Lost venues in New York
35 former venues documented so far, across 18 cities. Mostly baseball, football, boxing & wrestling.
35 venues
View on map →Archbold Stadium
Archbold Stadium was Syracuse University's concrete football stadium from 1907 to 1978. It was torn down in 1978-79 and the Carrier Dome was built on its footprint.
Bridgehampton Race Circuit
Bridgehampton Race Circuit was a 2.85-mile road course on Long Island that hosted Can-Am, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR races. It closed in 1999 and was turned into a private golf club.
Broadway Arena
The Broadway Arena on Halsey Street in Brooklyn staged boxing from 1914 to 1951 and wrestling until 1952. The building became a warehouse and supermarket, and housing now occupies the site.
Broadway Auditorium
Buffalo's Broadway Auditorium, a converted armory, was the city's main boxing and six-day bicycle racing venue from 1913 until its final event in June 1940. The building still stands and is owned by the city.
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, 'the Aud', stood on the waterfront from 1940 to 2009 and was home to the NHL's Sabres and the NBA's Braves. Its site is now part of the Canalside district.
Capitoline Grounds
The Capitoline Grounds in Bedford, Brooklyn, opened in 1864 as a combined skating pond and ballfield, and there the Atlantics ended Cincinnati's 84-game winning streak in 1870.
Celtic Park
Celtic Park in Sunnyside, Queens, was the home grounds of the Irish American Athletic Club from 1898 until 1930, when it was sold for an apartment complex.
Eastern Park
Eastern Park in East New York was built for the 1890 Players' League and was the Brooklyn National League club's home through 1897. The site is now industrial.
Ebbets Field
Ebbets Field was the Brooklyn Dodgers' home in Flatbush from 1913 through 1957. It was razed in 1960 and replaced by an apartment complex.
Edgerton Park Arena
Edgerton Park Arena in Rochester, a former drill hall, was home to the Rochester Royals from 1945 to 1955, including their 1951 NBA championship season. It was demolished after 1957.
Federal League Park (Buffalo)
Buffalo's Federal League Park was built in spring 1914 on the old International Fair grounds for the Buffalo Buffeds and Blues, who played there in 1914 and 1915.
Gravesend Race Track
Gravesend Race Track was the Brooklyn Jockey Club's Thoroughbred track from 1886 until anti-betting laws stopped New York racing around 1910. It hosted the Preakness Stakes for more than a decade.
Holleder Memorial Stadium
Holleder Memorial Stadium, originally Aquinas Memorial Stadium, was a 20,000-seat stadium in Rochester, New York, home to the Rochester Lancers of the ASL and NASL from 1967 to 1980. It was demolished in 1985.
Islip Speedway
Islip Speedway on Long Island was a 0.2-mile oval that ran from 1947 to September 1984, the smallest track ever to host NASCAR's Grand National Series. It is credited with the first demolition derby in 1958.
Jamaica Race Course
Jamaica Race Course in Queens ran Thoroughbred racing from 1903 to 1959 and was home to the Wood Memorial. It was razed in 1960 and replaced by the Rochdale Village cooperative.
Jerome Park Racetrack
Jerome Park was the American Jockey Club's racetrack in what is now the Bronx, home of the first Belmont Stakes in 1867. It closed for the Jerome Park Reservoir.
Louis Armstrong Stadium (1978–2016)
This Louis Armstrong Stadium was the converted 1964 World's Fair Singer Bowl that served as the US Open's main stadium from 1978 to 1996 and its second court until 2016.
MacArthur Stadium
MacArthur Stadium, opened in 1934 as Municipal Stadium on Syracuse's north side, was home to the International League Chiefs for more than six decades.
Madison Square Garden (1890)
The second Madison Square Garden, designed by Stanford White, stood at Madison Avenue and 26th Street in Manhattan from 1890 to 1926. It hosted prizefights, six-day bicycle races and the first Millrose Games.
Madison Square Garden (1925)
The third Madison Square Garden stood on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets from 1925 to 1968, home to the Rangers, Knicks and the city's biggest fights. It was razed after the Garden moved to Penn Station; Worldwide Plaza now occupies the site.
Morris Park Racecourse
Morris Park Racecourse in the Bronx hosted the Belmont Stakes from 1890 to 1904. After racing ended it became an early aviation field and then the Morris Park neighborhood.
New York Velodrome
The New York Velodrome on 225th Street in the Bronx hosted professional bicycle racing from 1921 until it burned on August 4, 1930. The site is now part of the River Plaza shopping center.
Offermann Stadium
Offermann Stadium was the International League Buffalo Bisons' ballpark on Michigan Avenue from 1924 to 1960. It was torn down in 1961 and a school was built on the site.
Polo Grounds
This was the fourth ballpark to carry the Polo Grounds name. It was rebuilt in concrete and steel on Coogan's Hollow after a 1911 fire and served baseball and football until 1963, then came down in 1964 for public housing.