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Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball stadium in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York.It is mainly known for having been the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team of the National League (1913–1957).
Ebbets Field Flannels, Inc is an American vintage athletic apparel manufacturer. The company was established in 1988 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The company is known for its reproduction of historical baseball caps and wool flannel jerseys, primarily those of defunct minor league teams, teams from the Pacific Coast League, and Negro league teams.
Among Ebbets Field's historic moments are as site of the first televised baseball game, in 1939, and the first major league game to feature an African-American player -- Jackie Robinson, in 1947.
The Brooklyn Sports Center, in retrospect known as the Dodger Dome, was a proposed domed stadium for the Brooklyn Dodgers, designed by Buckminster Fuller to replace Ebbets Field. Meant to keep the Dodgers in New York City, [1] it was first announced in the early 1950s.
Ebbets Field (1913–1957) – Plaque marking its location. Apartment building on site. Chicago. Comiskey Park (mid 1910–1990) – Outline of batters boxes with replica of home plate. Guaranteed Rate Field parking lot on site. Weeghman Park/Cubs Park/Wrigley Field (1914–present) – Still standing and active as of the end of the 2024 season ...
The Prospect Park station was the closest station to Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers until the team moved to Los Angeles after the 1957 season. The stadium was located at Bedford Avenue and Sullivan Place three blocks to the east and one block to the north. That area is now occupied by the Ebbets Field Apartments.
With the mass movement of paying fans to the suburbs, inadequate parking and the outdated and dilapidated Ebbets Field leads to O'Malley's failed attempts to convince the power broker Robert Moses, New York City Construction Coordinator, to condemn an O'Malley's chosen Brooklyn property, nearer to transportation infrastructure, for the purpose ...
Jan. 7 will be the last day for Ebbets Field, 1027 E. Walnut St. The restaurant opened in 1982 on Cherry Street.