became vital <\/a>since MSG\u2019s gatherings were cut off.<\/p>\nThe fans watch the action from a TV in the back of a Jeep owned by a local pizzeria boss. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post<\/p>\n
Dominic Morano (center), here with friends Arthur Montanti (left) and Louie Bartnitik, opened the Prince Street Pizza spot three weeks ago. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cNinety-nine percent of New Yorkers are die-hard Knicks fans, and nothing brings out fans like the Knicks,\u2019\u2019 Morano told The Post.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew York is better when the Knicks are winning. I love the old-school feeling you get walking down the street. I wanted to bring back old school vibes with the neighborhood all out watching together.\u201d<\/p>\n
The crowds have tripled in size after a picture of the set-up went viral last week, prompting Morano to rush to order a larger TV and use a generator to keep it alive throughout the games.<\/p>\n
The pizza boss put out dozens of his own chairs behind the Jeep, and other neighbors brought their own from home.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is New York, man,\u201d Montanti said. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post<\/p>\n
Dozens of pedestrians and cyclists stopped in their tracks upon stumbling on the set-up, and drivers snuck peeks at the screen while waiting in traffic.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis really brings the community together. It\u2019s a beautiful thing to have the community outside like this,\u2019\u2019 said Ben L. 22, of Sunset Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone wants to see the sweep. Finding a spot like this is beautiful!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Brett Glassman brought his two sons, Ryder, 8 and Sky, 6, to the party, which was much tamer than other bashes taking place at bars throughout the Big Apple.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t love this enough. This is great for New York. Anything that brings everyone all together!\u201d Glassman said.<\/p>\n
Ryder added, \u201cThis is cool!<\/p>\n
\u201c[Jalen] Brunson is the best player.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Watch-partygoer Preston, 32, called the event a \u201cvibe.<\/p>\n
\u201cSitting in the street enjoying some good New York sports with the neighbors \u2014 it can\u2019t get better than this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everyone wants a pizza the Knicks action. Dozens of fans of New York\u2019s hometown hoops heroes flocked to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[98,12749,57,9,197,1104,56,63,65,64,343,58],"class_list":["post-244130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-brooklyn","tag-carroll-gardens","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city-life","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-pizza","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244130","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=244130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}