At the Marcus Garvey Houses in Brooklyn, residents say a once-active basketball court has fallen into disrepair, marked by cracked pavement, missing nets, scattered trash, overgrown weeds and reports of unsafe conditions that have persisted for months.<\/p>\n
Above the court, netless hoops hang over a surface residents describe as increasingly hazardous and neglected.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to play out here – now I go other places to play,\u201d said Roger, a resident. “The conditions is bad, man. They need to fix the courts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Community members say the problems extend beyond aesthetics. One resident has launched a petition citing poor lighting and limited security, arguing the area has become unsafe and unusable, particularly for children.<\/p>\n
\u201cDrinking, fighting, shooting dice, gun shots, stabbing – just all kinds of ruckus,\u201d said Will, a resident. \u201cWhen the kids come in in the morning, they got all that broken glass from all the bottles.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another resident, Demi Jones, said the space should be better maintained for young people in the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would love for the city to come out and just put a little bit more love and care into the space where the children will be,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Within an hour of News 12 speaking with the building\u2019s superintendent, the maintenance crew arrived on site to begin work, including weed-whacking, fence repairs and preparation for repainting the court.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good that they doing it today,\u201d said resident John. \u201cFixing the gates, putting it down so the kids won\u2019t hurt themselves over there.\u201d<\/p>\n
In response to the concerns, the New York City Housing Authority told News 12 that it is \u201ccurrently assessing\u201d the court and working to secure funding for further repairs.<\/p>\n
Residents say they are hopeful the initial cleanup signals longer-term improvements, but emphasize that sustained maintenance and safety measures are still urgently needed to restore the space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the Marcus Garvey Houses in Brooklyn, residents say a once-active basketball court has fallen into disrepair, marked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-207893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}