New York City boasts two well established Minor League Baseball teams that play in the New York Penn League. The first one that we visited was the Brooklyn Cyclones on 01 June 2012. The Brooklyn Cyclones are based in Coney Island and so we took the NY Metro from Manhattan, through Brooklyn and up to Coney Island. The journey reminded me of the film 'The Warriors', when they escape from Manhattan in the epic film from the 70's.
The Brooklyn Cyclones are affiliated to the New York Mets.
MCU Park
Sue posing on a windy boardwalk at CI.
The Wonder Wheel.
MCU Park, the home of the Brooklyn Cyclones was opened in 2001 and has a capacity of 7,500. The original site was occupied by a former amusement park, but it became run down with crime, hence, the build of the MCU Park was part of a wider redevelopment project to clean the area up and deal with local crime.
Right Field is dominated by the famous 'Parachute Jump'.
The Ball Park has the feel of an amusement park which is in keeping with its origins.
Just outside the Ball park is the Jackie Robinson Statue which depicts Jackie and his team Captain 'Pee Wee' Reese facing up to racist taunts from some of the crowd during their playing careers with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
On the way back to the metro we pass Nathan's Famous and grab a portion of outstanding French Fries and an awesome Hot Dog.
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