The Nets renovated the fitness room at Red Hook’s Community Center

The new fitness room at the Miccio Community Center in Red Hook, which showcases free weights, fitness machines, and medicine balls. Image courtesy of BSE Global

The Brooklyn Nets unveiled the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Legacy Project – the renovation and reopening of the fitness room at the Joseph Michio Community Center, operated by Good Shepherd Services in Red Hook.

To celebrate the NBA’s 75th anniversary, teams from across the league are working hard to renovate spaces in their communities. The Miccio Community Center serves families from NYCHA Red Hook Houses with year-round programs, providing a safe space for young people to learn and play.

The center’s fitness room was damaged during Hurricane Ida in 2021, rendering the space unusable until now. Three murals in space.

The Nets have a longstanding relationship with the Miccio Community Center — dating back to the time the team moved to Brooklyn in 2012 — and one of the biggest ways the two organizations come together is through a shared commitment to community service.

Mandy Guttman, Executive Vice President of Community Relations and Communications at BSE Global, the parent company of the Brooklyn Nets Center and Barclays, said:

“We saw the damage caused by Hurricane Ida and knew we needed help. Miccio’s work is vital to Red Hook and we are proud to join our amazing community partners who have all helped realize our vision.”

Roland Knight, senior program director at Joseph Michio Community Center, cuts the ribbon in the new fitness room of the Joseph Michiu Community Center in Red Hook. Among his accomplices are BSE Global’s Mandy Guttman (left), former Nets great Albert King (second from left), and Good Shepherd Services’ Michelle Jansch (second from right). Image courtesy of BSE Global

“I am very grateful to the Brooklyn Nets for making the fitness room renovation possible for NYCHA’s young participants,” said Michelle Jansch, CEO of Good Shepherd Services. “Miccio provides young people with a safe space to learn and play. The renovated fitness room will create new programming opportunities for our youth and our community, and we are all excited about the impact it will have on all of our program participants.”

“Renovating our space in this way is not only a great privilege and honor but also a great opportunity to serve our youth,” said Roland Knight, Senior Program Director at Joseph Michio Community Center. Knight also talked about other shows

The fitness room at the newly renovated Joseph Michio Community Center officially opened on Wednesday, May 4 after a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Councilman Alexa Aviles, Guttman, Janich, Knight, nets legend Albert King and students participating in the Center’s various programs.

King played at Brooklyn Fort Hamilton High School, where he became known as one of the greatest basketball players in the country. He went to the University of Maryland, where he was eventually named one of the 50 greatest Atlantic Coast Conference players of all time. He played for the Nets, then New Jersey, from 1981 to 1987, and in 1982-1983 he averaged 17 points per game.

Good Shepherd Services operates more than 80 programs, which assist nearly 30,000 young people and family members in struggling neighborhoods across New York City. Its mission is to create opportunities that help our participants succeed in school, at home, and in their community.