Jackie Robinson House

5224 Tilden Avenue | also 466 East 53rd Street | East Flatbush | built 1920

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1947
Jackie Robinson, newly called up by the Dodgers, rents the house at 5224 Tilden Avenue
Jackie Robinson, the first African-American in the major leagues, lived at 5224 Tilden Avenue from 1947 to 1949, from his Rookie of the Year season to his Most Valuable Player year. He and his wife Rachel had struggled to find housing in Brooklyn because of racism, and a friend secured this house as a rental for them. He had signed with Dodgers owner Branch Rickey in 1945 and played 1946 for the Montreal Royals.
“From 1947 to 1949 it was home to baseball player Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in the major leagues.”
Source: Wikipedia
1976
The Robinson house is declared a National Historic Landmark
The Jackie Robinson House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976, recognized as the home of the baseball great from 1947 to 1949. It is a modest two-story brick duplex built between 1912 and 1916, at the corner of Tilden Avenue and East 53rd Street in East Flatbush. Robinson lived in the left-hand unit, number 5224.
“It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.”
Source: Wikipedia

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