Jackie Robinson Park

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Jackie Robinson Park is a public park in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York. The approximately 13-acre (5.3 ha) park, is bounded by Bradhurst Avenue, 155th Street, Edgecombe Avenue and 145th Street. The park has baseball fields, playgrounds, bathrooms, basketball courts, volleyball courts, a recreation center, bandshell, pool and Wi-Fi hotspots.

History

The area that is now Jackie Robinson Park was part of the Dr. Samuel Bradhurst estate in the late 18th to early 19th centuries.[1] Brick buildings lined its southern edge and a few small residences were scattered throughout its interior in the early 1890s.[2] The act creating the park was passed February 26, 1894[3] and the land was acquired by the City of New York between 1894 and 1899. The southern portion opened to the public on August 12, 1911.[4] In 1936, the pool and recreation center were added. The park was renamed Jackie Robinson Park in 1978, after the first black professional baseball player in the major leagues.[5] The Polo Grounds baseball stadium was once directly north of the park.

Gallery

  • Inside Jackie Robinson Park.jpg

    A view inside Jackie Robinson Park

  • Playground in JRP.jpg

    A playground inside Jackie Robinson Park

  • Baseball and basketball area in Jackie Robinson Park.jpg

    Baseball and basketball area in Jackie Robinson Park

  • JRP Outcropping.jpg

    Rock outcropping in Jackie Robinson Park

  • JRP Beautification day.jpg

    Volunteers from the New York League Playground Improvement Project beautifying Jackie Robinson Park, May 20, 2017

References

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External links


  1. ↑ Otto Sackersdorff (1815) "Page 21: Bounded by W. 156th Street, (Hamilton Heights) Ninth Avenue, W. 136th Street and North River." in Maps of Farms Commonly Called The Blue Book (1815). Accessed from the New York Public Library Digital Collection, May 20, 2017
  2. ↑ George W. and Walter S. Bromley (1891) "Plate 42 Map bounded by W. 147th St., Harlem River, W. 136th St., Avenue St." in Atlas of the City of New York Manhattan (1891). Accessed from the New York Public Library Digital Collection, May 20, 2017
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  5. ↑ Staff "Jackie Robinson Park" New York City Department of Parks and Recreation website
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