{"id":281587,"date":"2026-06-29T21:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281587\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:00:11","slug":"nyc-honors-knicks-with-temporary-street-signs-but-dont-expect-them-to-last-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281587\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC honors Knicks with temporary street signs \u2013 but don’t expect them to last long"},"content":{"rendered":"

How long before they get Knick\u2019d?<\/p>\n

The city is honoring the Knicks\u2019 legendary championship clinch<\/a> by installing temporary street signs feting them in Manhattan \u2013 but New Yorkers say it\u2019s only a matter of time before the instant-classic markers are clinched by die-hard fans.<\/p>\n

The 18 blue and orange signs, dispersed across Sixth and Seventh avenues Monday, will remain up for a month, with each honoring a member of the team.<\/p>\n

The new sign for Jalen Brunson Boulveard at West 11th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan seen on June 29, 2026. New York City has honored the entire Knicks roster by temporarily naming streets after the players. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

A NYC DOT employee putting up a sign at \u201cJosh Hart Street\u201d on Monday. NYC DOT<\/p>\n

\u201cI probably would have been up attempting to\u201d snag Jalen Brunson\u2019s sign if people weren\u2019t around, quipped fan Caleb Vasquez to The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing,\u201d he said of the street-sign gesture. \u201cIt\u2019s been 53 years, it\u2019s the least we could do to celebrate the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Syd Bland, 29, a project manager from Brooklyn, said of Brunson\u2019s sign at Seventh Avenue South and West 11th Street, \u201cListen, it\u2019s 3:02 right now on a Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be gone by 11:58 tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

A 41-year-old artist named Faust added, \u201cTo be honest, I was walking up Sixth Avenue, and I thought it already got taken. <\/p>\n

Ayanna Reed-Steward, Mia Hernandez, Syd Bland, Taylor Ghosten-Jordan and Kendyll Smith (left to right) taking a selfie at the Jalen Brunson Boulevard sign. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cFunny enough, I think on Bowery there was a street sign named after the Ramones, and that was the most stolen street sign in New York history. So I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if this one takes the new crown.\u201d<\/p>\n

City Hall and the Department of Transportation, which produces the signs, did not respond to a Post request for comment about what steps they might be taking to combat the potential thefts. <\/p>\n

A female director at JPMorgan Chase was already infamously caught on video\u00a0emptying a celebratory public Knicks trash can<\/a>\u00a0on the street \u2014 then stealing it during the team\u2019s parade \u2014 a move that got her fired.<\/p>\n

The sign for \u201cTrey Jemison III Place\u201d at West 50th Street and 7th Avenue. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

Each new Knicks city street sign will feature a player\u2019s name and will correspond to their jersey number \u2013 with the likes of Jalen Brunson taking Seventh Avenue South and West 11 Street and Karl-Anthony Towns repping Seventh Avenue and West 32 Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis New York Knicks team brought so much life to our streets during their magical playoff run, so it\u2019s only right we return the favor,\u201d Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn said in a statement.\u00a0<\/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. New 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<\/p>\n

Jay Jones, 42, posing with his son Roman, 9, in front of the new Brunson sign. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

The DOT signs will be up for four weeks, a rep for the city said, adding to iconic 34th Street being painted in the team\u2019s colors through the 2026-27 NBA season.<\/a><\/p>\n

The champs\u2019 respective street signs can be found as follows:<\/p>\n

Sixth Avenue and West Houston Street\u202f\u2013 Jordan Clarkson #00\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sixth Avenue and Bleecker Street\u202f\u2013 Dillon Jones #1\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sixth Avenue and Minetta Lane\u202f\u2013\u202fMiles\u00a0\u201cDeuce\u201d McBride #2\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sixth Avenue and West 3rd\u202fStreet\u202f\u2013 Josh Hart #3\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sixth Avenue and West 4th\u202fStreet\u202f\u2013 Pac\u00f4me\u00a0Dadiet\u00a0#4\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sixth Avenue and Washington Place\u202f\u2013 Jose Alvarado #5\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sixth Avenue and West 8th\u202fStreet\u202f\u2013 OG Anunoby #8\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sixth Avenue and West 9th\u202fStreet\u202f\u2013 Kevin McCullar Jr.# 9\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seventh Avenue South and West 11th Street\u202f\u2013 Jalen Brunson #11\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seventh Avenue and West 13th\u202fStreet\u202f\u2013 Tyler Kolek #13\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seventh Avenue and West 20th\u202fStreet\u202f\u2013 Jeremy Sochan #20\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seventh Avenue and West 23rd\u202fStreet\u202f\u2013 Mitchell Robinson #23\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seventh Avenue and West 25th\u202fStreet\u202f\u2013 Mikal Bridges #25\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seventh Avenue and West 32nd\u202fStreet\u202f\u2013 Karl-Anthony Towns #32\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sixth Avenue and West 44th\u202fStreet\u202f\u2013 Landry Shamet #44\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seventh Avenue and West 50th\u202fStreet\u202f\u2013 Trey Jemison III #50\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seventh Avenue and West 51st\u202fStreet\u202f\u2013 Mohamed Diawara #51\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seventh Avenue and West 55th\u202fStreet\u202f\u2013 Ariel Hukporti #55\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aaron Friedman, a 45-year-old software engineer, agreed with other locals that there is \u201ca high likelihood\u201d for theft.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think people are going to try,\u201d added a 35-year-old fan named Ricky. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was thinking I might pop out \u2026 when they\u2019re taking it down, but I doubt they\u2019ll give it to me,\u201d he said of city workers.<\/p>\n

The Knicks celebrate their NBA championship win earlier this month. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n

Then team\u2019s historic postseason win \u2013 the Knicks\u2019 first in 53 years \u2014 lands the Knickerbockers a ticker-tape parade through the Canyon of Heroes. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement, \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<\/p>\n

\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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLong 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\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How long before they get Knick\u2019d? The city is honoring the Knicks\u2019 legendary championship clinch by installing temporary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5459,75,57,21,9,1104,56,63,65,64,48467,58],"class_list":["post-281587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-department-of-transportation","tag-manhattan","tag-metro","tag-nba","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-signs","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281587","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=281587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}