coney island jockey club
Coney Island, Manhattan Beach and Brighton Beach weren’t the only areas where the rich spent their leisure time [/the-history-of-manhattan-beach-and-brighton-beach/] in the late 1800s and early 1900s. During that time horse racing tracks were built in Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend and Brighton Beach, where the events were often packed with a
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Moving the Brighton Beach Hotel (Source: New York Public Library via ny.curbed.com)In the 1870s, Manhattan Beach and Brighton Beach were some of the poshest digs this side of fancy-town; an exclusive getaway for New York’s monocle wearing upper-crust. A fascinating report [http://ny.curbed.com/archives/
coney island jockey club
Brooklyn Jockey Club at Gravesend Racetrack (1893)I get a lot of e-mails and phone calls asking about Sheepshead Bay’s horse racing history. People want to know what tracks were around, where the tracks were, how long ago they existed, and – of course – photos, photos, photos! Sheepshead Bites has