"Ray, do you think the Polo Grounds might just be floating around out there?"

I went out for a little sight seeing adventure today. I had wanted to visit the site of Hilltop Park--the original home of the New York Highlanders (aka The New York Yankees) from 1903-1912. New York Presbyterian Hospital was built on the site and they have a plaque on the grounds marking where home plate used to be. Unfortunately the area where the plaque is isn't open to the public on the weekends so I will have to visit again during the week.

My trip uptown wasn't a complete loss, however, I did visit the former site of the Polo Grounds (II, II; IV), the baseball park that was home to the NY Giants (II, from 1889-1890; III from 1891-1911; IV from 1911-1957), the Yankees (From 1913-1922) and the Mets (From 1962-1963). These pictures were taken from Coogen's Bluff in Highbridge Park, which overlooked the Polo Grounds. In the distance you can see Yankee Stadium across the Harlem River.

These last two pictures were taken from in front of the Polo Grounds Towers, which were built on the site after the Polo Grounds IV was torn down.




The only thing that still exists from the old ballpark is a staircase that runs up Coogan's Bluff. Sadly, due to the park being badly neglected, the staircase is blocked off.

Update:
For reference, here are a couple pictures of the Polo Grounds IV:

And a satellite view of the Polo Grounds Towers via Google Maps:

Topic: Baseball, New York Yankees; Polo Grounds