 In contrast, Rifka Rosenwein, in "Life in the Present Tense", describes the close-knit community as a gift she could not imagine when living in Manhattan.The Brooklyn Nets NBA pro basketball team was founded as the New Jersey Americans in Teaneck for the 1967–68 season, as charter members of the American Basketball Association.The team played their home games at the Teaneck Armory for that one season, and was scheduled to play a one-game playoff at the armory.