Historical Marker
Ethel Waters
Historical marker location:
190 New York Ave, Brooklyn, New York
( Marker is on New York Avenue just south of Prospect Place, on the right when traveling south.)
October 31, 1896 - September 1, 1977. 190 New York Avenue, Brooklyn.
The first-ever recorded baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, but the modern rules of the game were established in New York City in 1845 by the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club.