Eastern Park

Eastern Park was a baseball park in Brooklyn in the 1890s. It was located somewhere along Eastern Parkway (later renamed Pitkin Avenue) in the vicinity of Van Sinderen Street. Various sources disagree about its precise location.

Related Topics:
Baseball - Park - Brooklyn - 1890s

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It was the home of the Brooklyn entry in the Players' League in 1890, and then became the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers during 1891-1897, between their stints at the two versions of Washington Park.

Related Topics:
Players' League - 1890 - Brooklyn Dodgers - 1891 - 1897 - Washington Park

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The ballpark was considered too far out of the downtown to be conveniently reached, and although the team survived there for seven season, the venture there was a failure, and when Charlie Ebbets acquired the Dodgers, he moved the team back into the city.

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