Ridgewood Park (baseball ground)

Ridgewood Park, also known as Wallace's Ridgewood Park or the Wallace Grounds, and frequently confused with Grauer's Ridgewood Park, was a baseball ground located in Ridgewood. Both are shown in Belcher Hyde's Map of Newtown in 1915, including Grauer's brewery. The baseball field was part of a larger entertainment area bounded Wyckoff Avenue, Covert Street, Halsey Street and Irving Avenue. The baseball field was southwest of the Long Island Rail Road Montauk Branch tracks. Eldert Street, although depicted on the map as running through the baseball grounds, was not cut through southwest of the railroad tracks and the road remains interrupted there today. Originally the park was located in Queens County, before its incorporation into New York City in 1899. This facilitated Sunday baseball playing, including the charging of admission, beyond the reach of Sabbath enforcers from the then City of Brooklyn.

Grauer's Ridgewood Park or Grauer's woods was several blocks north and bounded by Myrtle Avenue, Cypress Avenue, Seneca Avenue and Decatur Street. Although some baseball was played here, this area was more of a picnic park. George Schubel, in 1913 lyrically describes the pleasures of Grauer's Ridgewood Park: "Here the German families of another generation assembled and enjoyed themselves in innocent recreation very much in the manner that they were accustomed to do across the seas. Most of these parks have been eliminated, owing to the increase in land values and the decline of this sort of amusement." He also notes that "This once beautiful park is now cut up with such streets as Centre Street, George Street, Norman Street, Summerfield Street and Willow Street, running through the land."

Ridgewood Park

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Ridgewood Park, Dallas

Ridgewood Park is a neighborhood in east Dallas Texas (USA). It is bordered by Lovers Lane on the north, Abrams Road on the west, the DART Blue Line on the south, and Fisher Road on the east.

The city of Dallas' Ridgewood/Belcher Recreation Center is located in the southeastern portion of the neighborhood.

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Coordinates: 32°50′55.02″N 96°44′57.57″W / 32.8486167°N 96.7493250°W / 32.8486167; -96.7493250

Ridgewood Park (Tampa)

Ridgewood Park is a neighborhood within the city limits of Tampa, Florida. As of the 2000 census the neighborhood had a population of 379. The ZIP Codes serving the area are 33602 and 33607.

Geography

Ridgewood Park boundaries are by North Boulevard to the east, Columbus Boulevard to the north, and the Hillsborough River to the south and west.

Demographics

Source: Hillsborough County Atlas

As of the census of 2000, there were 379 people and 181 households residing in the neighborhood. The population density was 2,935/mi². The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 53.0% White, 44.0% African American, 0.0% Native American, 0.0% Asian, 0.0% from other races, and 4.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were about 7.0% of the population.

There were 181 households out of which 19% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43% were married couples living together, 10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 8% non-families. 30% of all households were made up of individuals.