With Latest Billboard
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A vodka company known for its controversial advertising has removed a Bronx billboard after community outcry. The company making “Wodka” vodka drew the ire of residents and...
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Billboards Promoting Atheism Causing Stir In New York And New Jersey
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – “You know it’s a myth… and you have a choice.” That’s the message the American Atheists group is sending on two new billboards erected in the heart of two religious communities...
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Landlord Nixes Atheist Billboard In Brooklyn; American Atheists President...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The American Atheists group that had hoped to erect a billboard in Hebrew and English saying “You know it’s a myth… and you have a choice” ran afoul of a higher power: The...
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BQE Billboard Used For Giant Marriage Proposal
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - If you’ve driven along the Brooklyn Queens Expressway in Brooklyn recently, something may have caught your eye – an enormous marriage proposal. WCBS 880′s Alex Silverman On The...
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Dangerous Billboard Hangs Over Queens Boulevard, Leaves Neighbors Furious
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A deteriorating and potentially dangerous sign hangs over Queens Boulevard, and a neighbor has been complaining that no one has taken action to prevent a potential tragedy. As...
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Dangerous Billboard on Queens Boulevard Finally Coming Down
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — In a sight for sore eyes in Elmhurst, Queens, a potentially dangerous billboard was finally coming down Wednesday. As CBS 2’s Hazel Sanchez first reported Tuesday night, the...
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Seen At 11: Couple Looking To Adopt Takes Out Ad Space On NJ Turnpike
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — Restaurants, amusement parks and hospitals all use billboards to advertise. Now, one couple has marketed themselves on the New Jersey Turnpike in hopes that they will find a...
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Strip Billboard Mounted Over Queens Church Comes Down
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A billboard over a storefront church in Corona, Queens that advertised a strip club has come down. The billboard for the Roadhouse NYC “upscale gentleman’s club” had stood over...
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Anthony Weiner’s Sexting Pal Sydney Leathers Adorns Billboard In Manhattan
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Sydney Leathers is looking down on New Yorkers. Leathers, the former sexting gal pal of disgraced Congressman and ex-Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, is adorned on a new...
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State Senator, Atheist Group Spar Over Times Square Sign
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A New York State senator has called for the removal of a billboard that an atheist group has mounted in Times Square, which, in the group’s words, argues that Christmas is...
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Yeah, Real Funny: Dove Blasted Over New Jersey ‘Armpit’ Billboard
SECAUCUS, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A new billboard that will be popping up in the Garden State already has some people doing a double take. At first glance it’s seemingly harmless advertisement for Dove,...
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Dove Dumps NJ ‘Armpit Of America’ Ad Campaign
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Dove has decided to scrap a controversial billboard after New Jersey residents complained that the idea stunk. Dove had planned to post billboards in New Jersey starting in...
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Billboard Erected On I-78 As Frantic Search Continues For Andrew Jarzyk Of...
MILLBURN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A billboard was mounted on Interstate 78 in New Jersey this week, as family members continue their frantic search for a Hoboken man who vanished 10 days ago. Andrew...
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Parents Can Post Photos Of Newborns On New Jersey Billboard
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – The sharing of baby photos is moving to a whole new level. Parents whose baby is born at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Jersey are being given the...
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‘Ya Gotta Leave': Mets Fan Goes After Ownership With Billboard
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A New York Mets fan has put his displeasure with the team’s ownership on full display. Gary Palumbo, a 39-year-old from New Hampshire, paid to have a billboard...
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Re-Zoning Sparks Debate Over Billboards, Fundraising In Teaneck
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_20150428175309733AA.mp4 TEANECK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Some say billboards are a great way to raise needed money, others call them an unsightly blight on the...
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Drivers: Billboard On Henry Hudson Parkway Has Too Many Words, Is Dangerous
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A billboard along the West Side of Manhattan has drivers slowing down and doing double takes because of all the words on it. As CBS2’s Sonia Rincon reported, some think the sign...
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New Ad Technology Begs Question: Is Big Brother Selling You Out?
(CBS) — Did you know while you’re driving down the highway advertisers may be tracking you? Does this sound a little Big Brother-ish? CBS 2’s Dorothy Tucker shows you how it involves billboards,...
View ArticleTimes Square Billboard Bursts Into Flames, FDNY On The Scene
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – One of Times Square’s giant electronic billboards has burst into flames Saturday afternoon. According to the FDNY, first responders were called to 3 Times Square just after 3...
View ArticleEli Young Band Talks Tour Bus Life And Songs You ‘Don’t Ignore’
Things are falling into place for the Eli Young Band. The group won Song of the Year at the ACM Awards this year (for “Crazy Girl”), and with “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” topping the Billboard...
View ArticleWhat Does Taylor Swift Have In Common With Britney Spears And Eminem?
It used to be that superstar artists regularly went platinum, selling more than a million copies of an album. In the day and age of digital streaming services like Spotify, however, fans are simply not...
View ArticleGov. Cuomo Signs Legislation Banning Digital, Floating Billboards In...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a law saying digital, floating billboards are banned in the state’s navigable waters, including the Hudson and East rivers. It’s been an ongoing...
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