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A day at Hoopland

Save Brooklyn Hoops/ Hoopland

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Brooklyn City Council Members
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For the past decade, Brooklyn Hoops, which is also known as Hoopland, has been a beacon of hope to the residents of Brooklyn, NY.Unfortunately, January 1st, 2009 marks the day that this beacon's doors will be closed forever. This facility is home to thousands of Brooklynites seeking an alternative to crime filled streets and non-constructive options that plague our children's day to day reality. Through the doors of Brooklyn Hoops, you will see multiple activities that are provided not only to athletes, but also to general youth with other interest i.e. karate, music, dance, Lacrosse and scheduled academic tutoring. These support systems are the building blocks for youth that want to bring change into their lives; hence, assisting athletes seeking scholarships, molding minds to accept the importance of school, church and family. In sum, there is no available facility within our immediate community large enough to accommodate the multiple interest of our local churches, schools, specialized youth programs and families. Consequently, The most disturbing question remains: "Where are all these people going to go?"

 

We, the undersigned, are appalled at the thought of losing this treasure in our community, demanding that our elected officials hear our cry and help us "Save Hoopland!"

For the past decade, Brooklyn Hoops, which is also known as Hoopland, has been a beacon of hope to the residents of Brooklyn, NY.Unfortunately, January 1st, 2009 marks the day that this beacon's doors will be closed forever. This facility is home to thousands of Brooklynites seeking an alternative to crime filled streets and non-constructive options that plague our children's day to day reality. Through the doors of Brooklyn Hoops, you will see multiple activities that are provided not only to athletes, but also to general youth with other interest i.e. karate, music, dance, Lacrosse and scheduled academic tutoring. These support systems are the building blocks for youth that want to bring change into their lives; hence, assisting athletes seeking scholarships, molding minds to accept the importance of school, church and family. In sum, there is no available facility within our immediate community large enough to accommodate the multiple interest of our local churches, schools, specialized youth programs and families. Consequently, The most disturbing question remains: "Where are all these people going to go?"

 

We, the undersigned, are appalled at the thought of losing this treasure in our community, demanding that our elected officials hear our cry and help us "Save Hoopland!"

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We signed the "Save Brooklyn Hoops/ Hoopland" petition!
# 473:
8:27 am PST, Nov 14, Denzel Hampton, New York
Hoopland should come back because all my brother does is sell drugs and smoke weed. He is very talented but does not have any where else to go besides the drug filled parks. Hoopland would give a good state of mind and constructive criticism towards a better life.
# 472:
4:39 pm PDT, Sep 7, Name not displayed, New York
# 471:
7:45 pm PDT, Aug 12, Robert Dobson, New York
Keep Hoopland open.
# 470:
7:18 pm PDT, Aug 12, Name not displayed, New York
# 469:
5:30 pm PDT, Jul 18, Name not displayed, New York
# 468:
1:06 pm PDT, Jul 9, Brenn Ford, New York
# 467:
4:03 pm PDT, May 31, Name not displayed, New York
# 466:
2:45 pm PDT, Mar 12, Name not displayed, New York
Dont Close This is a very good place for kids of all ages and adults to enjoy themselves

Played alot of experienced games at this place very unique place.

# 465:
12:25 am PDT, Mar 9, Name not displayed, New York
# 464:
9:02 pm PST, Feb 20, Name not displayed, New York
This is sad day in New york sports , the Mecca of the Basketball World is NYC & Hoopland is going to be closed.This is a city where the weather is unable to sustain basketball for half of the year this indoor facility is not a want it is a Need the Meeca
# 463:
8:31 am PST, Feb 17, Andrew Olivia Canito, New York
Hooplan is where i go to do my work outs and is a great karate center for my child.

I am a brown belt with a black tip, i do karate there. Hopplan in the back is a great area for me and my child to work out in our different ways, and also for my friends and i to play basket ball.

# 462:
8:53 pm PST, Feb 2, Karl Matthie, New York
i live in far rockaway queens and hoopland is a great center to catch up with my friends
# 461:
6:21 pm PST, Jan 28, Name not displayed, Trinidad And Tobago
I encourage any enterprise that caters to the youth especially the under privileged in society. This gym is needed especially now that we are seeing a world recession looming. We need to maintain an outlet for the youth in these times to prevent them from being sucked into the dregs of society.
# 460:
10:22 am PST, Jan 21, Jackie Pazmino, New York
# 459:
8:24 am PST, Jan 21, Judi Allman, New York
I just think that this is one of the great ways we can help President Obama to fix things
# 458:
7:53 am PST, Jan 21, Vashti Watson, New York
# 457:
6:26 pm PST, Jan 20, Deborah Carrington, New York
My son and his friends play at Hoopland facility for recreation and to keep away from the trouble streets. I would appreciate it if this facility will be re-opened and not just sold to some big conglomerate.
# 456:
1:05 pm PST, Jan 19, Smith Senatus, New York
please keep this place open...it gives young children a productive alternative, rather than run the streets and do nonsense, closing this place is going to hurt a lot of people and i know there are a lot of people that love hoopland and want it to stay open, but i fear that it will be closed anyway because people will not sign this petition and take it seriously...

i remember going to hoopland on Wed and Fri to practice with coach Dre ...to work on my game...he taught me a lot, and it kept me out the park where i would have been playing with some not so good people...

# 455:
10:55 am PST, Jan 19, Name not displayed, New York
# 454:
12:23 pm PST, Jan 18, Name not displayed, New York
Hoopland has been a home to many young kids and basketball players in Brooklyn. To shut hoopland down would be like shutting some of these kids dreams down, and without dreams their is no life.
# 453:
6:11 am PST, Jan 18, Taneequa Dent, New York
# 452:
7:36 pm PST, Jan 16, Andre Jones, New York
# 451:
8:43 am PST, Jan 16, Fernando Santiago, New York
# 450:
7:53 am PST, Jan 16, Sleem Chang, New Jersey
Growing up in Brooklyn, I know the importance of having an outlet for the youth. There is just too much opportunity for trouble to get in to. I've moved out to NJ and have been there for several years but continue to come back to Brooklyn's Hoopland to play ball with friends that I've grown up with as well as establish new friendships with other "Hooplanders". I see the various teams practicing and the various age groups and think about the impact it is having on them as I didn’t have or at least know about things of this nature when I was there. I feel like it is necessary to have this gym or a similar sized facility to accommodate the community that is more importantly AFFORDABLE. The impact it's made in the area and surrounding areas is just too obvious. Definite negative results if it is completely removed and not replaced in the immediate area.
# 449:
6:39 pm PST, Jan 15, Krystan Burnett, New York
Hoopland is a place that I have been fortunate to have known about since I was ten and I've always been in there any time I could. It is a place that signifies unity and brotherhood between people.

My most intense basketball battles have occured here and it also provided a place for me to practice. Those warm days of summer when everyone is outside, this is where I was, alone but still getting better.

# 448:
6:28 pm PST, Jan 15, Akeem Johnson, New York
# 447:
3:00 pm PST, Jan 15, Jason Henry, New York
# 446:
12:39 pm PST, Jan 15, Leslie Brooks, New York
# 445:
11:21 am PST, Jan 14, Iman Essiet, New York
# 444:
8:44 am PST, Jan 14, Jim Austin, Georgia
# 443:
7:45 pm PST, Jan 13, Frantz baron Baron, New York
# 442:
3:18 pm PST, Jan 13, Kevin Abraham, New York
# 441:
7:52 pm PST, Jan 12, Keir Islar, New York
I Had great times at hoopland It was great place to basketball during those cold winter days. I hope they dont close it and turn it into another storage place that's the last place we need there
# 440:
6:45 pm PST, Jan 12, Anthony Best, New York
This place encouraged me to not only be better in basketball but in life because of the people giving you advice and welcoming environment once you step inside of the building....its sad to hear this
# 439:
6:25 pm PST, Jan 12, Name not displayed, New York
As a resident of the neighborhood, I have attended programs at Brooklyn Hoops. It was an important part of my teenage life and it would be a travesty to see this pillar of hope taken away from our youth.
# 438:
2:05 pm PST, Jan 12, Denzil Noel, New York
hoopland is a fun place

basketball game between you and the people that's there

# 437:
12:30 am PST, Jan 12, Brian Graham, New York
# 436:
10:10 pm PST, Jan 11, Kevin Cox, New York
# 435:
8:19 pm PST, Jan 11, Name not displayed, New York
I have been going to Hoopland for years when I was in college. My brothers have been attending right after me when they started H.S. Hoopland has been a safe place to go and have something recreational to do in the neighborhood. There aren't too many places for teenagers to young adults to do in the area these days and Hoopland has provided that outlet for all of us in the past until now.

please share your unique stories about hoopland

# 434:
6:58 pm PST, Jan 11, Shernelle Bobb, New York
# 433:
6:50 pm PST, Jan 11, Janelle Bobb, New York
# 431:
2:43 pm PST, Jan 11, Ariel Hyman, New York
Hoopland, or BAC has been my home since i was 6. I am now 17. The closing of this facility poses a problem for a non for profit program that has been here for years on end. I am optmistic that we will find another place but my feelings toward this situation remain negative... I really do wish it weren't so.

I'm not sure which stories to share because most are "inside" stories about the karate program, but I've been here since the 90's when hoopland was non existent and in place stood the racquetball courts. I watched this place change and fill to capacity with people on the weekends and special occasions. I'll miss it alot.

# 430:
2:28 pm PST, Jan 11, Dana Ingram, New York
hoopland is important because it gives young men and women something to do other than hang out in the streets. It also gives kids a place to work out and stay in good physical shape
# 432:
2:12 pm PST, Jan 11, Rodney Hyman, New York
# 429:
1:51 pm PST, Jan 11, Name not displayed, New York
# 428:
10:13 am PST, Jan 11, Chad Brown, New York
My name is chad brown and i have been attending hoopland for the past 10 years hoopland is one of the only gyms in brooklyn that kids have to come and compete and work out with each other for a low costing price and a safe enviroment. By closing hoopland alot of kids in the neighborhood will have no where to go and i strongly believe it will increase violence in the area hoop land gives people a place to go to bond with each other and make new friendships. closing hoopland will be a dramatic lost to the community, better yet brooklyn nyc because hoopland is the most popular gym around it is like a basketball monument in Brooklyn we can not afford to lose one of brooklyns treasure. So plz can u deeply consider ya thought to take this haven away from kids and adults all alike.....???????????
# 427:
3:33 pm PST, Jan 10, Name not displayed, New York
# 426:
10:33 pm PST, Jan 9, Dame Ndiaye, California
hoohpland helped me alot with not only the game of basketball, it also helped me stay away from trouble
# 425:
2:16 pm PST, Jan 9, CEECEE HARRIS, New York
HOOPLAND IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR ALL YOUNG MEN TO SHARE THEIR TALENTS. IT WOULD A BE A GREAT LOST TO THE COMMUNITY AND WELL AS THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. HOOPLAND KEEPS THE YOUNG & OLD MEN OCCUPIED, AND OUT OF TROUBLE. PLEASE SAVE THIS ESTABLISHMENT.
# 424:
1:16 pm PST, Jan 9, Anne Schelle-Herring, New York
There is no other place like this in the entire city. Pick-up basketball is of cultural significance to the city of New York and Brooklyn in particular. More and more gyms have decided to close its doors to basketball, one of the greatest sports ever invented. Why? Where is the youth supposed to go? Who is taking care of the community?

My entire family has been going to Hoopland for a few years now. We love playing ball together, meeting people, and share our love for the game of basketball. While our son has been working out with various trainers, we have had a chance to improve our skills and have a great time. THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE THIS

# 423:
8:27 am PST, Jan 9, Alvin Neu, New York
# 422:
9:47 pm PST, Jan 8, Sybil Follett, New York
# 421:
3:45 pm PST, Jan 8, Max Gyllenhaal, New York
Please save this important community sports program.
# 420:
12:08 pm PST, Jan 8, Name not displayed, New York
your feelings are appreciated

please share your unique stories about hoopland

# 419:
11:38 am PST, Jan 8, Andy Wala, New York
Hoopland is a place where everyone can basketball, improve their basketball skills. It is also a place where us youth can go to stay off the streets. Hoopland is a very important place to us so please keep it open.
# 418:
10:25 am PST, Jan 8, Ira Scharaga, New York
# 417:
8:35 am PST, Jan 8, Junior Glasgow, New York
Hoopland is the only place I can stay off of the streets and come together with my friends, play basketball, and get a good exercise in my neighborhood. Especially in the winter.
# 416:
7:28 am PST, Jan 8, Jeffrey Prophete, New York
# 415:
5:55 am PST, Jan 8, Brooklyn Wright, New York
Its the onli indoor gym that I kno of... and the atmosphere is a good 1. I enjoy playing ball there. It's a very competitive some of the ppl that go 2 hoopland u sometimes don't c at other parks in ur own neighborhood. And when its cold or rainin out we kno that hoopland is there so we could do sum recreational activities.
# 414:
9:41 pm PST, Jan 7, Christian DeJesus, New York
your feelings are appreciated

please share your unique stories about hoopland

# 413:
6:31 pm PST, Jan 7, Marktholemew Brittonimus, New York
I've been coming to hoopland for years and it would be a tremendous loss if you closed it down. I've encouraged so many ppl to come down there as well and they love it. So, it would be greatly appreciated if you didn't shut hoopland down!
# 412:
5:09 pm PST, Jan 7, Catherine Rose, New York
# 411:
10:49 am PST, Jan 7, Marlon Goodchild, New York
I am currently a member of the United States Navy. I have been coming to hoopland for over 7 years. Hoopland provides a safe haven for young people. It takes them off the streets. Its a positive alternative to dealing drugs and a life of crime. This is a disaster that hoopland doors will shut. Hoopland has given me some structure in my life and I believe that it has done the same for others. The felowship in the place is unbelievable. I fear to think where all these people will go now. Keep her doors open, for the kids sake.
# 410:
10:46 am PST, Jan 7, Name not displayed, New York
# 409:
5:52 am PST, Jan 7, Name not displayed, New York
Any facility that provides a positive environment for the family structure and OUR YOUTH, should not be shuttered but embraced and supported by city and state leadership. Please DON'T close Hoopland.
# 408:
10:09 pm PST, Jan 6, Name not displayed, New York
# 407:
7:53 pm PST, Jan 6, Tishsean Emmanuel, New York
# 406:
6:13 pm PST, Jan 6, Todd Sowell, New York
# 405:
5:53 pm PST, Jan 6, Alisa Vason, Pennsylvania
# 404:
2:49 pm PST, Jan 6, Brian Seewald, New York
# 403:
2:48 pm PST, Jan 6, Wanda Toliver, New York
# 402:
1:47 pm PST, Jan 6, Name not displayed, New York
# 401:
9:24 am PST, Jan 6, Joan Sapienza, New York
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