Jenkinstown

Historical marker location:

44 Jenkinstown Road, New Paltz, New York

( Marker is on Jenkinstown Road, ½ mile west of New York State Route 32, on the left when traveling west.)

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.