The story
The Harlem basketball court where hip hop and streetball merged, inspiring films, lyrics, and a cultural movement.
Everything that was here
- 1956–present · still open
Holcombe Rucker ParkPark
The Harlem basketball court where hip hop and streetball merged, inspiring films, lyrics, and a cultural movement.
See the map in 1957 → - 1979–1989
The Rooftop Roller Skating Rink and DiscoSkating Rink
The legendary Harlem roller rink where Teddy Riley created New Jack Swing in the upstairs studio and hip hop's elite gathered nightly.
See the map in 1980 →
Nearby history
Polo Grounds
155 8th Avenue · 346 m away
A fire destroyed the Polo Grounds grandstand in April 1911, and a concrete-and-steel stadium reopened on the same site b
Bronx River Community Center
161 East 161st Street · 1.2 km away
Savoy Ballroom
596 Lenox Avenue · 1.3 km away
1520 Sedgwick Avenue - Birthplace of Hip Hop
1520 Sedgwick Avenue · 2.3 km away
Apollo Theater
253 West 125th Street · 2.4 km away
Amateur Night began at the Apollo in 1934, and Ella Fitzgerald won it that November as a teenager.
Small's Paradise
2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard · 2.4 km away
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