NEW YORK – After 46 years of calling Manhattan its home, the Ukrainian Sports Club of New York (known by its Ukrainian acronym YCK) has announced its move to a new home in Brooklyn. The announcement was officially made on September 13 by the club’s president, Willie Zinkewitsch, and the club’s doors were closed.
The club purchased the building at 122 Second Ave. in late 1974, after the club sold its field in Flushing, Queens. When the building was first purchased, it was primarily commercial, fully rented, except for the ground and second floors. Commercial and residential tenants occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. After the purchase was finalized, the club renovated the ground floor as well as the second floor with the guidance of George Rycar, the architect of record and the clerk of works in 1975.