Santurce is a district in
San Juan, Puerto RicoSan Juan is the capital and largest municipality in Puerto Rico. As of the 2000 census, it has a population of 433,733, making it the 42nd-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico...
. The name Santurce comes from St. George. The original
SanturceSanturtzi is a port town in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, Spain. It is located in the Bilbao Abra bay,near the mouth of the Nervión river, on its left bank, 14km downriver from Bilbao and forms part of the Greater Bilbao agglomeration...
is a town near
BilbaoBilbao is the largest city in the Basque Country in northern Spain and the capital of the province of Biscay ....
, in
SpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
(in
BasqueBasque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is the mother tongue of approximately one fifth of Basques, 632,000 out of nearly 3,000,000...
Santurtzi).
With a
2000 populationThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
of 94,067 living in a land area of 5.24 square miles (13.57 km²), it is the most populous "barrio" in Puerto Rico and one of the most densely populated areas of San Juan at 17,951.7 residents per square mile (6,931.2/km²).
Santurce is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean in the north, with more than five km of beaches from the
CondadoEl Condado is an oceanfront, tree-lined, vibrant pedestrian-oriented communityin San Juan, Puerto Rico. A primarily middle to upper class community, El Condado is located east of the historic colonial district of Old San Juan. It is one 40 "sub-barrios" of Santurce. The land area measures 0.82 km²...
peninsula in the west, to a point 600 m east of "Punta Las Marías", where it borders on
Isla VerdeIsla Verde is a district of Carolina, Puerto Rico. It is bordered to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west by the San Juan area of El Condado, to the south by Santurce and to the east by downtown Carolina...
district of
CarolinaCarolina is a city located in the northern part of Puerto Rico, bordering the Atlantic Ocean; it lies north of Gurabo and Juncos; east of Trujillo Alto and San Juan; and west of Canóvanas and Loíza. Carolina is spread over 12 wards plus Carolina Pueblo...
, and "Laguna San José" and its northern embayment, "Laguna Los Corozos" to the east.
To the south by "Caño de Martín Peña", and the northern barrios of former municipio
Río PiedrasRío Piedras is a former municipality now part of the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Founded in 1714, it has been the home of the University of Puerto Rico's main campus since 1903, earning the town the popular name of "Ciudad Universitaria"...
(Hato Rey Norte, Hato Rey Central, Oriente),
and to the west with the "Bahia of San Juan", where three bridges, "Puente Dos Hermanos" (Ave.
Santurce is a district in
San Juan, Puerto RicoSan Juan is the capital and largest municipality in Puerto Rico. As of the 2000 census, it has a population of 433,733, making it the 42nd-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico...
. The name Santurce comes from St. George. The original
SanturceSanturtzi is a port town in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, Spain. It is located in the Bilbao Abra bay,near the mouth of the Nervión river, on its left bank, 14km downriver from Bilbao and forms part of the Greater Bilbao agglomeration...
is a town near
BilbaoBilbao is the largest city in the Basque Country in northern Spain and the capital of the province of Biscay ....
, in
SpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
(in
BasqueBasque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is the mother tongue of approximately one fifth of Basques, 632,000 out of nearly 3,000,000...
Santurtzi).
With a
2000 populationThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
of 94,067 living in a land area of 5.24 square miles (13.57 km²), it is the most populous "barrio" in Puerto Rico and one of the most densely populated areas of San Juan at 17,951.7 residents per square mile (6,931.2/km²).
Geography
Santurce is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean in the north, with more than five km of beaches from the
CondadoEl Condado is an oceanfront, tree-lined, vibrant pedestrian-oriented communityin San Juan, Puerto Rico. A primarily middle to upper class community, El Condado is located east of the historic colonial district of Old San Juan. It is one 40 "sub-barrios" of Santurce. The land area measures 0.82 km²...
peninsula in the west, to a point 600 m east of "Punta Las Marías", where it borders on
Isla VerdeIsla Verde is a district of Carolina, Puerto Rico. It is bordered to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west by the San Juan area of El Condado, to the south by Santurce and to the east by downtown Carolina...
district of
CarolinaCarolina is a city located in the northern part of Puerto Rico, bordering the Atlantic Ocean; it lies north of Gurabo and Juncos; east of Trujillo Alto and San Juan; and west of Canóvanas and Loíza. Carolina is spread over 12 wards plus Carolina Pueblo...
, and "Laguna San José" and its northern embayment, "Laguna Los Corozos" to the east.
To the south by "Caño de Martín Peña", and the northern barrios of former municipio
Río PiedrasRío Piedras is a former municipality now part of the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Founded in 1714, it has been the home of the University of Puerto Rico's main campus since 1903, earning the town the popular name of "Ciudad Universitaria"...
(Hato Rey Norte, Hato Rey Central, Oriente),
and to the west with the "Bahia of San Juan", where three bridges, "Puente Dos Hermanos" (Ave. Ashford), "Puente G. Esteves" (Ave. Ponce de León) and "Puente San Antonio" (Ave. Fernandes Juncos) connect Santurce with "La Isleta" (small island) where
Old San JuanOld San Juan is the oldest settlement within the territory of the United States and it is the historic colonial section of San Juan, Puerto Rico...
is located.
It has a total area of 8.70 square miles (22.53 km²) composed of 5.24 square miles (13.57 km²) of land and 3.46 square miles (8.96 km²) of water area.
The topography is mainly flat with low hills toward the central areas and swampy areas to the south along Caño Martín Peña and to the east near the Laguna San José (San Jose Lagoon). To the west side, most of the land that nowadays is called Isla Grande was part of land reclamation, made possible by filling in marshes.
History
Originally settled by the native Tainos, the area later became home to a significant population of slaves of African ancestry who arrived from the neighboring Danish Virgin Islands. Due to the abundance of crabs found in the area, the district became commonly known as "Cangrejos" (the Spanish word for crabs). Throughout the centuries, the district continued to grow due to its location at the crossroads between San Juan and its southern suburbs. A group or residents led by Pedro Cortijo were granted permission to establish a
Roman CatholicThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a communion of the Western, or Latin Rite Church, and...
church, consecrated to Saint Matthew, and established the settlement (town) of
"San Mateo de Cangrejos" on November 20, 1773.
In 1876, Pablo Ubarri, an engineer from the
Basque CountryThe Basque Country is an Autonomous Community of northern Spain.The Basque Country was granted the status of historical region within Spain with the Spanish Constitution of 1978...
region of Spain arrived on the island to help in the construction of a railroad system and a steam tramway between San Juan and the town of Río Piedras through the center of "Cangrejos" which prompted the
gentrificationGentrification and urban gentrification denote the socio-economic, commercial, and demographic change in an urban area resulting from wealthier people buying housing property in a poor community...
of the district. Many years after his arrival he was granted the title of Count of Santurce by the Spanish Crown. With his newly acquired title and influence, the district was renamed after his title (a decision that has caused controversy ever since). The neighboring Condado also received its present-name from Ubarri's title, as the district's name literally translates to "county" (which in medieval tradition is land granted by a monarch to a count).
During most of the 1930s and up to the 1950s, Santurce along with neighboring district
MiramarMiramar is a "sub-barrio" within the barrio of Santurce in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is connected to the historic barrio of Old San Juan by the San Antonio Bridge. It's land area measures 0.24 sq. miles , and has a resident population of 5,440 according to the U.S...
becomes one of the most vibrant areas of the capital. However, by the 1970s, most of the district had fallen into decay and it hasn’t been able to recapture the luster and vibrancy it once had.
Today, the district is starting to see a resurgence in importance and life as many business and local establishments such as bars, clubs, and restaurants have opened their doors to locals and tourists alike due to the importance of trade and tourism in San Juan.
Subdivision
Santurce is subdivided into 40 "sub-barrios" or "sectors". There is an unassigned area (23 on the map) located west of "Merhoff", north of "Las Palmas", east of "Herrera", and south of "Shanghai". Census documents say that the unassigned portion of San Juan Municipio, Santurce barrio should be attributed to Merhoff subbarrio.
http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/pubdocs/1990/ch2/ch-2-53-english.pdf
The most densely populated area lies to the Southeast bordering the “Laguna de San Jose” and the “Caño de Martín Peña”, while the less densely populated areas are found by the mangrove swamps to the South surrounding the “Caño de Martín Peña”, and the West part of Santurce called Isla Grande, in what used to be a military base of the
United States NavyThe United States Navy is the sea branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. As of 31 December 2008, the U.S. Navy had about 331,682 personnel on active duty and 124,000 in the Navy Reserve. It operates 283 ships in active service and more than...
.
| Nr. |
Sub-barrio |
Land Area(m²) |
Population(Census 2000) |
Densitykm-2 |
| 3 |
Alto del Cabro Alto del Cabro and Campo Alegre are two barrios adjacent to each other with similar characteristics and part of Santurce's 40 “sub-barrios” with a combined land area of 0,28 km² , and a resident population of 2.106 as of U.S. Census of 2000...
|
156717 |
1164 |
7427.4 |
| 8 |
Bayola |
71645 |
564 |
7872.1 |
| 33 |
Bolívar |
163417 |
1223 |
7483.9 |
| 32 |
Buenos Aires |
446986 |
1303 |
2915.1 |
| 6 |
Campo Alegre Alto del Cabro and Campo Alegre are two barrios adjacent to each other with similar characteristics and part of Santurce's 40 “sub-barrios” with a combined land area of 0,28 km² , and a resident population of 2.106 as of U.S. Census of 2000...
|
123061 |
942 |
7654.7 |
| 15 |
Chícharo |
75355 |
722 |
9581.3 |
| 5 |
Condadito |
62470 |
748 |
11973.7 |
| 4 |
Condado El Condado is an oceanfront, tree-lined, vibrant pedestrian-oriented communityin San Juan, Puerto Rico. A primarily middle to upper class community, El Condado is located east of the historic colonial district of Old San Juan. It is one 40 "sub-barrios" of Santurce. The land area measures 0.82 km²...
|
824791 |
6170 |
7480.7 |
| 37 |
Figueroa |
350927 |
1016 |
2895.2 |
| 39 |
Gandul |
167753 |
2035 |
12130.9 |
| 24 |
Herrera |
123369 |
1841 |
14922.7 |
| 36 |
Hipódromo |
268195 |
2017 |
7520.6 |
| 41 |
Hoare |
363490 |
3 |
8.3 |
| 1 |
Isla Grande1) |
2039968 |
753 |
369.1 |
| 38 |
La Zona |
379687 |
1280 |
3371.2 |
| 20 |
Las Casas2) |
803500 |
6775 |
8431.9 |
| 30 |
Las Marías |
242223 |
1172 |
4838.5 |
| 21 |
Las Palmas |
316171 |
2772 |
8767.4 |
| 26 |
Loíza Loíza, is one 40 “sub-barrios” of Santurce The land area measures 0.32 km² , with a resident population of 2,139 as of U.S. Census of 2000...
|
323012 |
2139 |
6622 |
| 13 |
Machuchal |
140008 |
1212 |
8656.6 |
| 25 |
María Moczó |
106196 |
1964 |
18494.1 |
| 34 |
Marruecos |
267165 |
0 |
0 |
| 31 |
Martín Peña |
185692 |
415 |
2234.9 |
| 35 |
Melilla |
129544 |
926 |
7148.2 |
| 22 |
Merhoff |
300801 |
2992 |
9946.8 |
| 23 |
unassigned3) |
160256 |
1963 |
12249.2 |
| 9 |
Minillas |
215963 |
1484 |
6871.5 |
| 2 |
Miramar Miramar is a "sub-barrio" within the barrio of Santurce in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is connected to the historic barrio of Old San Juan by the San Antonio Bridge. It's land area measures 0.24 sq. miles , and has a resident population of 5,440 according to the U.S...
|
632154 |
5440 |
8605.5 |
| 18 |
Monteflores Sagrado Corazón and Monteflores are two contiguous neighborhoods with similar characteristics formerly known as the Alto de Ubarri and part of Santurce's 40 "sub-barrios" . Sagrado Corazón measures 0.34 km² , with a resident population of 1,646 while Monteflores measures 0.17 km² , with a...
|
172397 |
1657 |
9611.5 |
| 19 |
Barrio Obrero |
1034200 |
11467 |
11087.8 |
| 28 |
Ocean Park Ocean Park is an upscale beachfront community of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is one 40 "sub-barrios" of Santurce. The land area measures 0.52 km² , with a resident population of 1,976 as of U.S. Census of 2000...
4) |
520891 |
1976 |
3793.5 |
| 11 |
Parque |
299804 |
3251 |
10843.8 |
| 7 |
Pozo del Hato |
176987 |
137 |
774.1 |
| 14 |
Pulguero |
131613 |
1196 |
9087.2 |
| 17 |
Sagrado Corazón Sagrado Corazón and Monteflores are two contiguous neighborhoods with similar characteristics formerly known as the Alto de Ubarri and part of Santurce's 40 "sub-barrios" . Sagrado Corazón measures 0.34 km² , with a resident population of 1,646 while Monteflores measures 0.17 km² , with a...
|
345472 |
1646 |
4764.5 |
| 12 |
San Juan Moderno |
91500 |
1083 |
11836.1 |
| 10 |
San Mateo |
168864 |
1989 |
11778.7 |
| 16 |
Seboruco |
167887 |
2198 |
13092.1 |
| 29 |
Shanghai |
686961 |
11331 |
16494.4 |
| 40 |
Tras Talleres |
168076 |
2453 |
14594.6 |
| 27 |
Villa Palmeras |
163389 |
2648 |
16206.7 |
| |
Santurce |
13568557 |
94067 |
6932.7 |
| 1) recently named Puerto Rico Convention Center The Puerto Rico Convention Center is a convention center located in San Juan, Puerto Rico owned by the Puerto Rico Convention District Authority, a government agency of Puerto Rico, and managed by SMG...
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| 2) including "Isla Guachinanga" in the "Laguna San José" |
| 3) should be attributed to Merhoff Sub-Barrio (22) http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/pubdocs/1990/ch2/ch-2-53-english.pdf |
| 4) including "Isla Piedra" one km off the Atlantic coast |
Transportation
Santurce is served by a
metroA rapid transit, metro, subway, underground, or elevated railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and frequency, and which is grade separated from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically either in underground tunnels or elevated above street level...
system called "
Tren UrbanoThe Tren Urbano — or Urban Train in English — is a fully automated rapid transit that serves the metropolitan area of San Juan, which includes the municipalities of San Juan, Bayamón, and Guaynabo. It is electrified by third rail at 750 V DC...
" (Urban Train), with the
Sagrado CorazónSagrado Corazón and Monteflores are two contiguous neighborhoods with similar characteristics formerly known as the Alto de Ubarri and part of Santurce's 40 "sub-barrios" . Sagrado Corazón measures 0.34 km² , with a resident population of 1,646 while Monteflores measures 0.17 km² , with a...
station located on the central-south-east section of the district, an area known as "Parada 27" (Stop 27), which evokes the names of the old trolley stops. Various bus lines (guaguas) operated by the Metropolitan Bus Authority (Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses or AMA in Spanish) provide service in the area as well.
Places of interest
- Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferre - Award winning fine arts center is a modern architectural masterpiece.
- Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico - The Puerto Rican Art Museum
- Museo de Arte Contemporaneo
The Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art, often abbreviated to MAC, is a contemporary art museum in Santurce, Puerto Rico.-History:...
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Plaza del Mercado de Santurce
Alto del Cabro and Campo Alegre are two barrios adjacent to each other with similar characteristics and part of Santurce's 40 “sub-barrios” with a combined land area of 0,28 km² , and a resident population of 2.106 as of U.S. Census of 2000...
- Historic Marketplace
- Plaza del Condado - Charming neighborhood square
Notable natives or residents of Santurce
- Miguel Arteta
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, filmmaker
- Pura Belpré
Pura Belpré was the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City. She was also a writer, collector of folktales, and puppeteer. There is some dispute as to the date of her birth which has been given as February 2 1899, December 2 1901 and February 2 1903.- Education :She was born in Puerto Rico...
, author
- Rubén Berríos
Rubén Ángel Berríos Martínez is a lawyer, a Puerto Rican politician, and the current president of the Puerto Rican Independence Party...
, lawyer/former governor candidate/leader of the Puerto Rican Independence PartyThe Puerto Rican Independence Party is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States....
- Tego Calderón
Tegui Calderón Rosario is a rapper born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He is better known to his fans around the world as Tego Calderón, or by the nickname "El Abayarde" , which refers to a small red ant that only takes a small bite before it itches for a long time, hence the nickname that he has in...
, reggaeton singer
- Carly Colón
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, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, professional wrestler
- Lito MC Cassidy, one half of hip-hop/reggaeton duo Lito & Polaco
- Jessica Cristina
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, Merengue artist
- Tite Curet Alonso
Tite Curet Alonso was a renowned composer of over 2,000 salsa songs.- Early years :Born Catalino Curet Alonso in the southern town of Guayama in Puerto Rico. Alonso's mother was a seamtress and his father a Spanish teacher and musician in the band of Simon Madera...
, songwriter
- Benicio del Toro
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, actor
- Edgar Diaz, professional baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers
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)
- Cano Estremera
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, salsa singer
- José Ferrer
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, actor/director/producer
- Francisco Figueroa
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, championship boxer
- Wilfredo Gomez
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, boxing champion
- Raúl Juliá
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, actor
- Sunshine Logroño
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, TV writer/comedian
- Luis López Nieves
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, writer
- Luis Miguel
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, Mexican-raised Latin pop singer
- Gilberto Monroig
Gilberto Monroig was a guitarist, and singer of boleros.-Early years:Monroig's parents moved from the countryside to the city in search of a better way of life and settled in the Villa Palmera sector of Santurce, a section of San Juan where the musical sounds of the bomba and plena and of the...
, ballad and tango singer, guitarist
- Andy Montanez
Andrés Montañez , better known as Andy Montañez, is a famous salsa singer from Puerto Rico.-Early life:Montañez, like singer Daniel Santos and boxer Ossie Ocasio, is a native of the Tras Talleres area of Santurce San Juan. He is known by the nickname "El niño de Tras Talleres"...
, salsa singer
- Antonin Nechodoma
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, architect
- Ossie Ocasio
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, champion boxer
- Joaquin Phoenix
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, actor
- Carlos Ponce
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, actor/singer
- Daniel Santos
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, singer
- Jorge Posada
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, professional baseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond...
player (New York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of Major League Baseball's American League East Division...
)
- Ismael Rivera
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, acclaimed salsa singer/performer
- Ed Romero
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, professional baseball player (Milwaukee BrewersThe Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
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, and the Detroit TigersThe Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in . The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant 10 times...
)
- Luis Rafael Sánchez
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, writer/playwright
- Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
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, historian
Sports
Santurce currently has a baseball and a basketball team. Both teams are known as the Santurce Crabbers (
Cangrejeros De Santurce), because of the original name of the district. They have been part of the community for over 70 years. Both teams have enjoyed great domestic success, the baseball team is regarded as the ‘
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of Puerto Rico’, largely in part to the accomplishments of its legendary players, such as
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, and
Willie MaysWilliam Howard "Willie" Mays, Jr. is a retired American baseball player who played the majority of his career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets. Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of...
. The basketball team under the ownership of music mogul
Angelo MedinaAngelo Medina, born April 21 1959 - Aguadilla, Puerto Rico is an international Music Manager/Producer/Promoter.He was former manager of Ricky Martin and is current manager of Latin Rock giants as Maná, Ednita Nazario, and other well-known Latin artists. He is president of "Empresas Angelo Medina" &...
had a dynasty during the last part of the 1990s and beginning of 2000s.
Santurce was one of the original teams in Puerto Rico's Professional Baseball League. They were the first Puerto Rican team to win the
Caribbean World SeriesThe Serie del Caribe is a baseball tournament, the brainchild of the Venezuelans Oscar "El Negro" Prieto and Pablo Morales, who devised the idea after the seeing the success of the Serie Interamericana in 1946, which featured the Sultanes de Monterrey from Mexico; the All Cubans from Cuba; the...
(in
1951-Headline Event of the Year:Baseball's Shot Heard 'Round the World gives the New York Giants the National League Pennant in the third game of a best-of-three-games tiebreaker series over the Brooklyn Dodgers.-Major League Baseball:...
) and the first to win a second Series (in
1953-Major League Baseball:*World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers *All-Star Game, July 14 at Crosley Field: National League, 5-1-Other champions:*Caribbean World Series: Cangrejeros de Santurce *College World Series: Michigan...
). In total, Santurce won 12 domestic titles from 1951 until 2000, and five Caribbean World Series. However, after several years of declining attendance, the team moved to
ManatíManatí may refer to:*Manatí, Puerto Rico*Manatí, Atlántico in Atlantico, Colombia*Manatí, Cuba, a municipality in Las Tunas, CubaManatí is also the Spanish word for manatee.*See also: Special:Allpages/Manatí...
in 2004. However, on May 2008, it was announced that the team would resume play for the 2008-09 season, and that the Atenienses de Manatí would be moved back to Santurce, and again become the Cangrejeros. As part of the
Puerto Rican Professional Baseball LeagueThe Puerto Rico Baseball League formerly known as Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico or LBPPR, is the main professional baseball league in Puerto Rico. In 2007, the LBPPR recessed for the first time since its creation...
's restructuring program,
Major League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between...
offered to work with its publicity. The team is currently owned by former MLB-player
José ValentínJosé Antonio Valentín is a Major League Baseball infielder who is currently a free agent. Previously, he played with the Milwaukee Brewers , Chicago White Sox , Los Angeles Dodgers , and New York Mets .-Early years:Valentín was signed on October 12, , by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent...
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In basketball, the Crabbers currently play in the
José Miguel Agrelot ColiseumThe José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, officially named "Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot" , is the biggest indoor arena in Puerto Rico dedicated to entertainment...
(Coliseo de Puerto Rico) for important games and the Coliseo Mario Morales for games against teams from small towns. The attendance for games at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico is usually between 7,000 and 12,000 and for games in the Coliseo Mario Morales is between 500 and 1,000. They have won 8 titles (1962, 1966, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2007) and have been runners-up 4 times (1942, 1951, 1952, 1964 and 2006).