If Brooklyn Is Fugheddaboudit, What's Queens?
Wednesday April 23, 2008
You've seen the slogans on the signs as you enter or leave Brooklyn: "Fugheddaboudit!" and "How Sweet It Is" and a couple others. But in Queens, the highway signs are more plain-Jane: "Entering Boro of Queens." If you could jazz them up, what would you say?
A comment on last week's post about Queens myths got me thinking about this. Kumar wrote, "the boros of Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx have more of a brand name recognition than Queens." Makes sense. We all associate more with neighborhoods than the borough.
But just for fun -- and without trying to oversell the place -- I thought a good Queens slogan would be: "Queens, stay for the food" or "Queens: Spider-man's hometown" or "Queens: Don't take the Van Wyck." More?
NYC’s Biggest Borough
We Got The Airports
Welcome to the borough of concrete and crap!
Welcome to Queens: A Royal Experience.
This is actually a great point, John.
I am going to talk to Boro President Marshall about doing a boroughwide slogan contest!
Welcome to Queens: People mostly just live here.
Queens – We Won’t Let You Go Hungry!
Queens lets keep it amongst ourselves.
It’s good to be QUEENS.
Meet the Mets … and Spiderman too.
Queens – The Undiscovered County
Queens – “Flyover Country”
Queens – Offering You a Royal Welcome
Queens – NY’s Bedroom Borough. Just Don’t Fall Asleep at the Wheel!
Queens – Baseball, Tennis, Horseracing,
Beaches, Parks, concerts, universities, restaurants, shops, farming, fishing, gateway to Long Island and Manhattan
Welcome to Queens
Boro of 120 languages
Benvenuto !
Bienvenito !
Bienvenir !
Boasvindas !
Dobrodošli na !
Vitat !
Walkomna !
Witaj !
Taggapin !
Wilkomen !
Velkommen !
Chroesawa !
Sevindirici !
etc.
Queens: Where Diversity Reigns
Queens: Land of the tweeded
Welcome to Queens: What Youse Lookin’ at?