Highest Polo Ground

The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 to 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the sport of polo. Bound on the south and north by 110th and 112th streets and on the east and wes…
The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 to 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the sport of polo. Bound on the south and north by 110th and 112th streets and on the east and west by Fifth and Sixth avenues, just north of Central Park, it was converted to a baseball stadium when leased by the New York Metropolitans in 1880.
  • Location: bounded by West 155th Street, Frederick Douglass Blvd. and Harlem River Drive in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City
  • Owner: New York Giants
  • Capacity: 34,000 (1911) · 55,000 (1923)
  • Opened: April 19, 1890
  • Former names: Brotherhood Park (adjacent to Polo Grounds II, 1890) · Brush Stadium (1911–1919)
  • Architect: Henry B. Herts
  • Coordinates: Polo Grounds III (1891–1963) · Polo Grounds II/Manhattan Field (1889–1890/1891–1948) · Polo Grounds I (1876–1889)

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