Gas Station Operator Warns of Danger to Public Safety after Sign Damaged during Recent Storm

By DAVID GREENE

THE GASTOR GAS station sign at Jerome Avenue and Bedford Park Boulevard West by the elevated train tracks for the 4 train, in Bedford Park is seen damaged and tilted to one side after a recent storm on Saturday, April 13, 2024.
Photo by David Greene

A gas station sign at Bedford Park’s Gastor Gas Station on Jerome Avenue, damaged during recent storms, left the towering heavy sign precariously tilting to one side and in danger of falling on top of passersby.

A WOMAN ATTEMPTS to hail a taxi on Jerome Avenue by Bedford Park Boulevard West in Bedford Park, near the elevated train tracks for the 4 train, seemingly oblivious to the tilted Gastor gas station sign near her which is in danger of falling down on Saturday, April 13, 2024.
Photo by David Greene

The operator of the gas station, located at 2985 Jerome Avenue, by Bedford Park Boulevard West, near the elevated traintracks for the 4 train, recalled a heavy rain and windstorm on Friday, April 12, that left the sign damaged, and at an acute angle.

A WOMAN IS seen pushing a cart across Jerome Avenue by Bedford Park Boulevard West by the elevated train tracks for the 4 train in Bedford Park, seemingly oblivious to the tilted Gastor gas station sign, in danger of falling down, on Sunday, April 14, 2024.
Photo by David Greene

Workers at the gas station have placed bright yellow caution tape and traffic cones around the sign to warn pedestrians and others of its possible collapse, and said it will soon be fixed. However, they added that people continue to walk near it, oblivious to the potential danger.

As reported, the gas station was robbed at gunpoint in August 2023.

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