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The Lay Out

We create moments for us by us, to reclaim space, time, energy, and most importantly, to reclaim each other in our continued fight for justice.

10/12/2026

Everybody loves a Chris. 💐 Something about today has us thinking about the indigenous people who were literally minding their own business and Christophers, Chrises, and Christinas that we LOVE to acknowledge. From Brooklyn legends to someone who discovered a whole galaxy, we can get behind every Chris on this list.

10/08/2026

Somehow, we keep coming back to tennis. 🎾 As we thought about Black Brooklyn tennis history during the recent US Open, the story of the South Oxford Tennis Club came back. And as many relationships start, The Lay Out and Onyx Tennis Club linked up in the comments. 😝 
Finding your people, creating space, getting back to something you love, looking cute while accidentally doing cardio, Stan Smiths… Clearly, we’re cousins. 
Onyx is Uzo’s encore to the tennis world. A Fort Greene meetup between 2 became a community with partnerships spanning USTA, Wilson, Hudson County Parks, and several universities.  
For the past 3 Juneteenth celebrations, The Lay Out has partnered with Kings County Tennis League hqtennis.nyc Coach Frances | Tennis Coach Fort Greene Tennis Association Fort Greene Park Conservancy Black Girls Tennis Club and more to host free youth and adult clinics. 
Tennis in NYC is hard before you even get on a court. But that reality sent Uzo to South Oxford, birthing Onyx and inspired The Lay Out to make tennis part of Juneteenth festivities. South Oxford (and the Fort) to infinity. ✊🏾🎾

10/01/2026

Naija, 66 looks good on you! 🇳🇬 In 1960, the “Year of Africa,” 17 African countries were tired of that whole “Europe rules everyone around me, euro euro bills, y’all” mess and broke (mostly) free from their colonizers, with Nigeria joining the “to the left, to the left” party on October 1st. (and before we get think piece on currencies, we are fully aware that the Euro was not around in the 60s, you can stop typing your comment 😜) 
Nobody said Nigeria was simple. More than 250 ethnic groups, hundreds of languages, one colonial border and enough family history to keep the group chat and village chat going forever. We could never tell the whole story. It’s our Brooklyn love letter to some of the Nigerians who have been feeding us, dressing us, moving us, entertaining us, building things and making the whole thing happen. 
From Moshood holding it down since 1994 to jollof, Afrobeats, Nollywood, the Brooklyn Museum and that Calendly link running everybody’s life, you couldn’t quit Naija if you wanted to. 
Who are some of your favorite Nigerians and Nigerian things? We’re listening, but our egusi and fufu is getting cold, so we’re going to eat while y’all talk. 
Photo and video credits, in order of appearance: Cover by George Myrie. Studio 189 at Detty December by Emily Anadu. “It Gets Complicated” video by Emily Anadu. Family photo by Emeka Anadu, Nnewi, circa 1985. Moshood courtesy of Moshood Creations. Battle of Jollof by Deitch + Pham, Deitch Pham. Kwame Onwuachi at Tatiana by Evan Sung. Tobe + Fat by NYC Photographer & DJ. TJ Adeshola and Arinze Emeagwali by Jonny Nunez. Dimplez Ijeoma by “VINNY”. Mobolaji Dawodu by Matt Martin, courtesy of GQ. Burna Boy by Daniel Obasi for The New York Times. My Father’s Shadow image via IMDb. Láolú Senbanjo image courtesy of the artist’s website. ALÁRA at the Brooklyn Museum by Danny Perez for Vogue. Tope Awotona by Jamel Toppin for Forbes.

09/24/2026

Happy 10th anniversary, . 🖤

You know we had to find Brooklyn in the building. From Radio Raheem’s boombox to Art Smith’s jewelry, there’s Brooklyn energy in our national museum. 
Have y’all been?

09/17/2026

Friday (9/18/26) is our last sunset after 7pm until 2027. What are you doing with it?

09/15/2026

Y’all named some of our favorite cousins in the comment of our 8/31 post so we’re back with the homies while we get to know some of the newer brands y’all called out.   Like last time, every brand in this carousel has already been part of BuyBLK. ByBLK., showing up, setting up shop and helping us build this thing. Consider this your cue to put something in the cart. 🛍️ 
Already know one of these brands? Tell the cousins what to buy first. Still have a name for us? Drop it below. 
Black-owned brand interested in vending with us? Apply at brands.buyblkbyblk.com.

09/13/2026

🙏🏾🕊️ 30 years ago today, we lost Tupac at just 25, a legend with more Brooklyn ties than you may know: Brownsville, Biggie, South Oxford Tennis Club, WalkerWear…

What’s your favorite Tupac line or song?

(Side note: At The Lay Out, you’re already fam. No Cousin Lucky routine required.)

And if you’ve been following, on August 31 after 30 years, Duane “Keffe D” Davis was found guilty of first-degree murder in Tupac’s killing.

09/07/2026

Seven summers of us and ’s sign tells the story...you can’t gentrify soul.

From 2020 to 2026, Brooklyn has continued to change around us but every summer we returned to Fort Greene Park and made room for one another. We watched the crowd grow, the babies get taller, and more cousins find their way to the blanket, while holding on to the joy that brought us there in the first place. These are seven summers of us, seven summers of The Lay Out. 🤎

Which summer did you find us?

09/03/2026

It’s U.S. Open time, but tennis doesn’t just live in Queens. 🎾 
Brooklyn has a rich Black tennis history from neighborhood clinics with Venus and Serena to the legendary South Oxford Tennis Club.

Today, Kings County Tennis League, HQ Tennis, and Black Girls Tennis Club are a few of the organizations The Lay Out, in partnership with the Fort Greene Park Conservancy, has worked with to carry that work forward by making the game more accessible.

Learn about them. Play with them. Volunteer. Donate. Support. 
Cover image courtesy of Sonia Wilson. South Oxford archival images from Richard Northern via Racquet. Full Racquet article at the link in bio.

09/01/2026

All the time. 🙏🏾✨ Back in June, and asked y’all to design your dream grill for The Lay Out’s Juneteenth celebration.

The assignment was simple: play with your shine.
And Vic🫀 understood it completely.

A custom set, dreamed up by our winner, brought to life by , and made for a smile that is going to be shining into fall and beyond. Swipe through for the design, the process, and the final smile.

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