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The Islanders win a playoff game. Fans celebrate at midnight. Neighbors endure it, on a school night.

It was their first playoff game ever in Brooklyn last night, and there was a full house watching the New York Islanders win in overtime, their first victory in three games against the Florida Panthers.

One witness describing the atmosphere--in a building often criticized for being unfriendly to hockey--as "every bit as lively, raucous and boisterous as what youā€™ll find in any other building in the National Hockey League."

And that meant it spilled out into the street as midnight approached, and even afterward--on a school night. The video below--shot halfway down Pacific Street from the arena--shows yelling and honking.. Apparently the new "Islanders Code of Conduct" can only go so far.

The arena operators need to do more, but they face a challenge. Fans understandably want to celebrate, and they'd be even louder if they were tailgating outside the Nassau Coliseum.

But the arena backs into a residential neighborhood. The next home playoff game is Wednesday, also starting at the relatively late time of 8 pm.



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  1. Anonymous1:08 PM

    Get over it.

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    1. This is not an uncommon attitude. See https://twitter.com/AYReport/status/722072397109706754

      The arena operators should take note.

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