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Experience a Day at the Races in 1904 With This Footage From Gravesend’s Long Gone Horse Racing Track

Spectators watch the Brooklyn Handicap at the Gravesend Race Track in 1904. Photo via Our BK Social [http://ourbksocial.com/the-untold-story-of-brooklyns-historic-racetracks/]From the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s, during Kings County’s brief reign as America’s racing capital [http://www.brooklynology.org/post/2010/07/01/

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Southern Brooklyn Was The Mecca Of Horse Racing During The Late 1800s

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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Horse Racing In Sheepshead Bay: Track Roundup

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