Wassup with the Ballfields South of the Park?
We were playing around with the Google satellite function and flying over Prospect Park when we noticed the ball fields to the south of the park that were clearly a later addition. Does anyone know when these were built or what the impetus for them was?
We were playing around with the Google satellite function and flying over Prospect Park when we noticed the ball fields to the south of the park that were clearly a later addition. Does anyone know when these were built or what the impetus for them was?
History…
http://www.prospectpark.org/dest/main.cfm?target=para_hist
OK, know it alls. I’ve been to the parade grounds for soccer too, but when was it built and why is it called the Parade Grounds?
Sout’ Brooklyn Boy: To paraphrase Winston Churchill, B-stoner can make up for his small errors; you, however, will always be a d-bag.
B-stoner: I have been a Brooklyn resident for 20 years. I wasn’t aware of the Parade Grounds until about a year ago.
As I’ve said before, you’re site is a wonderful resource. Thanks for all your hard work.
Remember the time Brownstoner posted about Frank’s, the crazy new diner he just stumbled upon?
I find his Brooklyn innocence very refreshing.
It’s like the saying goes “If I can’t ask I can’t learn.” I find this site very usefull,and I am most willing to cut B’stoner some slack. Untill my son started playing soccer 5 years ago I also knew nothing about the Parade Grounds.
Keep up the good work.
It’s just surprising, that’s all. There has been a multitude of references to the Parade Ground in discussions on this site about neighborhoods close by (Prospect Park South, Ditmas and its neigborhoods, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Kensington, Windsor Terrace, etc.). I simply thought Brownstoner would have gained knowledge about the Parade Ground before his posting this morning. Better late than never, however. I believe the Parade Ground was originally developed for, what else, parades and large gatherings, and to prevent Prospect Park from being trampled upon by large groups.
What I think is funny is the following…these a&^holes jump on the pouring scorn bandwagon yet they are on the site in the first place so almost by definition must find it interesting/useful…
I had no f’ing idea where Brooklyn was 10-years ago – let alone where the Parade Grounds were – now it’s the center of my life and a community that I’m dedicated to contributing to in whatever way I can…all because someone introduced me to it and let me ask questions about it and its neighborhoods..oh yeah, the same way Brownstoner is doing…
my husband and pals played their 20th annual softball game there this august. afterward they did their 20th annual after-the-game BBQ and singalong(!), and, finally, after all that, my husband spent three days in bed with a busted knee.
i didn’t go because i don’t care for the terribly hot weather, and, until today, i didn’t know exactly where the whole shebang took place. thanks for the info. oh, and BTW, brooklyn sout’ – maybe you could start a blog of your own, and share you knowledge with the rest of the class. unless, of course, it’s part of the info that makes your secret society so very, like, special.
I think Sout’ Brklyn Boy is probably just a TROLL anyway…