The
Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in
Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional
baseball and
American football from
1880 until
1963. The third Polo Grounds, built in 1890 and renovated after a fire in 1911, is the one generally indicated when
the Polo Grounds is referenced. It was located in
Coogan's Hollow and was noted for its distinctive bathtub shape, very short distances to the left and right field walls, and an unusually deep center field. As the name suggests, the original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the sport of
polo. Bounded on the south and north by
110th and
112th Streets and on the east and west by
Fifth and
Sixth (Lenox) Avenues, just north of
Central Park, it was converted to a baseball stadium when leased by the
New York Metropolitans in 1880.