# Celtic Park Apartments

Sunnyside, NY · garden-apartments · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-2c4de6f49c` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/garden-apartments/ny/sunnyside-celtic-park-apartments/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-2c4de6f49c.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-2c4de6f49c.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-2c4de6f49c

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | housing | none |
| What is there now | a 756-unit garden-apartment complex | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1930 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Acres | 7.0 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Irish American Athletic Club (IAAC) | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | City and Suburban Homes Company | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **architect_original**: “Ernest Flagg” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **architect_retrofit**: “Springsteen & Goldhammer” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **units_built**: “756-unit garden-apartment complex” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Anchors

Irish American Athletic Club (IAAC)

## Parties

- City and Suburban Homes Company — developer

## Timeline

- 1898: Celtic Park athletic facility opened
- 1898: Opened
- 1930: Athletic facility sold and redevelopment began
- 1930: Closed
- 1931: First apartment building completed
- 1938: Subsequent apartment buildings completed
- 1986: Complex converted to cooperative ownership

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Celtic Park was an athletic facility in Sunnyside, Queens, New York City, that operated from 1898 to 1930 as the home grounds of the Irish American Athletic Club (IAAC). Its members, drawn largely from Irish-American immigrants, won 26 gold, 22 silver, and 8 bronze medals for the United States at the Summer Olympics between 1900 and 1924, and Celtic Park hosted Amateur Athletic Union championships, including the 1912 All-Around championship, won by Jim Thorpe.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Park_(Queens)

## Sources

- Celtic Park (Queens) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Park_(Queens)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Celtic Park Apartments, Sunnyside, NY." Record n-2c4de6f49c, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/garden-apartments/ny/sunnyside-celtic-park-apartments/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_sunnysidecelticparkapartments,
  title = {Celtic Park Apartments, Sunnyside, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/garden-apartments/ny/sunnyside-celtic-park-apartments/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-2c4de6f49c, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.