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Locals Push to Rename Barclays Center After Jackie Robinson

A handful of Brooklynites are renewing calls to rename Barclays Center after Jackie Robinson, the famed Brooklyn Dodger who broke racial barriers in professional baseball, saying that the time is ripe to properly honor the Brooklyn trailblazer.

A handful of Brooklynites are renewing calls to rename Barclays Center after Jackie Robinson, the famed Brooklyn Dodger who broke racial barriers in professional baseball, saying that the time is ripe to properly honor the Brooklyn trailblazer.

"You're seeing certain individuals being criticized and their statutes rightly removed, and here's the opportunity to do something symbolic," said Park Sloper Arthur Piccolo, who started the movement to honor the legendary athlete. "What I'm proposing is an obvious idea."

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