The Brooklyn Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, on Long Island. It currently is a Grade II event open to four-year-olds and up willing to race one and one-half miles on dirt. It was a Grade 1 race prior to 1993.
"The Picket" winning the 1904 Brooklyn Handicap
Belmont Park is a thoroughbred horse racetrack in Elmont, New York, just east of New York City limits best known for hosting the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the American Triple Crown. It was opened on May 4, 1905, and is one of the best well known racetracks in the United States.
Exterior and tote board in 1999
Belmont Park and UBS Arena in 2021
A statue of Secretariat stands in the middle of the walking ring
Crowd watching seven planes in air at Belmont Park air show, New York, year 1910 (courtesy Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.)