[5] Formed as New York Brookhattan in 1933,[5] it joined the first ASL and was leading the spring 1933 half-season when the league collapsed.
[9] In 1947, coffee importer Eugene Diaz, owner of New York Galicia, bought the Brookhattan team, withdrew Galicia from the National Soccer League of New York and transferred its players to Brookhattan.
[10][11][12] The merged team, renamed Brookhattan–Galicia, reached the final of the 1948 National Challenge Cup.
[3] During the 1948-49 season, Brookhattan's Pito Villanon led the ASL in scoring.
[13] In the 1949-50 season, Joe Gaetjens was the top scorer in the ASL.