Yankee Stadium
- Address
- 1 E 161st St
- Bronx, NY 10451
- Phone
- (718) 293-4300
- Area
- Neighborhood
- Bronx
- Web Page
- http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/index.jsp
Type of Makom
- Event makom Type
- Stadium
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Description
Yankee Stadium is a baseball stadium in New York City that is the home of the New York Yankees, a Major League baseball team. Located at East 161st Street and River Avenue in The Bronx, it has hosted Yankees home games since 1923 and has a capacity of 57,545. It was formerly the home of the New York Giants football team, and once hosted dozens of boxing's most famous fights.
Yankee Stadium is one of the most famous sports venues in the United States, due to its primary occupants having won more World Series championships than any other team. Its nickname, "The House that Ruth Built", comes from the iconic Babe Ruth, the baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the beginning of the Yankees' winning history.
In 2006, the Yankees began construction on a new $1.3 billion stadium in public parkland adjacent to Yankee Stadium. The Yankees are expecting to open the 2009 season in their new home. Once the new stadium opens, most of the old stadium, including all of the above ground structure, is to be demolished to become parkland. [1]
Directions
- Directions from Manhattan:
From The East Side...take FDR Drive North to Exit 18 (Willis Ave. Bridge). Cross bridge and follow signs for the Major Deegan Expressway/Interstate 87 North to Exit 4 (149th street) or Exit 5 (155th Street).
From The Wast Side...take Henry Hudson Parkway North to Exit 14 Cross Bronx Expressway /Interstate 95 North. Follow 1-95 North to Exit 1C (Major Deegan Expressway Exit) South to Exit 6 (161st Street).
- Directions from Brooklyn and Queens:
Take the Brooklyn/Queens Expressway (Interstate 278) to the Grand Central Parkway west to the Triboro Bridge. Once over the bridge follow signs to the Major Deegan Expressway (Interstate 87) north and proceed to Exit 4 (149th Street) or Exit 5 (155th Street Exit).
- Directions from Staten Island:
From the Verrazano Bridge...cross over the bridge and follow the Brooklyn/Queens Expressway (Interstate 278) to the Grand Central Parkway. Go West to the Triboro Bridge. Once over the bridge follow signs to the Major Deegan Expressway (Interstate 87) north and proceed to Exit 4 (149th Street) or Exit 5 (155th Street Exit).
From the Goethels Bridge...cross the Bridge and follow the New Jersey turnpike (Interstate 95) north to the George Washington Bridge. Cross bridge and take Exit 1C to the Major Deegan (Interstate 87) south to Exit 6 (161st Street Exit).
- Directions from Long Island:
From the Throgs Neck or Whitestone Bridge...take either bridge to the Cross-Bronx Expressway (Interstate 95) South. Follow to Exit 1C the Major Deegan / Interstate 87 South Exit. Continue on the Major Deegan to Exit 6 (161st Street).
From the Cross Island Parkway...proceed North to the Grand Central Parkway West to the Triboro Bridge. Once over the bridge follow signs to the Major Deegan Expressway (Interstate 87) north and proceed to Exit 4 (149th Street) or Exit 5 (155th Street Exit).
- Directions from New Jersey:
Take the George Washington Bridge...to the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the Major Deegan (Interstate 87) South, Exit 1C. Continue on the Major Deegan to Exit 6 (161st).
Take the George Washington Bridge...to the Cross Bronx Expressway to Exit 2, Jerome Avenue South.
Take the George Washington Bridge...to Harlem River Drive to the 155th Street exit. Cross the Macombs Dam Bridge and follow signs to the stadium.
- Directions from Connecticut:
Take Interstate 95 South...to the Major Deegan Expressway (Interstate 87) South. Continue on the Major Deegan to Exit 6 (161st Street).
Take Interstate 95 South...to the Bruckner Expressway (Interstate 278) West. Follow the Bruckner Expressway to the Major Deegan (Interstate 87) North. Take Exit 4 (149th Street) or Exit 5 (155th Street).
Take the Merritt Parkway South...to Hutchinson River Parkway South. Follow to Cross County Parkway West to NY State Thruway (Interstate 87) South. Thruway becomes Major Deegan Expressway (Interstate 87 Still). Follow to exit 6 (161st Street).
