Eric Johnson, left, 19, and Mario Volcin, 23, play basketball in the Jackie Robinson Playground as the Ebbets Field apartments looms in the background, on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 in Brooklyn, N.Y. ... more 

Eric Johnson, left, 19, and Mario Volcin, 23, play basketball in the Jackie Robinson Playground as the Ebbets Field apartments looms in the background, on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Ebbets Field, home to the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball decades ago, became a sprawling residential complex to thousands after the Dodgers moved west. Now Brooklyn is hitting the major leagues again with a new arena and the Brooklyn Nets' NBA franchise. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) less