Site of Polo Grounds II, III and IV

USA / New Jersey / Edgewater /
 baseball park / stadium, historical layer / disappeared object
With the original Polo Grounds torn down after the NYC street grid was extended uptown in early 1889, the New York Giants baseball team found a new home further uptown, and opened their new facility here mid-season in July 1889. This was the second Polo Grounds known as Manhattan Field. The Polo Grounds III, known also as Brotherhood Park, was built by 1891, and both fields existed adjacent to eachother for a couple of decades. Bleachers were gradually added and finally enclosed the field by 1910. The structure suffered a major fire in 1911 that destroyed much of the grandstand, but was quickly rebuilt larger, and using the same bleachers became the fourth version of the Polo Grounds, known as Brush Staduim only from 1911-1919. It was expanded in 1923 to compete with the new Yankee Stadium, and the old bleachers were rebuilt as a double deck. The larger park now hosted the New York Giants football team as well, as seating was expanded from 34,000 to 56,000.

These three versions of the Polo Grounds were home to the NY Giants baseball team from 1889-1957, home to the NY Yankees baseball team from 1913-1922, the NY Giants football team from 1925-1955, the NY Titans (Jets) football team from 1960-1963, and the NY Mets baseball team from 1962-63. The stadium, having been poorly maintained since the late 1940's, was finally torn down in 1964, and the Polo Grounds Towers public housing project was built and opened in 1968.

Plaque commemorates the ballpark and the "shot heard round the world."
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo_Grounds
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Coordinates:   40°49'54"N   73°56'13"W

Comments

  • Polo Grounds II Held The New York Giants Frpm 1889-1890,Polo Grounds III Held The New York Giants From 1891-1911.
  • Polo Grounds IV Held The New York Giants From 1911-1919.
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