The Hayden Planetarium Sphere lit Knicks orange and blue. Photo credit: Alvaro Keding/ © AMNH
By Gus Saltonstall
New York Knicks mania has taken over the city, including on the Upper West Side.
On Monday, the American Museum of Natural History announced that it would light up its Hayden Planetarium Sphere orange and blue in honor of the Knicks each evening for the rest of the NBA Finals.
You can catch a glimpse of the sphere from West 81st Street, between Columbus and Central Park West.
Photo credit: Alvaro Keding/ © AMNH.
And then there are cookies. Lots and lots of cookies.
Zabar’s, Fairway, and Silver Moon Bakery all have limited-time New York Knicks cookies.
Zabar’s is offering six “Gigantic Orange-and-Blue Cookies,” which is a play on their black and white cookies, for $29.98. The purchase also comes with a Zabar’s tote bag.
Zabar’s Knicks cookies. Courtesy of Zabar’s
Fairway, on the other hand, is selling a package of 10 smaller Knicks cookies for $10.99.
The Knicks cookie display inside of Fairway. Photo by Gus Saltonstall
Silver Moon Bakery at 2664 Broadway, between West 101st and 102nd streets, is offering its own handmade Knicks cookies.
Silver Moon Bakery’s Knicks cookies. Photo courtesy of Judith Norell
It would not be an Upper West Side list without bagels making an appearance.
Kossar’s, which has a neighborhood outpost at 270 West 72nd Street, is currently offering orange and blue bagels in honor of the city’s basketball team.
There is also the New York Knicks bear, which the Rag previously reported on, at the corner of West 82nd Street and Columbus Avenue, connected to Q Florist.
Q Florist’s Columbus Avenue bear decked out in Knicks gear. Photo by Gus Saltonstall
Let us know in the comments if we missed out on any other New York Knicks material on the Upper West Side.
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