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Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Race Tracks, Sheepshead, Finish of Race.
The finish of a horse race at Sheepshead Race Track; grand-stands and crowd visible.
IMAGE DATE1894
Sheepshead Racetrack ca. 1894
The Coney Island Jockey Club Race Track was established in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, by John Y. McKane, the man responsible for the expansion of the railroads to make the Coney Island area more accessible. In 1915 the racetrack was replaced by the Sheepshead Speedway, which in turn was demolished in 1923 when the site was divided and developed.