Along 3rd Avenue near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY sits this low, unassuming building. The blandness of the structure certainly does not draw the attention of passersby, myself included, having walked by it dozens of times without thinking twice about it. But as I learned from a nice older Brooklynite who was having brunch next to me one day at the Station Cafe in Park Slope, the building (or what's left of it) is in fact the original home of the Brooklyn Dodgers (at the time known as the Brooklyn Superbas).
The building was called Washington Park, and was first used by the team a loooong time ago, 1898 to be exact, and remained the team's home park until 1912 when they moved to the famous Ebbets Field. It's currently owned and used by Con Edison, and although little remains of the structure, what does remain is the "oldest section of any former major league ballpark still standing in the country," according to Forgotten New York.
Former jazz pianist. Work at Tisch School of the Arts. Live in Brooklyn, NY.
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