Over the years, signs and billboards have increased in number and size on the parkway, so that they now often mar the stone overpasses and block scenic views. The Riverside Park section of the parkway is an example of appropriate signage: whether at entrances, neighborhoods, or on the parkway itself, DOT signs are smaller and mounted in the ground. No advertising detracts from the park experience for motorists or park users. Go to Harlem, however, and billboards dominate the views from every direction. And go to the Bronx, and highway-scale signs cover the overpasses and loom over the road, even on neighborhood streets. Redundant signs abound.

An expressway-scale exit sign obscures what was once a scenic view of a Fieldston home, and illuminates the living room of its poor occupant (photo right)