Jackie Robinson rented this house in East Flatbush from 1947 to 1949 (his Rookie-of-the-Year and MVP seasons, respectively).
UPDATE: Jackie may have only lived here from April 1948 to May 1949, although I found some photos, apparently from July 1949, of him and his family here.
Day 478
5224 Tilden Avenue
April 21st, 2013
Cool!
And at 8232 Avenue de Gaspe is where he lived in Montreal prior to that rookie season. Here’s the link (if you zoom in with street view you can see the plaque beside the door also):
http://maps.google.ca/maps?client=safari&hl=en&rls=en&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46340616,d.aWM&biw=1713&bih=1259&q=8232+DeGaspé+montreal+google+maps&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x4cc9191ee8422819:0xbdf2388aed0e59ae,8232+Avenue+de+Gaspé,+Montréal,+Quebec+H2P+2J9&gl=ca&sa=X&ei=fwSPUbPAHoGgrgG9koGAAg&ved=0CCwQ8gEwAA
Nice!