NEW YORK - “Leaving Brooklyn? ‘Oy vey!’” That’s on a Department of Transportation - approved sign motorists will now see as they cross the Williamburg Bridge into Manhattan from Brooklyn, home to a large Jewish population.

Oy vey is an original Jewish expression of dismay or hurt. In this case it implies “We’re so sad you’re leaving.”

Other signs from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Belt Parkway welcome motorists to the borough:

“Not Just A Borough, An Experience”; “Name It…We Got It”; “Like No Other Place in the World”; “Believe the Hype.”

The sign was originally rejected by the DOT, which also nixed a sign reading “Leaving Brooklyn: Fuhgeddaboudit!” at the Verazzano Narrows Bridge.

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