Rucker Park

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The famous basketball court in Rucker Park.

The Rucker Park is a basketball court in the New York borough of Harlem , which has gained a certain fame because numerous later famous basketball professionals, including some NBA players, played there. It is also a popular location for film and music video productions, mostly by hip-hop artists from the area . In addition to basketball, Rucker Park also serves as a venue for cultural activities.

Many NBA and streetball legends have already played in Rucker Park, for example Pee Wee Kirkland , Earl "The Pearl" Monroe , Wilt Chamberlain , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Connie Hawkins , Julius Erving , Earl "The Goat" Manigault , Nate Archibald , Kenny Anderson , Vince Carter , Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant .

history

The square was named after the New York teacher Holcombe L. Rucker, who hosted a basketball tournament at the location in 1947. He used basketball as an educational tool to teach the children and managed to give 700 youngsters the opportunity to go to college through a basketball scholarship.

Web links

Commons : Rucker Park  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Exclusive Interview with Vince Carter about Rucker Park" , Inside Hoops (en)
  2. ^ "Kobe Bryant Streetball at Rucker Park" , Inside Hoops (en)
  3. ↑ DeMasio, Nunyo: "BASKETBALL; Carrying On an Asphalt Legacy" , The New York Times , August 21, 1995 (en)
  4. ↑ Zengerle, Jason: "Empty Garden: Why did New York stop growing basketball stars?" ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The New Republic , April 15, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tnr.com
  5. ↑ 66-point explosion could turn out to be NBA's only highlight , CNN (en)

Coordinates: 40 ° 49 ′ 46.4 "  N , 73 ° 56 ′ 11.3"  W.