Brown's Gym (New York)
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Queens, New York, NY, USA
- Brown's Gym was a popular New York City boxing venue of the early 20th century (from as far back as 1909, if not earlier)
- Also known as Bill Brown's 23rd Street Club (Queens, New York), after its manager, promoter, matchmaker and sometimes referee Bill Brown [1]
- Sometimes called Brown's Gym A.A. at Far Rockaway, Queens [2]
- Jack McCarthy was the matchmaker circa 1914: [3]
- Capacity: ?
- Sample shows from 1914: [4]
- Sample 1914 newspaper article mentions of Brown's Gym: [5]
- May 1911 directions from Belleville, New Jersey to Brown's: Board an Erie train; take the Twenty-third Street ferry; walk, or ride a trolley car, to 115-117 West Twenty-third Street. [6]