Editing Ebbets Field (section)

{{short description|Former stadium in Brooklyn, New York}}
{{For|the former military airfield in Arkansas|Eberts Field}}
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{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name           = Ebbets Field
| image                  = Ebbets1913OpeningDay.jpg
| nickname               = 
| location               = 55 Sullivan Place<br>[[Brooklyn, New York]]
| coordinates            = {{Coord|40|39|54|N|73|57|29|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark_scale:2000|display=it}}
| pushpin_map            = New York City#New York
| broke_ground           = March 4, 1912<ref name=NYTdirt/>
| opened                 = April 9, 1913
| closed                 = January 1958
| demolished             = February 23, 1960
| owner                  = [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] (1913–1956)<br>[[Marvin Kratter]] (1956–1957)
| operator               = [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]
| surface                = Natural Grass
| construction_cost      = US$750,000<ref name="WSJ">{{cite journal|journal=Wall Street Journal |date=April 19, 2012 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304299304577345920613196782 |title=Soon on Display in Brooklyn: 'Holy Grails' of Baseball |first=Sophia |last=Hollander |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330012822/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304299304577345920613196782 |archive-date=March 30, 2016 |access-date=April 12, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Baseball Almanac |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/stadium/stadiume.shtml |title=Ebbets Field |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011222004356/http://baseball-almanac.com/stadium/stadiume.shtml |archive-date=December 22, 2001 |url-status=live |access-date=April 12, 2016 }}</ref><br>(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|750000|1913}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})
| architect              = Clarence Randall Van Buskirk
| general_contractor     = Castle Brothers, Inc.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ballparktour.com/Ebbets_Field.html |title=Ebbets Field |work=BallparkTour.com |access-date=2018-10-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906063000/http://www.ballparktour.com/Ebbets_Field.html |archive-date=2011-09-06 }}</ref>
| former_names           = 
| tenants                = [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] ([[Major League Baseball|MLB]]) (1913–1957)<br>[[New York Brickley Giants]] ([[National Football League|NFL]]) (1921)<br>[[Brooklyn Lions]] ([[National Football League|NFL]]) (1926)<br>[[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers / Tigers]] ([[National Football League|NFL]]) (1930–1944)<br>[[Brooklyn Tigers (AFL)|Brooklyn Tigers]] ([[AFL II|AFL]]) (1936)<br>[[LIU Sharks football#Long Island University Blackbirds|LIU Football]] ([[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|NCAA]]) (1939-1940)<br>[[Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] ([[All-America Football Conference|AAFC]]) (1946–1948) [[Brooklyn Eagles]] ([[Negro league baseball|NLB]]) (1935)
| seating_capacity       = 18,000 (1913)<ref name="Green">{{cite book|last=Lowry|first=Phil|title=Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebrations of All 273 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present|year=2006|publisher=Addison Wesley Publishing Company|location=New York City|isbn=0-201-62229-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/greencathedralsu0000lowr_u1c9}}</ref><br>30,000 (1914–1923)<ref name="Green" /><br>26,000 (1924–1925)<ref name="Green" /><br>28,000 (1926–1931)<ref name="Green" /><br>32,000 (1932–1936)<ref name="Green" /><br>35,000 (1937–1945)<ref name="Green" /><br>34,219 (1946–1949)<ref name="Green" /><br>32,111 (1949–1954)<ref name="Green" /><br>31,902 (1955–1957)<ref name="Green" />
| dimensions             = Left field: 348 ft<br>Left-center: 351 ft<br>Center field: 399 ft<br>Right-center: 344 ft<br>Right field: 297 ft
}}

'''Ebbets Field''' was a [[Major League Baseball]] stadium in the [[Flatbush, Brooklyn|Flatbush]] section of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]]. It is mainly known for having been the home of the [[History of the Brooklyn Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]] baseball team of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (1913–1957). It was also home to [[Negro league baseball|Negro league baseball's]] [[Brooklyn Eagles]] of the [[Negro National League II]] and to six [[American football|gridiron football]] teams, five of which were [[Professional American football|professional]] and one of which was [[College football|collegiate]]. The professional football teams consisted of three [[National Football League|NFL]] teams ([[1921 NFL season|1921]]–[[1948 NFL season|1948]]), one [[American Football League|AFL]] team ([[1936 American Football League season|1936]]), and one [[All-America Football Conference|AAFC]] team ([[1946 AAFC season|1946]]–[[1948 AAFC season|1948]]); [[Long Island University|Long Island University's]] [[LIU Sharks football#Long Island University Blackbirds|football team]] (whose nickname was the "[[Icterid|blackbirds]]" at the time) used Ebbets Field in [[1939 college football season|1939]] and [[1940 college football season|1940]]. The stadium was demolished in 1960 and replaced by the [[Ebbets Field Apartments]], the site's current occupant.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Past and Present: Ebbets Field Apartments, Crown Heights|url=https://www.brownstoner.com/history/past-and-present-ebbets-field-crown-heights/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-02|website=www.brownstoner.com|date=3 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429163347/https://www.brownstoner.com/history/past-and-present-ebbets-field-crown-heights/ |archive-date=2018-04-29 }}</ref> It was located east of the [[Brooklyn Botanic Garden]] and Washington Ave, north of Empire Boulevard, west of Bedford Ave.