The field consists of a baseball diamond and large, natural grass outfield, surrounded by a 200-meter running track.

Bronx Community College's athletics teams use the field for baseball and men's soccer.

It was the home of the NYU Violets baseball[2] and football[3] teams dating back at least to 1901.

As NYU's football program grew in stature, the team began to play some, and eventually most, of its games at larger stadiums off-campus, such as the Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium, though it continued to use Ohio Field as a practice facility.

[6] By 1952, when NYU discontinued varsity football, all home games were at Triborough Stadium on Randalls Island.