Rucker Park adalah sebuah lapangan basket di Harlem, borough Manhattan, New York City. Lapangan ini terletak di 155th Street dan Frederick Douglass Boulevard di seberang jalan dari bekas lahan Polo Grounds. Banyak orang yang bermain di taman ini menjadi terkenal karena kemampuan mereka, dan beberapa di antaranya telah bermain di NBA.
Rucker Park muncul dalam film TNT, On Hallowed Ground, yang memenangkan Sports Emmy.
Greg Marius Court at Holcombe Rucker Park is a basketball court at the border of Harlem and the Coogan's Bluff section of Washington Heights neighborhoods of Manhattan, at 155th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, just east of the former Polo Grounds site.
10 Jan 2025 · Harlem’s famed basketball playground, Rucker Park, has recently been designated as a National Commemorative Site after local politicians proposed the acknowledgment, leading to President Biden...
08 Jan 2025 · NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announced his bill, H.R. 6852, the Holcombe Rucker Park Commemorative Site Act, has been signed into law by President Joseph Biden.
07 Jan 2025 · Today, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announced that the Holcombe Rucker Park Commemorative Site Act. Passed in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, has been signed into law by President Biden on Saturday, January 4th.
10 Okt 2021 · Holcombe Rucker, a playground director, established a youth basketball league and summer tournament nearly 70 years ago to keep children away from temptation even as others warned him to...
14 Agu 2010 · Behind all this, Rucker Park is a living laboratory where the disparate strands of basketball have met and played off each other: the loosely structured team game as invented by James Naismith with the underlying goal of teaching teamwork and discipline; and the explosive, improvisational style developed by African-American teams such as the ...
Rucker Park is well-known for building the game of basketball, and some of the game’s most storied careers. Its real success has been building a community. Holcombe Rucker, a Harlem school teacher, staged the first summer Rucker tournament in 1946.
Rucker Park in Harlem became a legendary epicenter for basketball starting in 1956, thanks to Holcombe Rucker. He envisioned the park as a platform for youth empowerment through basketball, organizing early tournaments that emphasized both athletic talent and education.
Holcombe Rucker Park. W. 155 St., 8 Ave. To Harlem River Drive. Manhattan. Directions via Google Maps
Discover the history of Holcombe Rucker Park. Learn about the trials and triumphs of the black experience in the United States and how New York City honors black history in our parks today.
