JOHN JAY COLLEGE— On Friday, May 8th, while many New Yorkers packed bars to watch the Knicks defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in the playoffs, others gathered at Singers Bar to watch another hometown team begin its season: the New York Liberty.
The Liberty, New York’s only professional women’s basketball team, have become one of the most prominent franchises in the Women’s National Basketball Association as interest in women’s basketball continues to grow nationwide. While they tipped off their season against the Connecticut Sun at Barclays Center in downtown Brooklyn, fans donning Liberty jerseys gathered just a little over two miles away at Singers bar, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, to cheer them on.
Tucked away on Kosciuszko Street, Singers is one of 22 bars affiliated with the New York Liberty Bar Network, which launched last season as a collection of official watch destinations for Liberty away games, creating spaces where fans can gather and celebrate together.
