Small businesses in Brooklyn are busy selling Knicks championship gear, as merchandise is flying off the shelves. <\/p>\n
Angela Colavito, a Brooklyn native, came from the Catskills to Legend\u2019s Sporting Goods in Bay Ridge. <\/p>\n
\u201cI picked up shirts for the nephews, and I was told to come back and get these [Knicks chains],\u201d Colavito laughed. <\/p>\n
Peter Lanza owns the store, which has been family-owned and operated for 40 years. <\/p>\n
He said this is a business boom that he has not seen since 2000. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur busiest time ever was the Subway Series, Yankees versus Mets,\u201d said Lanza. \u201cThis is topping it.\u201d <\/p>\n
Lanza said that in an era of online shopping, Knicks fans can come in for the hometown feel and old-school fun. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s Brooklyn,\u201d said Lanza. \u201cYou have to have thick skin when you come in because we\u2019re going to bust your chops, and they bust back, and it\u2019s a lot of fun.\u201d <\/p>\n
There was also a sea of orange and blue on Flatbush Avenue. Folks were stepping into Ragga Muffin to get their Knicks merch ahead of Thursday\u2019s championship parade. <\/p>\n
\u201cLast three days, we were so busy,\u201d said Bouba Diallo, a store employee. <\/p>\n
Diallo said residents rely on Ragga Muffin for more affordable options. <\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody comes to Ragga Muffin because, Ragga Muffin, I can tell you, we are the best,\u201d said Diallo. <\/p>\n
Regardless of where you buy your gear, Knicks fans agreed \u2014 the way this championship is uniting the city is priceless. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe energy is just great,\u201d said Colavito. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to see the city, everybody coming together, kind of hanging out and just having a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Small businesses in Brooklyn are busy selling Knicks championship gear, as merchandise is flying off the shelves. Angela…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-269208","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\/269208","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=269208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}