A version of this article appears in print on Oct. 30, 2024, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: In Brooklyn, Humble Touch of Home for the Long-Gone Dodgers.

The ghosts of “Dem Bums” still linger in Brooklyn. It’s been decades since the Brooklyn Dodgers left the subways and New York City for the highways and Chavez Ravine in California… ...

But Branch Rickey, the Dodgers GM, didn’t care. Before the nation was ready for integration, Brooklyn threw Robinson into their game. His first major league game was played on April 15, 1947.