Island Garden

Opened in 1956

About Island Garden

Island Garden is recorded as an NBA arena in West Hempstead, New York. It opened in 1956. Its recorded capacity is 5,200. Its only tenant was New York Nets (NBA, 1970–1972).

Venue Information

Capacity

5,200

Year Opened

1956

Address

7 E Terminal Road, West Hempstead, New York 11552

Elevation

53 ft

16 m above sea level

Address derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Teams

Home seasons at Island Garden by team, 1956–1972. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
New York Nets While based here: 3 seasons · 123-129 regular season · 3 postseason trips ABA · 1970–1972 Territory map on ImperialismMap Long Island Arena 1969 Island Garden 1970–1972 Nassau Coliseum 1973–1977 All 8 home venues of the New York Nets Teaneck Armory 1968 Long Island Arena 1969 Island Garden 1970–1972 Nassau Coliseum 1973–1977 Rutgers Athletic Center 1978–1981 Izod Center 1982–2010 Prudential Center 2011–2012 Barclays Center 2013–present	ABA	1970–1972

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Island Garden?

The capacity of Island Garden is 5,200.

When was Island Garden built?

Island Garden opened in 1956.

Where did the New York Nets play before Island Garden?

Before moving to Island Garden in 1970, the New York Nets played at Long Island Arena in 1969.

Where did the New York Nets play after Island Garden?

After leaving Island Garden in 1972, the New York Nets moved to Nassau Coliseum in 1973. They played there until 1977.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Address.
VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 4 m of this point).

Location

Coordinates: 40.7072, -73.6567

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
James M. Shuart Stadium	1963–	3.2 mi
Nassau Coliseum	1972–	3.6 mi
UBS Arena	2021–	3.6 mi
Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium	1966–	8.3 mi
Citi Field	2009–	10 mi
Shea Stadium	1964–2008	11 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

New York Nets

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.