Brooklyn Heights residents want city to remove basketball court (New York: to live in, rich)
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While I was on 3rd Street, in Park Slope, both parts of the MS 51 schoolyard had softball tournaments. A lady came door to door asking people to sign a petition to remove the softball leagues, citing too much noise and too much beer. My views were that softball leagues are a good thing for the community, and that the alcohol was a legit issue and could be dealt with.
What happened after? A developer who bought a adjacent warehouse on 4th Avenue bought part of the schoolyard to store his bricks, in order to build his condo. No more softball tournaments, even on the available part of the schoolyard.
The part where the bricks were at became sort of a backyard for the condo residents. The 'available' part had artificial grass put on it, and made to look sort of like a 'mini-block meadow'. No more softball tournaments.
With that said, doesn't Brooklyn Bridge have national hoop tournaments on ESPN? That will be a hard sell to get rid of that!
F em. Same people want to move to Brooklyn and gentrify it and won't send their kids to PS 307 and be part of the community. I hope they tear up the park.
Wasn't Brooklyn Heights rich and white for a very long time? And always gentrified.
Visited the park this time, it's nice; just don't give in to the anti-basketball neighbors.
Basketball is part of Brooklyn culture. Even back when it was a bunch of white dudes in daisy dukes. The liberal racists need to do better research before they drop $5m plus on a Brooklyn brownstone or penthouse.
People should be free to play on any court in the city. But obviously there should be repercussions if there's rowdyness and violence
While you are correct, you didn't answer my question. One teen in the article says that he avoids certain streets in the neighborhood. Why go through all of that just to play basketball? Neighborhoods change anyway. If the residents aren't using it and feel that the courts should be used for something else, it is their right to request that changes are made. Money (an abundance of or lack thereof) really should have no influence on the discussion.
While you are correct, you didn't answer my question.
The answer is because it's a really nice facility. It's sparkling new, clean, and ultra scenic right on the water with a front row view of Downtown manhattan. That being said, most of the kids are coming from a nearby housing project. It's actually not that far from where they live even though some are coming down from the Bronx and other parts of the city
“Sometimes I try and avoid going on Joralemon,” said Aaliyah Johnson, 17, who is black and travels from Flatbush to play basketball. “It’s like they look at you, move their kids over like you’re going to do something, and clutch on to their purse. Your doing that — it just makes us not feel welcome. We just came here to play basketball.”
I also know some people who, when talking about the LA Fitness gym they joined, happily say "It's not like the other ones. You know, there's no basketball court at this one."
While I was on 3rd Street, in Park Slope, both parts of the MS 51 schoolyard had softball tournaments. A lady came door to door asking people to sign a petition to remove the softball leagues, citing too much noise and too much beer. My views were that softball leagues are a good thing for the community, and that the alcohol was a legit issue and could be dealt with.
What happened after? A developer who bought a adjacent warehouse on 4th Avenue bought part of the schoolyard to store his bricks, in order to build his condo. No more softball tournaments, even on the available part of the schoolyard.
The part where the bricks were at became sort of a backyard for the condo residents. The 'available' part had artificial grass put on it, and made to look sort of like a 'mini-block meadow'. No more softball tournaments.
With that said, doesn't Brooklyn Bridge have national hoop tournaments on ESPN? That will be a hard sell to get rid of that!
They got cash it wont be that hard for residents to get of baskebtall court.
Last edited by BPt111; 06-24-2016 at 10:38 AM..
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