Lost venues in New York
35 former venues documented so far, across 18 cities. Mostly baseball, football, boxing & wrestling.
35 venues
View on map →Ridgewood Grove
Ridgewood Grove was a 4,000-seat boxing and wrestling arena at the Brooklyn-Queens line from 1926 to 1956, with a brief 1980s revival. The building survives with other uses.
Roosevelt Raceway
Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, Long Island, began as an auto racing circuit in 1936 and became a landmark night harness track from 1940 to 1988. The site is now shopping centers, condominiums and apartments.
Shea Stadium
The Mets' home from 1964 through 2008 and the Jets' through 1983, Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows was dismantled in 2008-09 and its footprint became parking for Citi Field.
Silver Stadium
Silver Stadium, opened in 1929 as Red Wing Stadium on Norton Street, was home to the Rochester Red Wings for 68 seasons before the club moved downtown.
St. Nicholas Arena
St. Nicholas Arena on West 66th Street in Manhattan opened as an ice rink in 1896 and was one of New York's main boxing clubs from 1906 until it closed in 1962. It later became an ABC television studio and was demolished in the 1980s.
Sunnyside Garden Arena
Sunnyside Garden Arena was a small Queens boxing and wrestling club from the late 1940s to 1977, in a former Gould family tennis building. It was razed in 1977 and a fast-food restaurant took its place.
Syracuse Mile
The Syracuse Mile at the New York State Fairgrounds was a one-mile dirt oval that held auto races from 1903 until October 2015. It hosted AAA and USAC Indy cars, NASCAR Grand National races and Super DIRT Week, and was torn down in 2016.
Thompson Stadium
Thompson Stadium was a small ballpark in Stapleton, Staten Island, where the NFL's Staten Island Stapletons played from 1929 to 1932. It was demolished in 1958 and the Stapleton Houses now occupy the site.
Union Grounds
Union Grounds in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, opened in 1862 as the first fully enclosed baseball park and hosted National Association and National League clubs in the 1870s before its demolition in 1883.
War Memorial Stadium
War Memorial Stadium, known as 'The Rockpile', was a WPA-built stadium on Buffalo's East Side. It was home to the AAFC and AFL Bills and to the Buffalo Bisons, and was demolished in 1989.
Yankee Stadium
The original Yankee Stadium stood at 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx from 1923 to 2008. It was the Yankees' home for most of that time and was replaced by a new stadium across the street.