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New York Ramblers soccer team say they're the 'oldest LGBTQ+ soccer league in the world.

It's not just about the views and walking trails at Brooklyn Bridge Park! A trailblazing soccer team also calls it home!

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Let's get back to that bitter blast coverage first time of the year we're doing this or this season and it's rough and it's lasting too long, Scott. Yeah, but it's not going to last for that long. We're gonna be back towards the fifties as we go to the end of the week, but still bundle up. If you're heading outside, it's gonna feel like the twenties all day long. We're gonna be looking at this throughout the city going to feel like the twenties. But then as we go later on tonight, from sunset into the overnight towards Wednesday morning, yes, it's going to feel like the teen. So definitely bundle up, wear the scarves, the gloves and anything that keeps you nice, warm and toasty. Maybe even a cup of cocoa because it is brisk. It is biting wind. It is blustery, but it's still beautiful outside. Look at a gorgeous view over Coney Island this morning. 34 is what it is right now. But that wind out of the west 16 MPH makes it feel like the twenties and that's the way it's going to be all day long because we're not just seeing the cold air, not just seeing the wind we're seeing. Yes. The dread of that's where some snow flurries coming on in from the Great Lakes. But because of this dry air, it might not come down here in the city. We are going to be seeing that chance this afternoon. So definitely prepare for that. It's going to be beautiful. A few festive flakes. Nothing much though as we go into the afternoon, mainly between two and six is when we can expect that. Use the hashtag N 12 Storm watchers take a picture. Then things turning clear and cold as we head into Wednesday morning and gusty winds as well. 10 to 30 MPH. Tuesday, a little less breezy as go Tuesday and Wednesday, but still biting cold. So definitely prepare for that anchor down those holiday decorations if you haven't done so already, upper thirties to around 40 today, cold windy going to feel like the teens tonight. But then we are looking at cold weather Wednesday, then back to the fifties Friday with a chance of rain. That's your look at your hyper local forecast, Scott.

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New York Ramblers soccer team say they're the 'oldest LGBTQ+ soccer league in the world'

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Basketball courts and walking trails that call Brooklyn Bridge Park home, there's also a trailblazing soccer team. News 12's Greg Thompson explains while there are plenty of soccer teams and leagues that play at Brooklyn Bridge Park, none of them are like the new york Ramblers who claim to be the oldest organized openly. L G B T Q plus soccer league anywhere in the world. Everybody within the Ramblers community has had an experience where they felt other while playing soccer. We all remember growing up and being a little bit garden of how we play, how we run. You know, our risk may become for our heels flick, but here are guards come down. Founded in 1980. The Ramblers now have around 150 members showing up to both weekly practices and games, which they say is great for meeting new people in the community. There's something about being on a team with other people that helps foster connection and help fosters relationships with other people. Everyone finds something different. I mean, truly friends, relationships enemies, some of them who have been coming back for decades, it's tough to find a safe space in sports as queer people. So this really has become a home and I think it's helped a lot of people come out of their shells. Yeah, it's just a space where people can be themselves on the pitch, things do get serious, don't give blake any space with different divisions based on skill level and a traveling group that plays in tournaments around the world, taking on both other L G B T Q plus teams and straight ones. It's always jarring for them, You know, when we score a goal and they were like, yes, instead of like a manly grunt or anything like that, they're the most shocked when we beat them. So that's always a great feeling. If you want to get involved, the Ramblers have leagues going on all year long, just head over to our website news 12 dot com. For more information at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Greg Thompson News 12.

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