in 2012, engel stadium was used as the movie set for the motion picture "42", the life story of jackie robinson. much of the entire film's baseball action was shot at engel stadium, which also doubled for brooklyn's ebbetts field. on july 18, 2012 crews began demolition to restore the ballpark back to its historical accuracy after construction was done for the movie that altered the ballpark, including moving the location of the ball fields.