The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1957. Following the demolition of Ebbets Field in 1960, its center-field flagpole was donated to a VFW Post on Utica Avenue in East Flatbush. The flagpole was ...

Citi Field's role model was Ebbets Field, long lamented even decades after the Dodgers' move to California after the 1957 season and subsequent demolition in 1960. "Devastated to this day,'' said ...

The demolition of Ebbets Field began on Feburary 23, 1960. It was replaced by an apparent structure named the Ebbets Fields Apartments, which opened in 1962 and still stands today under the same name.

“I came here to step on home plate,” he added. “To see where Ebbets Field was before it was torn down.” Ebbets Field was converted to housing projects after the Dodgers played their final ...