Polo Grounds Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Harlem Legend Willie “Say Hey” Kid Mays Playing Stickball At Home In Harlem, 1954

West 155th Street and the Harlem River Drive after Willie Mays (born in Westfield, Alabama), the baseball great who began his career with the San Francisco Giants at the nearby Polo Grounds — and lived in the neighborhood, too.Continue reading

Coogan’s Bluff, The Home Of The Polo Grounds And The New York Giants 1893

Coogan's Bluff is a promontory near the western shore of the Harlem River in the Washington Heights of Upper Manhattan.Continue reading

Harlem Street Renamed After Baseball Legend One-Time Harlem Resident Willie Mays

A street in Harlem, New York now bears the name of Willie Mays, one of the most legendary baseball players of all time.Continue reading

Baseball World Series MVP Award Named For Willie Mays Harlem History (Video)

US News reports that Major League Baseball has named its World Series Most Valuable Player award after Willie Mays. Continue reading

Harlem Woman Using Diapers To Stop Bathroom Leak

Dorothy Muriel has lived inside the Polo Grounds in Harlem for nearly 40 years and she says her bathroom ceiling is falling in.Continue reading

Hundreds Gather To Enrich Harlem residents’ Lives At Historic Polo Grounds

The history of Harlem is so vast, it could be the city’s sixth borough, but sadly over time, many of its once-notable areas have disappeared, replaced by endless skyscrapers or long forgotten altogether.Continue reading

“Lefty” Or “Bambi,” Harlem’s One Antlered Deer To Be Killed (Update)

Harlem's Jackie Robinson Park its home since early December was captured Thursday near the Polo Grounds Towers and is expected to be killed, a city hall spokeswoman told source.Continue reading

The Harlem & Manhattanville Trolley To The Polo Grounds, Harlem NY 1880-1889

The Harlem & Manhattanville Trolley from West Harlem to the Polo Grounds Baseball Stadium, Harlem, New York 1880-1889. Continue reading

Rudy’s World: Harlem RBI Kids Hit Homers With NY Yankees

Photographs by Rudy Collins Harlem youth from Harlem RBI joined Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred, Yankee greats Bucky Dent, Mickey Rivers, Cecil Fielder, Roy White and many others at Yankee Stadium to raise funds for Harlem RBI's A Field of Dreams in the Bronx, on Wednesday, August 5th, 2015.Continue reading