Bleecker Stadium

[1] Bleecker Stadium hosts several post-season games and series, including the Capital District Pop Warner Super Bowls.

[6] Serial killer Lemuel Smith was brought to Bleecker Stadium in 1977 for an unusual police line-up.

Governor Hugh Carey tried to block the game from being played as protest against the South African policy of apartheid, and he even brought the issue all the way to the US Supreme Court.

[8] Steve Ontiveros, Charlie O'Brien, and Mike Gallego are all Major League Baseball players who once played at Bleecker Stadium.

[9] Hall of Fame ballplayer Johnny Evers was appointed the Superintendent of Bleecker Stadium after being in financial straits and ill-health later in life.

[13] The varsity football and baseball teams of the City School District of Albany play at the stadium.

Bleecker Reservoir is shown in this crop from an 1895 map of Albany.