Established in 2013, Noble Signs is a Brooklyn-based studio dedicated to the art of hand-painted and craft signage in the New York area, specifically focusing on the vernacular lettering styles that lend our city its unique visual identity. Out of that mission, the New York Sign Museum was born.

Serving as a resource for community members, historians, and designers alike, the museum is a registered nonprofit organization with the mission of preserving historic signage from around the New York metropolitan area. Currently incubating in Noble Signs’s fabrication and design studios, the museum collection includes over 40 full-scale rescued storefront signs and dozens of other small pieces and ephemera.

See the collection and active sign shop where signs are still made the old-fashioned way, situated in an amazing one-of-a-kind prewar factory space with original details including glass block walls, art deco tin ceilings, stained glass dividers, and a functioning dumbwaiter.

Note: Access is limited to 15 people at a time. Lines are expected, and admission is not guaranteed.

The first floor can be accessed by wheelchair at the side door (located between the glass door and the corner of Atlantic Avenue under the half-circle sign that says "Noble Signs"). Closed-toe shoes are required. All children must be accompanied by adult.