List of baseball parks in Jersey City, New Jersey

This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Jersey City, New Jersey. It is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.

Grand Street Grounds

Home of:

Jersey City Jerseys – Eastern League (mid-1885 – 1886)

Jersey City Skeeters – International League (1887)

Location: Grand Street; and in the general vicinity of Prior Street and Montgomery Street

Currently: commercial and residential

Oakland Park

Home of:

Jersey City Skeeters – Central League (1888)

Jersey City Jerseys – Atlantic Association (1889 – mid-1890)

New York Giants – NL (1889 - 2 games)^[1]

Location: Oakland Avenue (northwest); Hoboken Avenue (southwest - grandstand location); Bonner (now Baldwin) Avenue (southeast); Fleet Street (northeast).

Currently: Residential, commercial buildings and New Jersey Route 139

Johnston Avenue Grounds

Home of: Jersey City – Atlantic League (1900)

and various local semi-pro clubs (1890s to about 1910s)

Location: Johnston Avenue, within the Lafayette neighborhood adjacent to Van Horne Street;^[2] and to the Morris Canal^[3]

Currently: Mostly residential

West Side Park (I) aka Skeeters Park

Home of:

Jersey City Skeeters – Eastern League (1902–1905)

Location: West Side Avenue (east), Belmont Avenue (south), Marcy Avenue (west), Duncan Avenue (north)

Formerly: Jersey City Golf Club

Currently: Lincoln Park (developed and renamed in 1930)

West Side Park (II) aka Skeeters Park: Home of: Jersey City Skeeters – International League (1906–1933); Location: West Side Avenue (northwest, first base); Bay View Avenue (northeast, third base); buildings and Hudson Boulevard (now JFK Boulevard) (southeast, left field); Audubon Street (southwest, right field); about 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of the previous ballpark; Currently: New Jersey City University buildings

Sanborn map of the ballpark, 1912
Sanborn map of the ballpark site, 1950

Roosevelt Stadium

Home of:

Jersey City Giants – IL (1937–1950)

Brooklyn Dodgers – NL (1956–1957, 15 games)

Jersey City Reds / Jerseys – IL (1960–1961)

Jersey City Indians / Jersey City A's – EL (1977–1978)

Location: Droyer's Point (north, third base); State Highway 440 / Danforth Avenue (east, center field); Newark Bay (south and west, right field and home plate)

Currently: Residential and commercial development

References

^ "Giants Ballparks: 1883-Present". Sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
^ The Jersey Journal, February 28, 1901, p.8
^ The Jersey Journal, September 20, 1900, p.8

Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
Benson, Michael (1989). Ballparks of North America: A Comprehensive Historical Reference to Baseball Grounds, Yards, and Stadiums, 1845 to present. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-367-5.
Lowry, Philip J. (1992). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 271 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-56777-6.