List of baseball parks in New York City

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This is a list of ballparks used for professional baseball in the five boroughs of New York City. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.

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Brooklyn

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Ebbets Field
York Street Park
Home of: Atlantics – amateur (c. 1855–1865)
Location: Brooklyn – York Street
Currently: approach ramps for Brooklyn Bridge
Excelsior grounds (I)
Home of: Excelsior – amateur (1854–1859)
Location: Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
Currently: residential
Excelsior grounds (II)
Home of: Excelsior – am/pro independent (1859–1870)
Location: Red Hook, Brooklyn – south end of Court Street, on the waterfront (Gowanus Canal)
Currently: industrial
Union Grounds
Home of:
Eckford – independent am/pro (1862–1871), NA (1872)
Mutual – independent am/pro (1868–1870), NA (1871-75), NL (1876)
Atlantic – NA (1873–1875)
"Hartford of Brooklyn" – NL (1877)
several single-game "home" games by other clubs
Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Marcy Avenue (southwest, center field); Rutledge Street (northwest, right field); Harrison Avenue (northeast, home plate); Lynch Street (southeast, left field)
Currently: National Guard building, Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
Capitoline Grounds
Home of:
Atlantic – am/pro independent (1864 or 1865 – 1871), NA (1872)
Excelsior – am/pro independent (1866–1871)
Enterprise – am independent (c. 1864–1866)
Location: Bedford, Brooklyn – Marcy Avenue (east); Halsey Street (south); Putnam Avenue (north); Nostrand Avenue (west)
– less than 1.5 miles south of Union Grounds along Marcy
Currently: Residential
Washington Park I
Home of: Brooklyn Atlantics/Bridegrooms/Trolley Dodgers – Inter-State League (1883), AA (1884–1889), NL (1890–1891 part)
Also used as a neutral site for two games in the 1887 World Series and one game in the 1888 World Series
Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn – 3rd Street (north, right field) and 5th Street (south, left field); 4th Avenue (west, center field) and 5th Avenue (east, home plate)
Currently: Residential, school, public park, and Gowanus House
Eastern Park
Home of:
Brooklyn Ward's Wonders – PL (1890)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1891 part – 1897)
Location: Brownsville, Brooklyn – Eastern Parkway (segment later renamed Pitkin Avenue when Eastern was diverted) (north, home plate); Long Island Railroad and Vesta Avenue (later renamed Van Sinderen Street) (east, left field); Sutter Avenue (south, center field); Powell Street (west, right field)
Currently: Commercial / industrial
Washington Park II
Home of:
Brooklyn Dodgers/Superbas – NL (1898–1912)
Brooklyn Tip-Tops – FL (1914–1915)
Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn – diagonally across from the northwest corner of the previous Washington Park: 1st Street (north, right field) and 3rd Street (south, third base); 3rd Avenue (west, left field) and 4th Avenue (east, first base)
Currently: Consolidated Edison – part of ballpark wall still stands
Ebbets Field
Home of: Brooklyn Dodgers – NL (1913–1957)
Location: Brooklyn – formerly within Flatbush, now considered part of Crown Heights – 55 Sullivan Place – Bedford Avenue (east, right field); Sullivan Place (south, first base); McKeever Place (originally Cedar Place) (west, third base); Montgomery Street (north, left field)
Currently: Jackie Robinson Apartments
Maimonides Park prev. Key Span Park, MCU Park
Home of: Brooklyn Cyclones – New York–Penn League (2001–present)
Location: Coney Island site, Brooklyn – 1904 Surf Avenue – Surf Avenue (north, third base); Kensington Walk (east, left field); Boardwalk (south, right field); West 19th Street (west, first base)

Manhattan

Polo Grounds (I)
Home of:
Metropolitan – independent (1880–1882), AA (1883–1885)
New York Giants – NL (1883–1888)
Also used as a neutral site for one game in the 1887 World Series
Location: 110th Street (south, first base for Mets, third base for Giants); Fifth Avenue (east, first base for Giants); Sixth Avenue (renamed Lenox Avenue and since double-named as Malcolm X Boulevard) (west, third base for Mets); 112th Street (north, left field for Mets, right field for Giants)
Currently: Commercial and residential buildings, Harlem Academy
Metropolitan Park
Home of: Metropolitan – AA (1884 first part of season)
Location: Manhattan – 109th Street (north); Harlem River (east); 107th Street (south); First Avenue (west)
Currently: Residential, commercial, public school
Manhattan Field aka Polo Grounds (II)
Home of: New York Giants (1889 part – 1890)
Location: 155th Street (south, third base); Eighth Avenue (east, first base) – next to site of Polo Grounds
Currently: Apartment buildings
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Polo Grounds as it looked 1911–1923
Polo Grounds (III) / (IV) orig. Brotherhood Park
Home of:
New York Giants – PL (1890)
New York Giants – NL (1891–1957)
New York Yankees – AL (1913–1922)
New York Mets – NL (1962–1963)
Location: Harlem River Drive aka Speedway (west, home plate); site of Manhattan Field and 155th Street viaduct (south, right field); 8th Avenue (east, center field); rail yards and later public housing (north, left field)
Currently: Apartment buildings
Olympia Field
Home of: local ball clubs (about 1901–1904)
Location: between 135th and 136th Streets, and Lenox Avenue (a.k.a. Malcolm X Boulevard), based on contemporary newspaper articles
Currently: Harlem Hospital Center, fire station, elementary school, and Howard Bennett Playground
Olympic Field
Home of: local ball clubs starting 1904; Lincoln Giants – independent (1911–1919)
Location: 136th Street, Fifth Avenue, and Madison Avenue, based on contemporary newspaper articles
Currently: medical buildings
Dyckman Oval
Home of:
Cuban Stars (East) – independent 1916–1922 / Eastern Colored League 1923–1928 / American Negro League 1929 only / independent 1930–1933
also various neutral-site games by other Negro league clubs
Location: Inwood section of Manhattan. Roughly triangular block bounded by Nagle Avenue and elevated tracks (northwest, third base); 204th Street (northeast, left field); 10th Avenue (southeast, right field); and Academy Street (southwest, first base). Existed from about 1915 through 1937.
Currently: NYCHA apartment buildings and Monsignor Kett Playground.
Hilltop Park formally American League Park
Home of:
New York Yankees – AL (1903–1912)
New York Giants – NL (1911 part)
Location: Washington Heights, Manhattan – Broadway (southeast, right field); West 165th Street (southwest, first base); Fort Washington Avenue (west, third base); 168th Street (northeast, left field)
Currently: NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital and other medical buildings

Bronx

Yankee Stadium and Polo Grounds, as they looked in April 1923 Yankee Stadium and Polo Grounds New York 1923 04 15.jpg
Yankee Stadium and Polo Grounds, as they looked in April 1923
Similar angle to 1923 picture, in 2010 Yankee Stadium 002.JPG
Similar angle to 1923 picture, in 2010
Bronx Oval
Home of: New York Knickerbockers – United States Baseball League (1912 only)
Used for independent baseball and other sports as early as 1905, per local newspaper accounts.
Location: Bronx – 163rd Street and Southern Boulevard, [1] as well as Hunt's Point Road
Currently: Commercial businesses
Interborough Field (circa 1914-1950)
NYC Transit All Stars
Used for transit league games, built just north of IRT railyards 240th st (first base) and west side of Broadway (right field).

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Catholic Protectory Oval or Catholic Protectory Field
Home of: Lincoln Giants – independent (1920–1922) / Eastern Colored League (1923–1928) / American Negro League (1929 only)
Location: part of the campus of the New York Catholic Protectory, which was southeast of East Tremont Avenue and Unionport Road; the ballpark site is close to where Unionport intersects with Metropolitan Avenue
Currently: Parkchester
Yankee Stadium (I)
Home of: New York Yankees – AL (1923–1973, 1976–2008)
Location: Bronx – East 161st Street (north, left field); River Avenue (east, right field); 157th Street (south, first base); Macombs Dam Park (west, third base)
Currently: Macombs Dam Park, Heritage Field
Yankee Stadium (II)
Home of: New York Yankees – AL (2009–present)
Location: Bronx – across the street to the north from the old Yankee Stadium – East 161st Street (south, first base); River Avenue (east, right field); Macombs Dam Bridge / Jerome Avenue (west, third base); East 164th Street (north, left field)

Queens

Shea Stadium and parking lot (future site of Citi Field) in 2005 Sheastadiumfromtheair.jpg
Shea Stadium and parking lot (future site of Citi Field) in 2005
Shea Stadium and Citi Field, in 2008 Shea Stadium Demolition Aerial.jpg
Shea Stadium and Citi Field, in 2008
Fashion Race Course originally National Race Course
Home of: Operated as a horse race track 1853 to about 1869. Site of an intra-city all-star game series in 1858 on July 20, August 17 and September 10; notable as first admission charges for baseball.
Location: gate at what is now 37th Avenue and 103rd Street in Corona, Queens, New York, about a mile west-southwest of Citi Field.
Currently: commercial / residential
Grauer’s Ridgewood Park
Home of: Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Trolley Dodgers AA (1886 Sundays only)
Location: part of a large park bounded by Myrtle Avenue (north); Seneca Avenue (northeast); Decatur Street (southeast); Cypress Avenue (southwest)
Currently: commercial / residential
Wallace’s Ridgewood Park
Home of:
Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Trolley Dodgers AA (1887–1889 Sundays only)
Brooklyn Gladiators AA (1890)
Location: Long Island Railroad tracks & Wyckoff Avenue (northeast, right field); Covert Street (southeast, first base); Irving Avenue (southwest, third base); Halsey Street (northwest, left field) – a few blocks south of Grauer's Ridgewood Park
Currently: commercial
Long Island Grounds
Home of: Brooklyn Gladiators AA (1890 – 2 Sunday games)
Location: (Maspeth, New York) Grand Avenue (south); 57th Street (east)
Currently: industrial
Meyerrose Park
Home of: Brooklyn – Atlantic League (1907) / Union League (1908)
Location: Cornelia Street & Woodward Avenue
Currently: commercial
Dexter Park
Home of: Brooklyn Royal Giants – Negro leagues (1920s–1930s)
Location: Woodhaven, Queens – Jamaica Avenue (south); Eldert Lane T's into Jamaica from the south
Currently: residential
Shea Stadium
Home of:
New York Mets – NL (1964–2008)
New York Yankees – AL (1974-75)
Location: Flushing, Queens – 123-01 Roosevelt Avenue – 126th Street (northeast, right field); Roosevelt Avenue (southeast, first base); Shea Road (southwest/northwest, third base/left field)
Currently: Parking lot for Citi Field
The Ballpark at St. John's now known as Jack Kaiser Stadium
Home of: Brooklyn Cyclones – New York–Penn League (2000)
Location: Jamaica, Queens – St. John's University campus – Utopia Parkway (east, outfield); 175th Street (west/south, home plate/first base); Belson Stadium soccer field and Union Turnpike (northwest, third base)
Citi Field
Home of: New York Mets – NL (2009–present)
Location: Flushing, Queens – just east of Shea Stadium site – Seaver Way (northeast, right field); Roosevelt Avenue (southeast, first base); Shea Road (southwest/northwest, third base/left field)

Staten Island

St. George Grounds
Home of:
Metropolitan – AA (1886–1887)
New York Giants – NL (1889) partial season
Location: St. George, Staten Island, Staten Island
Currently: Near site of Richmond County Bank Ballpark
Richmond County Bank Ballpark
Home of: Staten Island Yankees – New York–Penn League (2001–2020), Staten Island FerryHawks – Atlantic League (2021–present)
Location: St. George, Staten Island – Richmond Terrace (southwest, home plate/third base); Bank Street (southeast/northeast, first base/right field); Upper New York Bay, beyond Bank Street

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New League Opens Season in Bronx – New York and Reading Teams Play Ten-Inning Tie Game, Score 10 to 10". The New York Times. 2 May 1912. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
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