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March 20, 2007
Bring Basketbrawl to Brooklyn, or a residential neighborhood near you
A reminder why NY City zoning regulations do not allow for arenas and stadiums in or near residential neighborhoods.
Only, the Atlantic Yards' Nets arena is special, because NY State is overriding all local zoning rules to ensure that residents in Prospect Heights just have to cross the street to get to the latest basketbrawl.
NY1, Twenty-One People Arrested After Garden Basketbrawl
On the bright side, NY1 is reporting that "Officials at Madison Square Garden also said they will consider whether or not to host the event in the future."
Wanna bet that Bruce Ratner and Marty Markowitz have already made the call to bring basketbrawl to Brooklyn?
The NY Times, Gunfire and Fights Erupt in Midtown After School Basketball Game
No worries, if basketbrawl came to Brooklyn, anxious and maurauding crowds would probably spill over into the BAM cultural district or MetroTech, not your back yard:
After the game, hundreds of the teenagers descended on Times Square, where there were a handful of fights, some among the teenagers themselves and others with employees of local establishments. In one fight, a teenage girl pulled a hairpiece off the head of a cashier at a pizza restaurant and ran off with it.
Lucky for Bruce Ratner, Atlantic Yards' publicly accessible open space (fondly called "a park" by the developer) would be closed to the public after 8PM, to insure that project residents wouldn't have to interact with fans.
CBS2 News, Police Arrest 21 In 'March Badness' MSG Brawl
Exclusive footage from the Garden, Times Square and the subway.
Posted by lumi at March 20, 2007 6:17 AM