the Park was the aroma from nearby factories and Gowanus Canal, which was a block away and curled around two sides of the ballpark. Meanwhile, owner Charlie Ebbets slowly invested in the individual lots on a larger piece of property in Flatbush, which would become the site of Ebbets Field once he had the entire block. So in 1913, the Dodgers abandoned Washington Park. Third park The Brooklyn Tip-Tops or "BrookFeds" of the Federal League, the only major league team ever named for a loaf of bread, acquired the ballpark property in 1914, then rebuilt the second Washington Park in steel and concrete. The old park took on a modern appearance; in fact, it was nearly a duplicate of the initial version of another Federal League park in Chicago that would become Wrigley Field. However, with the Dodgers in a new and somewhat more spacious steel-and-concrete home already, Ebbets Field, there was no long-term need for Washington Park, so it was abandoned for the final time after the Federal League ended its two-year run. Part of the left center field wall of this final Washington Park still stands on the east side of 3rd Avenue, south of 1st Street, as part of a Con Edison yard. Dimensions (The Second Washington Park between 1st Street and 3rd Street) Left field – 335 ft (1898), 375.95 ft (1908), 300 ft (1914) Left center field – 500 ft (1898), 443.5 ft (1908) Center field – 445 ft (1898), 424.7 ft (1908), 400 ft (1914) Right center field – 300 ft (1898) Right field – 215 ft (1898), 295 ft (1899), 301.84 ft (1908), 275 ft (1914) Backstop – 90 ft (1898), 15 ft (1908) Fences Left field to center field – 12 ft. Right field – 42 ft (13 ft. brick fence topped by 29 ft. of canvas) References Green Cathedrals, by Phil Lowry. Society for American Baseball Research (June 1986). External links Brooklyn Ballparks page on Washington Park First Washington Park, from Sanborn map, 1888 Second Washington Park, from Sanborn map, 1906 Defunct baseball venues in the United States Defunct Major League Baseball venues Sports venues in Brooklyn Brooklyn Dodgers stadiums Federal League venues American football venues in New York City Baseball venues in New York City Former sports venues in New York City Demolished sports venues in New York (state)