Hamilton Park, originally known as Brewster Park and later as Elm City Park, was a sports venue in New Haven, Connecticut, located at the intersection of Whalley Avenue and what is now West Park Avenue.Ed Stannard, Photography exhibit reveals 'lost New Haven' , The New Haven Register, Sunday, February 8, 2009
The first newspaper mention of Brewster Park was in the later winter of 1858-1859.Hartford Courant, March 7, 1859, p.2
In the spring of 1861, the venue was renamed to Hamilton Park.Litchfield Enquirer, May 30, 1861, p.3
Hamilton Park hosted Yale University sports competitions in the 19th century. It was the first home field for Yale's football team, used from 1870 until Yale Field was acquired in the 1880s.Clarence Deming and Henry Walcott Farnam (1915), Yale Yesterday, Yale University Press
The park hosted horse races and was home for one game played by the New Haven Elm Citys baseball team of the National Association during the 1875 season. It is considered a major league ballpark by those who count the National Association as a major league. The Elm City club's normal home field was the Howard Avenue Grounds.
In the autumn of 1888, new owners renamed Hamilton Park again, as Elm City Driving Park.Meriden Daily Journal, December 12, 1888, p.5
The park was used by the New Haven Blues minor league baseball team in 1897 and 1898.Hartford Courant, January 10, 1913, p.16
The race track was sold to developers and its structures were demolished by early 1913.Hartford Courant, January 10, 1913, p.16 The location is now occupied partly by residences and partly by Edgewood Park.
External links 1879 map showing Hamilton Park 1888 map showing Hamilton Park 1911 map showing Hamilton Park site and Yale athletic fields Retrosheet baseball game at Hamilton Park
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