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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. 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 a…
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. 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, one AFL team, and one AAFC team ; Long Island University's football team 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. It was located east of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Washington Ave, north of Empire Boulevard, west of Bedford Ave.
  • Location: 55 Sullivan Place · Brooklyn, New York
  • Owner: Brooklyn Dodgers (1913–1956) · Marvin Kratter (1956–1957)
  • Capacity: 18,000 (1913) · 30,000 (1914–1923) · 26,000 (1924–1925) · 28,000 (1926–1931) · 32,000 (1932–1936) · 35,000 (1937–1945) · 34,219 (1946–1949) · 32,111 (1949–1954) · 31,902 (1955–1957)
  • Opened: April 9, 1913
  • Architect: Clarence Randall Van Buskirk
  • Operator: Brooklyn Dodgers
  • Field size: Left field: 348 ft · Left-center: 351 ft · Center field: 399 ft · Right-center: 344 ft · Right field: 297 ft

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