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The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 to 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the sport of polo.
The complex was completed on June 30, 1968, and is run by the New York City Housing Authority. [9] Attached to Tower #2 is the Polo Grounds Community Center, run by Children's Village, which hosts such programs as the Polo Grounds Youth Conference. [10] A plaque on the property marks the approximate location of home plate within the demolished ...
Polo Grounds – The second and third (final) incarnations of the famed stadium were located at was then 8th Avenue from 1889 to 1963, in Coogan's Hollow on the north side of the viaduct. Over its life, it was home of the New York Giants (1889–1957), New York Yankees (1913–1922) and New York Mets (1962–1963) baseball franchises, and the ...
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 Polo Grounds as it looked 1911–1923 Polo Grounds (III) / (IV) orig. Brotherhood Park Home of: New York Giants – PL (1890)
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Polo Grounds, the final incarnation of the famed stadium was located at was then Eighth Avenue from 1911 to 1963. Over its life, it was home of the New York Giants (1911–1957), New York Yankees (1913–1922) and New York Mets (1962–1963) baseball franchises, and the New York Giants (1925–1955) and New York Jets (1960–1963) football teams.
The need for the shuttle decreased when the Polo Grounds went vacant in 1957 after the baseball Giants moved to San Francisco and football Giants moved across the river to Yankee Stadium. On May 29, 1958, the New York Central ceased operations on the Putnam Division, which rendered the shuttle unnecessary.