Updated: Illegal Kestrel Logos Will Be Removed ‘Immediately’

Updated 4:10pm:  A spokesperson for Kestrel just emailed us and told us that the illegal stencils advertising the luxury housing development at 33 Caton Place will soon be gone.

“We are committed to the residents of Windsor Terrace and Kensington and we hear the community’s concerns,” the Kestrel spokesperson said. “The signage will be removed immediately.”

Original post: After residents started seeing illegal stencils advertising the luxury housing development Kestrel (33 Caton Place) on sidewalks throughout Kensington and Windsor Terrace this week, they were not happy – and we want to compile a list of where people are finding the unwanted logos.

As neighbor Sherry Davis pointed out to us, “my feeling is that The Kestrel people will only remove these signs under pressure, and will keep signs that are not explicitly and repeatedly asked to be removed.”

We have reached out to The Kestrel about the stencils, for which the city could fine them, but they have not yet responded.

Here is a list of places we know of so far where the stencils have been found – let us know where you’ve spotted them, and we’ll add them! You can comment below or email us at editor@kensingtonbk.com.

• Corner of Fort Hamilton Parkway and E. 5th Street, by the sidewalk at the basketball hoop.
• Three outside the Windsor Terrace Library, 160 E. 5th Street.
• Caton Avenue, near the northbound Ocean Parkway service road.
• Prospect Avenue near Reeve Place.
• All around Greenwood Avenue between Prospect Avenue and the park (including on Greenwood, E. 7th, and Sherman – with many of them having arrows that point the wrong way, neighbor Carlie pointed out.)
• Three on Fort Hamilton Parkway, in front of PS 130’s school yard entrance.
• Ocean Parkway, on either side of Caton Place.

For those who want the ads removed, you can reach Kestrel at (718) 878-1833 or the ad agency at (917) 470-0656.

Photo courtesy Sherry Davis.