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NBA champion Knicks to be honored with NYC streets named for entire team
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There are many streets in NYC named for a New York Knickerbocker — at least in the original 1800s sense of a New York er whose roots could be traced back to Dutch New Amsterdam. There's Dyckman St. in Inwood, and Stuyvesant St. in the East Village, just to name a couple.
But on Monday, New York will get some streets named for the more modern Knicks . The Department of Transportation is co-naming 18 streets, one for each member of the 2026 NBA champions .
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"This New York Knicks team brought so much life to our streets during their magical playoff run, so it's only right we return the favor," Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn said. "With each post-season win, more and more New Yorkers came together in the streets, on sidewalks and in plazas to watch the Knicks play and celebrate their improbable comebacks."
Starting Monday, the DOT will hang orange and blue signs with the names and jersey numbers of each player at intersections along Sixth and Seventh Aves. from the Village through Midtown in Manhattan.
"With these commemorative signs, we not only honor the players who put it all on the line, never taking their foot off the gas for a single second, we honor every New Yorker who knew all along this team and this city will remain the blueprint for excellence," Mayor Mamdani said in a statement.
"This championship is bigger than the basketball. It represents what our city is capable of when the odds are stacked against us. For as long as we live, every New Yorker will remember the feeling of our city coming together— not because of tragedy or adversity, but out of joy and happiness."
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The locations will correspond to each player's jersey number as follows:
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Sixth Avenue and West Houston Street – Jordan Clarkson #00
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Sixth Avenue and Bleeker Street – Dillon Jones #1
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Sixth Avenue and Minetta Lane – Miles McBride #2
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Sixth Avenue and West 3 Street – Josh Hart #3
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Sixth Avenue and West 4 Street – Pacôme Dadiet #4
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Sixth Avenue and Washington Place – Jose Alvarado #5
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Sixth Avenue and West 8 Street – OG Anunoby #8
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Sixth Avenue and West 9 Street – Kevin McCullar Jr. # 9
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Seventh Avenue South and West 11 Street – Jalen Brunson #11
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Seventh Avenue and West 13 Street – Tyler Kolek #13
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Seventh Avenue and West 20 Street – Jeremy Sochan #20
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Seventh Avenue and West 23 Street – Mitchell Robinson #23
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Seventh Avenue and West 25 Street – Mikal Bridges #25
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Seventh Avenue and West 32 Street – Karl-Anthony Towns #32
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Sixth Avenue and West 44 Street – Landry Shamet #44
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Seventh Avenue and West 50 Street – Trey Jemison III #50
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Seventh Avenue and West 51 Street – Mohamed Diawara #51
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Seventh Avenue and West 55 Street – Ariel Hukporti #55
