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  Ebbets Field Location within New York City  Ebbets Field Ebbets Field (New York) | |
| Location | 55 Sullivan Place Brooklyn, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°39′54″N 73°57′29″W / 40.66500°N 73.95806°W |
| Owner | Brooklyn Dodgers (1913–1956) Marvin Kratter (1956–1957) |
| Operator | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Capacity | 18,000 (1913)[1] 30,000 (1914–1923)[1] 26,000 (1924–1925)[1] 28,000 (1926–1931)[1] 32,000 (1932–1936)[1] 35,000 (1937–1945)[1] 34,219 (1946–1949)[1] 32,111 (1949–1954)[1] 31,902 (1955–1957)[1] |
| Field size | Left field: 348 ft Left-center: 351 ft Center field: 399 ft Right-center: 344 ft Right field: 297 ft |
| Surface | Natural Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | March 4, 1912[2] |
| Opened | April 9, 1913 |
| Closed | January 1958 |
| Demolished | February 23, 1960 |
| Construction cost | US$750,000[3][4] ($23.1 million in 2023 dollars[5]) |
| Architect | Clarence Randall Van Buskirk |
| General contractor | Castle Brothers, Inc.[6] |
| Tenants | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers (MLB) (1913–1957) New York Brickley Giants (NFL) (1921) Brooklyn Lions (NFL) (1926) Brooklyn Dodgers / Tigers (NFL) (1930–1944) Brooklyn Tigers (AFL) (1936) LIU Football (NCAA) (1939-1940) Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) (1946–1948) Brooklyn Eagles (NLB) (1935) | |
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). It was also home to Negro league baseball's Brooklyn Eagles of the Negro National League II and to six gridiron football teams, five of which were professional and one of which was collegiate. The professional football teams consisted of three NFL teams (1921–1948), one AFL team (1936), and one AAFC team (1946–1948); Long Island University's football team (whose nickname was the "blackbirds" at the time) used Ebbets Field in 1939 and 1940. The stadium was demolished in 1960 and replaced by the Ebbets Field Apartments, the site's current occupant.[7] It was located east of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Washington Ave, north of Empire Boulevard, west of Bedford Ave.
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- ^ "Ebbets Field". Baseball Almanac. Archived from the original on December 22, 2001. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Ebbets Field". BallparkTour.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ "Past and Present: Ebbets Field Apartments, Crown Heights". www.brownstoner.com. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2021-05-02.