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The Bronx got burned by a Department of Transportation mistake that listed the name of a Queens official on a welcome sign, sparking a jokey inter-borough beef.
A newly installed “Welcome to the Bronx” sign on the Hutchinson River Parkway coming off the Whitestone Bridge wrongly listed Queens Borough President Donovan Richards instead of the Bronx’s BP Vanessa Gibson.
Gibson, who just took office this month, tweeted “we’re trying” at the DOT Wednesday.
“I know it’s been a rough couple of weeks in the Bronx, but y’all didn’t have to get rid of me already,” she said.
Richards then jumped on the error, using the opportunity to flash some Queens swagger over the Boogie Down.
“Being the BP of by far the best borough in NYC comes with an understanding that everyone always has #Queens on their mind. It’s natural,” Richards posted in response to a NY1 reporter who tweeted about the typo. “But the Bronx and @bronxbp @Vanessalgibson deserve their due as well so I’ll happily cede this space and work with DOT to ensure that happens.”
Gibson apologized for being “late to the chat” in a post of her own.
“I was too busy being the BP that represents the best borough and the REAL birthplace of Hip-Hop. What did I miss?” she posted.
Richards kept the dispute going, declaring the Bronx may have been the birthplace of hip-hop but Queens is where it was perfected.
“Nas, LL Cool J, A Tribe Called Quest, shall we go on?” he wrote. “I think we can both agree that the outer boroughs are the best boroughs…”
Then new Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso jumped in, listing Biggie, Big Daddy Kane and Jay Z.
“Need I say more? Brooklyn keeps taking it,” Reynoso wrote.
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