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Hilltop Park (168th Street and Broadway. Accessible by A, C, and 1 trains to 168th Street) The original home of the New York Yankees from 1903 to 1912 is now mostly the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. The rocky and hilly terrain – combined with the British Royal Highland Regiment (the Black Watch) fighting the Continental Army there in 1776 – gave the Yankees their original name of “Highlanders,” which they dropped when the team’s lease at Hilltop Park expired and they moved to the Polo Grounds, becoming tenants of the Giants until 1922. The stadium was demolished in 1914, but in 1993, with the cooperation of SABR, the Yankees, and Columbia-Presbyterian, a plaque was dedicated to honor Hilltop Park. 
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