{"id":308741,"date":"2026-07-29T15:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/308741\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:34:12","slug":"city-auctioning-off-knicks-champions-way-street-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/308741\/","title":{"rendered":"City auctioning off Knicks ‘Champions Way’ street sign"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city is auctioning off one of the 30 “Champions Way\u201d street signs that hung on Broadway during the Knicks parade, officials said Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One lucky fan will snag the handcrafted blue-and-orange sign, which was made at the city Department of Transportation\u2019s Sign Shop in Maspeth, Queens.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The sign measures 36 inches by 9 inches and is made of a durable aluminum material, the city said in a release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bidding began at $100 on Wednesday morning and will last until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The auction is taking place via the city\u2019s online surplus action website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, bids were already up to $390, with more than 100 people viewing the listing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Knicks won their first NBA title since 1973 in mid-June, beating the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Knicks championship celebration was a once-in-a-generation moment for New York City, and these commemorative street signs capture the excitement, pride and history of that unforgettable day,\u201d Department of Citywide Services Commissioner Yume Kitasei said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough DCAS\u2019 surplus property auctions, we\u2019re thrilled to give fans the rare opportunity to own an authentic piece of New York City and Knicks history,\u201d Kitasei added.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city is auctioning off one of the 30 “Champions Way\u201d street signs that hung on Broadway during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[11101,25,112734,9,24,55,54,12,56,319,27],"class_list":["post-308741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-app-sports","tag-app-top-stories","tag-colleen-nakhooda","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-sports","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308741","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=308741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}