Editing Freeport, New York (section)

===Sports and recreation===
[[File:Parrot Rifle and Historic Marker 20211102 180140720.jpg|thumb|Parrot Rifle of Freeport]]

In the early 1930s, Freeport was the playing field for the [[Pennsylvania Red Caps of New York]], a [[semi-professional|semi-pro]] baseball team which took their name from the caps worn by [[Pullman Company#Porters|Pullman porters]]. For a few years after that, the [[National Football League|NFL]]'s [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] football team, which, like their [[Los Angeles Dodgers|baseball namesakes]], played at Ebbets Field, using the stadium as a midweek training site.<ref name=Bleyer /> The site is now a Warehouse [[BJ's Wholesale Club]].

From 1931 until the early 1980s, Freeport was home to Freeport Speedway,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stockcarracing.com/thehistoryof/31638_freeport_stadium/index.html|website=StockCarRacing.com|title=The History of Freeport Stadium|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205235400/http://www.stockcarracing.com/thehistoryof/31638_freeport_stadium/index.html|archive-date=December 5, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> originally Freeport Municipal Stadium. Seating about 10,000, the stadium originally hosted "midget" auto races; after World War II it switched to [[stock car racing]] and eventually [[demolition derby|demolition derbies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasheefs.com/Pages/IslipFreeport/freeport1.html|title= Freeport Speedway: Photos from the 1970s|website=LaSheef's Racing Photos}}</ref>

Freeport is home to the Freeport Recreation Center, which features an enclosed, year-round ice skating rink; an indoor pool; an outdoor Olympic-size pool; an outdoor diving tank; an outdoor children's pool; handball courts; sauna; steam room; fully equipped workout gyms; basketball courts; and snack bars serving hot and cold foods. The "Rec Center" also offers evening adult classes and hosts a pre-school program, camp programs, and a senior center.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Locations Layout|url=https://www.freeportny.gov/115/Recreation-Center|website=freeportny.gov}}</ref>