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?
Sout’ Brklyn Boy,
WOW, it’s a little annoying to discover that there are some real a$%holes lurking in the dark corners of the blogosphere. Take your vitriol elsewhere please.
B’stoner
Brooklyn was new to everyone at one time or another asshole. Whether it was you or your father or your grandfather, somewhere down the line your family came here. None of us were originally from here. Besides that, it is a huge borough, I’m sure you will find people from different parts of Brooklyn that don’t know or haven’t been to other areas.
It is where you will spend every Saturday morning, Sunday afternoons watching games when your kids are older (and always! always! on different teams with different schedules).
Don’t forget practice M/W/F!
WOW that was funny!!
It’s so pathetic and a little annoying how people who know so little about a place waste their time writing blogs about it.
Stoner-
Shocked that you were not aware. Parade Grounds are absolutely a historic part of Brooklyn lore. As Anon 10:09 pointed out, they have produced some of the best ball players around. Still do in fact- there’s some incredibly competitive baseball that goes on there. Also, there are great Soccer matches (ex-pats from any soccer nation getting together for a VERY organized weekend game). Beyond that, there is youth soccer, youth football, community leagues, something like 14 day and night tennis courts (bubble going up for winter as I write this) and a very well organized tennis center. The surrounding communities of Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Prospect Park South, Ditmas Park, Prospect Lefferts, etc… are really well served by the grounds. They sort of fell apart a couple of years ago, but were recently renovated to be very nice. Love the Parade Grounds.
-pk
Those are the Parade Grounds. My father grew up down the block from them on Stratford Rd btwn Caton and Church. It was pretty recently (last few years) that they renovated the fields and installed fake grass and re-built the diamonds. The area around the Parade Grounds like so many other neighborhoods in Bklyn used to be very nice, clean and safe. The area has improved somewhat but its nothing like it used to be.
I was searching around on the Google satellite function and found a massive and dense conglomeration of buildings on the other side of the Brooklyn Bridge. What is that area called? It looks like a city. And then, if you move further west, there appears to be another river, and then more land on the west side of that river. Further south, there appears to be some big green lady holding something in each hand. What is that?
How embarrassing for you! That is the Parade Ground, scene of AYSO soccer as well as baseball. As to the ballfields, that is where Joe Torre and Willie Randolph cut their teeth. The Parade Ground is a wonderful mix, with people from all over Brooklyn utilizing them. I’m sure once your kids get a bit older, you’ll be spending your weekends on the sidelines while they play soccer.
And you call yourself ‘the brownstoner.’ Shame. http://www.prospectpark.org/dest/main.cfm?target=para