Swish You Were Here
The grassroots volunteer program dubbed Swish You Were Here supplies and installs full nets for public New York City basketball rims with missing or damaged nets. The program is managed by St. Vartan Park Conservancy affiliate Manhattan East Community Association.
In 2020, two years before he founded St. Vartan Park Conservancy, Kevin O’Keefe started Swish You Were Here through the support of Manhattan Community Board 6, NYC Parks and Partnerships for Parks.
The program’s first stage featured installation of a new net by O’Keefe and community resident Dean Theodos on each outdoor public basketball rim in need of one in Manhattan Community District 6, including NYC Parks and school hoops. The project has since expanded to other areas of the city.
To request installation of a needed public basketball net, please contact team@stvartanpark.org.
Learn about basketball at St. Vartan Park on the Basketball page.