A Look at Brooklyn, then and now. For many people of a certain generation, Brooklyn began and ended at the gates of Ebbets Field, where the beloved Brooklyn Dodgers played baseball. The years between ...
It was Brooklyn’s cherished landmark, where barriers were broken and the borough celebrated its first and only championship. Roger Kahn wrote in his 1972 novel “The Boys of Summer” that “Ebbets Field ...
One morning, about a dozen years ago, a rabbinical scholar woke up in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, a long fly ball away from the site of Ebbets Field, the home of the fabled Brooklyn Dodgers ...
This auction turned out to be a real home run. The original McKeever Place street sign that marked the location of Brooklyn’s fabled Ebbets Field sold for $58,852 during an online auction on Monday.
BROOKLYN (PIX11) — The Dodgers haven’t played there since 1957, but look around Crown Heights, where Ebbets Field used to stand, and it’s clear that something is missing on the corner. It may come as ...
Ebbets Field has a rich history in baseball — and New York in particular. The stadium in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn was home to the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1913 to 1957 as well as the Brooklyn ...
Ebbetts Field, opening ball, 1913. Photo via Wikipedia. Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, opened with an exhibition game between the Dodgers and the Yankees, held on April 5, 1913. A few ...