NYC honors Knicks with temporary street signs but dont expect them to last long: Gone by 11:58 tonight

How long before they get Knick’d?The city is honoring the Knicks’ legendary championship clinch by installing temporary street signs feting them in Manhattan – but New Yorkers say it’s only a matter of time before the instant-classic markers are clinched by die-hard fans.The 18 blue and orange signs, dispersed across Sixth and Seventh avenues Monday, will remain up for a month, with each honoring a member of the team.“I probably would have been up attempting to” snag Jalen Brunson’s sign if people weren’t around, quipped fan Caleb Vasquez to The Post.“It’s amazing,” he said of the street-sign gesture.“It’s been 53 years, it’s the least we could do to celebrate the team.”Syd Bland,29, a project manager from Brooklyn, said of Brunson’s sign at Seventh Avenue South and West 11th Street, “Listen, it’s 3:02 right now on a Monday.“It’s going to be gone by 11:58 tonight.”A 41-year-old artist named Faust added, “To be honest, I was walking up Sixth Avenue, and I thought it already got taken.

“Funny enough, I think on Bowery there was a street sign named after the Ramones, and that was the most stolen street sign in New York history.So I wouldn’t be surprised if this one takes the new crown.”City Hall and the Department of Transportation, which produces the signs, did not respond to a Post request for comment about what steps they might be taking to combat the potential thefts.

A female director at JPMorgan Chase was already infamously caught on video emptying a celebratory public Knicks trash can on the street — then stealing it during the team’s parade — a move that got her fired.Each new Knicks city street sign will feature a player’s name and will correspond to their jersey number – with the likes of Jalen Brunson taking Seventh Avenue South and West 11 Street and Karl-Anthony Towns repping Seventh Avenue and West 32 Street.“This New York Knicks team brought so much life to our streets during their magical...