Wayfinding Signs in Midtown Manhattan

One Coordinated Sign System from Entrance to Destination

A coordinated sign system helps visitors, employees, tenants, and customers move confidently from the entrance to a final room, suite, or shared facility. At FASTSIGNS of Manhattan, NY - 28th Street Midtown, we provide directional and wayfinding signage for commercial properties, managing each project from the initial consultation and design through production and installation.

We’re locally owned and operated, and we work directly with building owners, property managers, and other commercial decision-makers. These systems organize navigation in offices, healthcare facilities, schools, retail spaces, and multi-tenant buildings.

Call (332) 290-1990 to discuss the wayfinding system your facility needs.

Planning Wayfinding Signs for Midtown Manhattan Facilities

Effective planning starts with the destinations and decision points people encounter as they move through a property. We consider where visitors enter, where routes divide, and where people need confirmation that they’ve reached the correct floor, suite, room, or shared area. We also advise on sign placement and materials.

Our wayfinding project process can include:

Initial Consultation: We discuss the facility, its users, the destinations that need to be marked, and the overall scope of the system.
Graphic Design: We develop a coordinated visual approach for destination names, arrows, symbols, typography, and colors.
Production: We produce the approved signs using the materials and fabrication requirements selected for the project.
Professional Installation: We install the completed signage in the planned locations and account for site conditions.

Project timing and estimates depend on the number and types of signs, selected materials, fabrication requirements, installation conditions, and permitting needs. We don’t apply a fixed timeline or price before understanding those details.

Graphic design, project management, site surveys, permitting support, and installation allow us to coordinate each stage of a wayfinding project as part of one system.

Plan a Clearer Route Through Your Facility

Submit your project details through our contact form to tell us about the property, destinations, sign quantities, and installation environment. We can then discuss the appropriate next steps for design, production, and placement.

We can coordinate your project from the first conversation through installation, with guidance on materials, placement, and compliance considerations.

Call (332) 290-1990 to discuss your wayfinding signage project with our team.

Types of Signs in a Commercial Wayfinding System

Different signs answer different navigation questions. A visitor may first need to find the correct tenant, choose a corridor, confirm a floor, and locate the final room or suite. Assigning each sign a clear role creates a system people can follow throughout the facility.

Common components of commercial wayfinding systems include:

Directory Signs: List occupants, departments, suites, or other destinations within multi-tenant and shared buildings.
Directional Signs: Use arrows and destination names to guide people through entrances, lobbies, corridors, and intersections.
Room Signs: Mark permanent rooms and spaces at their entrances.
Floor Signs: Help people confirm their location within a multi-level facility.
Suite Signs: Mark individual tenant or office locations.

Consistency connects these signs into one visual system. Repeating destination names, symbols, arrow styles, typography, and colors helps users interpret each sign in the context of those they’ve already seen. Placement also matters, particularly at entrances, corridor intersections, elevators, and other decision points.

ADA Considerations for Permanent Room & Directional Signs

Permanent room identification signs and directional or informational signs may be subject to different accessibility requirements. Tactile characters are raised letters or numbers that can be read by touch. Under the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, signs for permanent rooms may require tactile characters and Braille.

For covered tactile signs, the baseline of the lowest tactile character must be at least 48 inches above the finished floor. The baseline of the highest tactile character can’t be more than 60 inches above the finished floor. These measurements affect installation height as well as sign layout and location.

Directional and informational signs generally follow separate visual-character requirements for letters and symbols read by sight. They aren’t automatically required to include tactile characters or Braille simply because they’re part of a wayfinding system. We advise on compliance considerations during project planning based on each sign’s intended function.