Joe DiMaggio Playground Park

The Joe DiMaggio Playground occupies the same ground where a young Joe DiMaggio and his brothers once played pickup games using bricks as bases. Long before he became the Yankee Clipper, he spent his childhood days here, an experience that helped launch his legendary baseball career. The site was one of the first built by the city's playground commission in the early twentieth century and served as a focal point for the neighborhood's active youth. Continue