Historical Marker
Fox Oaks
Historical marker location:
36-40 Bowne Street, Flushing, New York
( Marker is on Bowne Street, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1907
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.