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In 1955, the Dodgers won their first and only World Series in Brooklyn, beating the rival New York Yankees, resulting in mass euphoria and celebrations all over Brooklyn. Just two years later, the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, after the 1957 season, causing widespread resentment and sorrow. Brooklyn's most beloved and cherished institution had ...
During the series of unsuccessful ice hockey teams, the rink found new life as the center for New York figure skating & amateur speed skating. [5] Several skaters who later earned notoriety on the world & national stage began their careers at the ice palace such as Dick Button, Carol Heiss-Jenkins and Sonya Klopfer. [1]
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays. In 1884, ... and the club's performance rebounded somewhat. [39]
Blueprints of Ebbets Field, Home of Brooklyn Dodgers, on Display. Eamon Murphy. Updated July 14, 2016 at 6:31 PM. Ebetts Field.
The Brooklyn Sports Center, in retrospect known as the Dodger Dome, was a proposed domed stadium for the Brooklyn Dodgers, designed by Buckminster Fuller to replace Ebbets Field. Meant to keep the Dodgers in New York City, [ 1 ] it was first announced in the early 1950s.
Brooklyn Dodgers officials and employees pose in front of the club's plane at La Guardia in New York, before taking off for Los Angeles on October 23, 1957. - AP
The Jackie Robinson Museum, honoring the Brooklyn Dodgers legend and his legacy 75 years after he broke baseball's color barrier, is opening in New York City.
The Capitoline Grounds, also known as Capitoline Skating Lake and Base Ball Ground, [2] was a baseball park located in Brooklyn, New York, from 1864 to 1880. It was built to rival nearby Union Grounds, also in Brooklyn. The park hosted local amateur teams in its early history, but later hosted professional and semi-professional games.