ROW C, SEAT C: A shard of the acrylic letter covering sits in the stands after falling nearly 200 feet from its perch over center field.
Opening day is a month away, and the Mets are already falling apart.
A giant piece of the marquee Citi Field sign came crashing down on Jan. 25 — more evidence for beleaguered Met fans that the sky really is falling.
The cover of the sign’s C flew off and plummeted nearly 200 feet to the empty seats below, sources said. The sign towers over center field and is the centerpiece of the year-old stadium.
Photos provided to The Post show the 15-foot-long, 35-pound acrylic sheeting landed in a field-level section to the right of the sign.
“Once it hit the ground, it shattered into a bunch of pieces,” a team insider told The Post.
The Mets blamed the mishap on heavy rain and gusty winds.
Using language better suited to describe an Oliver Perez home-run pitch, team officials said the sign “fluttered to the ground.”
But the source said the C plunged faster than the team’s position in the standings last season.
“This thing was falling from on top of the stadium,” the source said. “Something falling from that height, it will definitely split your head.”
The sign was built by Broadway National. It rests above the center-field scoreboard and giant video screen. The covers, or lenses, on the letters conceal the illuminated sign’s wiring.
“A baseball game would not take place under such weather conditions,” the team said.
“No one was harmed, and no one was in any danger. The lens is in the process of being remade, and we are checking similarly constructed signs throughout the ballpark.”
The falling sign is the latest in a string of woes to hit the Mets’ $850 million ballpark.
The Post reported in September that several luxury suites — including Jerry Seinfeld’s — were plagued by leaks and mold. Repairmen had to tear down walls in the suites, which rent for $250,000 to $500,000 a season, to fix a problem pipe.
Other breakdowns at the stadium included falling pieces of concrete, flooding in outfield seats, faulty electrical wiring and shoddy tile work.
The flooding occurred in a section called Mo’s Zone, after the sporting-goods store Modell’s, because drains were clogged. The backup was caused by 20 feet of pipe collapsing in the bullpen.
At the time, Met management dismissed the problems as mainly cosmetic and part of a “punch list of items” that all new structures face.
The stadium was financed largely by nearly $700 million in tax-free bonds issued by the city and the state. Under the deal, the Mets pay off the bonds but save on interest and taxes. The city’s Economic Development Corp. also gave the team $91 million to build it.
The Post reported in January that at least $52 million of that public funding went to seven subcontractors that either had connections to the mob or were on a list of firms with which the city avoids doing business.