{"id":281332,"date":"2026-06-29T17:41:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281332\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:41:39","slug":"championship-route-these-manhattan-streets-have-been-temporarily-renamed-for-every-knicks-player-after-nba-finals-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281332\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Championship route\u2019: These Manhattan streets have been temporarily renamed for every Knicks player after NBA Finals victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019<\/a>s administration is trying to keep the good times rolling from the New York Knicks\u2019 NBA championship win<\/a> earlier this month \u2014 with a Monday announcement that it is temporarily co-naming 17 Manhattan streets after each one of the squad\u2019s players.<\/p>\n

Mamdani, who has been basking in the team\u2019s victory over the past couple of weeks, said in a statement that the championship win is \u201cbigger than basketball\u201d and represents how the city can come together and overcome long odds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis championship belongs to every fan who packed our parks and plazas and every neighbor who high-fived a stranger after another impossible comeback,\u201d Mamdani said in a statement. \u201cThese street signs are a tribute to the players who delivered the championship generations of fans waited their whole lives to see and the city that stood behind them every step of the way. Long after the confetti is gone, New Yorkers will be able to walk these streets and remember the team that brought our city so much joy. Knicks in five.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The co-namings will be in place for four weeks.\n<\/p>\n

Across the games the Knicks won, the team reversed double-digit deficits in the second half to overcome the Spurs.\n<\/p>\n

\"JalenJalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns revel in the confetti after winning the NBA Championship.Photo by Gabriele Holtermann\n<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s Department of Transportation (DOT) is affixing signs in the Knicks\u2019 royal blue and orange colors with each player\u2019s name and jersey number to street poles up-and-down Manhattan\u2019s Sixth and Seventh Avenues.<\/p>\n

For instance, Sixth Avenue and West 3\u202frd Street\u202f is being co-named for starting shooting guard Josh Hart, who wears number three, and Seventh Avenue South and West 11th Street\u202f is being co-named for team captain and point guard Jalen Brunson, who sports number 11.<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s office said that together, the signs create a \u201cchampionship route\u201d through the heart of Manhattan.\n<\/p>\n

The Knicks won their first title in 53 years earlier this month, defeating the San Antonio Spurs 5-1, part of the team\u2019s 16-3 postseason run. Their historic run saw millions of New Yorkers\u00a0take to the streets<\/a>\u00a0to celebrate the Knicks across the five finals games and their June 18\u00a0ticker-tape parade<\/a>\u00a0down Lower Manhattan\u2019s Canyon of Heroes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Revelers packed City Hall Park following the parade to witness Mamdani give the team the key to the city<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn, in a statement, said the co-namings are \u201creturning the favor\u201d to the team that brought New Yorkers out in droves to fill the city\u2019s streets and public spaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith each postseason 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,\u201d Flynn said. \u201cNew Yorkers will never forget this historic championship run or the players that brought them together for the most joyful 10 weeks we\u2019ve ever experienced.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s administration is trying to keep the good times rolling from the New York Knicks\u2019 NBA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[41495,6157,43991,4777,4778,75,84,83,22925,9,24,1104,63,2050],"class_list":["post-281332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-canyon-of-heroes","tag-dot","tag-dot-commissioner-mike-flynn","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-josh-hart","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-mayor-zohran-mamdani","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-nyc","tag-street-co-naming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281332","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=281332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}