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Capitoline Grounds

Opened in 1864

About Capitoline Grounds

Capitoline Grounds was an MLB stadium in New York, New York. It opened in 1864 and closed in 1880. Its last recorded capacity was 5,000. Its only tenant was Brooklyn Atlantics (MLB, 1872). On our ranked lists it ranks 46th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.

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Photo of Capitoline Grounds — Photo by C. S. Reinhart. License: Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Capacity

5,000

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1864

Year Closed

1880

Location

New York, New York

Elevation

49 ft

15 m above sea level

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Teams

Home seasons at Capitoline Grounds by team, 1864–1880. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Brooklyn Atlantics While based here: 1 season · 9-27 regular season MLB · 1872 Territory map on ImperialismMap Capitoline Grounds 1872 Union Grounds 1873–1875	MLB	1872

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Capitoline Grounds?

The capacity of Capitoline Grounds is 5,000.

When was Capitoline Grounds built?

Capitoline Grounds opened in 1864.

Where did the Brooklyn Atlantics play after Capitoline Grounds?

After leaving Capitoline Grounds in 1872, the Brooklyn Atlantics moved to Union Grounds in 1873. They played there until 1875.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point).
Wikimedia Commons (Public domain): Photograph.

Location

Coordinates: 40.6828, -73.9486

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Ebbets Field	1913–1958	1.3 mi
Barclays Center	2012–	1.4 mi
Union Grounds	1862–1883	1.5 mi
Washington Park	1883–1922	2.0 mi
Ridgewood Park	1883–1959	2.4 mi
Eastern Park	1890–	2.6 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Brooklyn Atlantics

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.