FLATBUSH

A Caribbean borough inside a American one

Flatbush, the parade, and what Ebbets Field left.

Carnival performers in pink feathered costume before the parade — Eastern Parkway on Labor Day, in the staging area before the route opens.Brooklyn carnival parade, 2010 · Wikimedia Commons

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Labor Day belongs to the West Indian carnivalThe parade on Eastern Parkway is among the largest in North America and it is a Brooklyn institution with a Trinidadian origin.
The Dodgers left and the block became apartmentsEbbets Field was demolished in 1960 and the housing that replaced it carries the name. Jackie Robinson's debut there is the reason people still look for it.

Crowds outside Ebbets Field on opening day, 1913 — Ebbets Field on opening day, 1913.Ebbets Field, opening day 1913 · Wikimedia Commons

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