As the city's Parks and Recreation Department prepares to post 250 new signs warning people about the hazards of eating the fish taken from New York waters, the Times wonders where the old ones went.Two years ago, the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene asked Parks to install signs on the waterfront warning residents that eating local fish might be a health hazard.
But some of the signs have disappeared -- they may have been used to cut bait on -- and the Daily News reported this week that more poor people are consuming locally-caught fish, which are potentially hazardous to women of childbearing age.
In Brooklyn, new signs will go up at Coney Island Steeplechase Pier, Valentino Pier, 69th Street Pier in Bay Ridge, the Shore Road Bike Path, Avenue U and Burnett Street in Marine Park, and Kaiser Park.
I've never noticed any signs along the Shore Road Bike Path or on the 69th Street Pier, where there are always plenty of people fishing. I doubt that new signage will deter hungry people from eating the fish they catch.
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