The Polo Grounds Towers is a housing complex consisting of four thirty-story buildings, located in Harlem

Harlem

Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

, New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, on the former site of the Polo Grounds

Polo Grounds

The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963...

. A total of 1,616 apartments are located on the 15.15 acres (6.1 ha) site, which is bordered by Frederick Douglass Boulevard, West 155th Street and Harlem River Drive

Harlem River Drive

The Harlem River Drive is a north–south parkway in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs along the west bank of the Harlem River from the Triborough Bridge in East Harlem to 10th Avenue in Inwood, where the parkway continues north as Dyckman Street. The portion of the Harlem River Drive...

. The complex was completed on June 30, 1968, and is run by the New York City Housing Authority

New York City Housing Authority

The New York City Housing Authority provides public housing for low- and moderate-income residents throughout the five boroughs of New York City. NYCHA also administers a citywide Section 8 Leased Housing Program in rental apartments...

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A plaque within the grounds of the housing project marks the approximate location of home plate at the Polo Grounds, which served as the home of the New York Giants

San Francisco Giants

The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....

from 1891-1957.

Attached to Tower #2 of these housing grounds is the Polo Grounds Community Center. This being a grandfathered building, arrangements have been made to move into a new building. The Polo Grounds Community Center is run by Children's Village. Children's Village hosts many programs like the Polo Gorund's very own Polo Ground's Youth Conference.