Kings 5 Way (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:At the southwest corner of 216th Street and Barnes Avenue
Honoree: Kings 5 was a community-based basketball organization that served more than 10,000 males, ages 8 to 40 in the northeast Bronx in the 1970s and ‘80s. It was the longest-running basketball program in the northeast Bronx in that period. Kings 5 was founded by Andy King Sr. to provide neighborhood youth with recreational activity, boost morale and cultivate leadership skills. However, Kings 5 evolved into much more, with weekly meetings for youth to receive school tutoring and motivational coaching, as well as trips outside of the Bronx to meet professional basketball players and role models in the business. Andy King Sr. created a safe haven for youth who were bullied, and his team of coaches were available to counsel youth in trouble. The Kings 5 Basketball Program practiced and played out of Olinville Park, now known as the Agnes Haywood Playground, at East 216th Street and Barnes Avenue in the Bronx. (King)
LL:2016/92