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    Jerome Park Racetrack was an American thoroughbred horse racing facility from 1866 until 1894. It was located in a part of Westchester County, New York...
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    Kate Hall Jerome, wife of Lawrence Jerome, was furious, replacing all the signs with the name Jerome Avenue in honor of Jerome Park Racetrack opened by...
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    Elmont Elmont Belmont Park Belmont Park is a thoroughbred horse racetrack in Elmont, New York, just east of New York City limits best known for hosting...
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    named for Jerome Park Racetrack, a part of the former Old Bathgate Estate (owned by Winston Churchill's maternal grandfather Leonard Walter Jerome 1817–1891...
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    Jerome and financier August Belmont, Sr. built Jerome Park Racetrack on the Bathgate land; the first Belmont Stakes was held there in 1867. Jerome and...
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  • scholarship and commentary Jerome High School (Jerome, Idaho), an American public secondary school Jerome Park Racetrack, a thoroughbred horse racing...
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    Aqueduct Racetrack is a Thoroughbred horse racing facility and casino in the South Ozone Park and Jamaica neighborhoods of Queens, New York City, United...
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    UBS Arena (redirect from Belmont Park Arena)
    UBS Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located within Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, United States, directly adjacent to the New York City limits...
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    on land that was once Jerome Park Racetrack, which was founded by Leonard W. Jerome, grandfather of Winston Churchill. The park occupies a long and narrow...
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  • The Jerome Stakes is a stakes race for thoroughbred horses run each January at Aqueduct Racetrack. Open to three year olds, the race is run at one mile...
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    Maimonides Park (formerly MCU Park and KeySpan Park) is a minor league baseball stadium on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in the Coney Island neighborhood of...
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    Greg Marius Court at Holcombe Rucker Park is a basketball court at the border of Harlem and the Coogan's Bluff section of Washington Heights neighborhoods...
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    second-tallest building at the time[citation needed] and dominating Madison Square Park. It was 200 feet (61 m) by 485 feet (148 m), and the main hall, which was...
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    The Meadowlands Racetrack (currently referred to as Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment) is a horse racing track at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East...
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    outlined: Bedford Park Belmont (Arthur Avenue) Fordham Fordham Heights Fordham Manor Jerome Park previously the grounds of the Jerome Park Racetrack Kingsbridge...
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    Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League; the Meadowlands Racetrack, a famous harness racing circuit (which is home of the annual Hambletonian...
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    the Westchester Polo Club on 6 May 1876, and on 13 May 1876, the Jerome Park Racetrack in Westchester County (now Bronx County) was the site of the "first"...
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    the planned closure of the nearby Jerome Park Racetrack, where racing ended in 1894 to make way for the Jerome Park Reservoir. Principal owner John Morris...
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  • race for hurdlers Grand National Handicap, a horse race run at Jerome Park Racetrack, New York, from 1866 to 1889 Grand National Hurdle Stakes, an American...
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    Yankee Stadium (1923) (category Jewel Box parks)
    along the roof that had been part of the original Yankee Stadium. Monument Park, a Hall of Fame for prominent former Yankees, was relocated to the new stadium...
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    before making Newport its permanent home. On May 13, 1876, the Jerome Park Racetrack in Westchester County (future home of the New York Giants baseball...
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    2008; it is situated on the 24-acre (9.7 ha) former site of Macombs Dam Park, one block north of the original stadium's site. The new Yankee Stadium replicates...
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  • purchased by Leonard Jerome and Associates, to build The Jerome Park Racetrack. The Jerome Park Reservoir replaced the racetrack and was built in 1906...
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    Stadium, Augusta, New Jersey Brooklyn Cyclones, MCU Park, Brooklyn Jersey Shore BlueClaws, FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood, New Jersey New York Liberty, Barclays...
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    Stakes. On August 17, 1894, Willie Simms won the first five races at Jerome Park Racetrack and finished second in the sixth and last race of the day. All five...
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    Hilltop Park was the nickname of a baseball park that stood in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. It was the home of the New York Yankees...
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    Augustus Saint-Gaudens, which caused Madison Square Park to become known as "Diana's little wooded park". One of the possible models for Diana was Julia...
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    The Bronx Bronx Coliseum Fleetwood Park Racetrack Jerome Park Racetrack Morris Park Racecourse New York Velodrome Yankee Stadium (1923) Brooklyn Brighton...
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    York (1825-1899) Freehold Raceway in Freehold, New Jersey (1830s) Jerome Park Racetrack in Westchester County, New York (1866-1894) Gravesend Race Track...
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    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...
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