Hosting tournaments at Rucker Park brings visitors to the area who boost the local economy when they shop or eat locally, he said. The park hasn’t seen a major renovation in years, he said.

Rucker Park had a lot of influence on shaping modern basketball culture. It influenced many players, including Julius Erving and his style. And he, in turn, helped to popularize streetball's ...

Holcombe Rucker Park is known to have some of the best basketball performances in the history of the game, where all-time greats have shown up and shown out for the fans in Harlem, New York ...