OY, WHAT A FEELING!: The New York city Department of Transportation has put the kibosh on an idea by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz to put signs on the Williamsburg Bridge which read "Leaving Brooklyn- Oy Vey!"
Proving that ethnic stereotyping is just fine in New York provided it's of Italians, Irish, or Jews, Markowitz wanted the "oy vey" (which means, roughly, "woe is me" in Yiddish) on the signs partially in reaction to "Leaving Brooklyn: Fuhgeddaboudit" signs that appeared on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge two years ago. But DOT officials apparently considered the campaign "played-out," and possibly offensive as well.
Does this mean the "Jewish hipster" fad is losing momentum?