The Short-Season A affiliate of the New York Mets, the Brooklyn Cyclones have an independent brand identity that doesn’t coincide with that of their parent’s team neither in the color palette nor in shape.
The Brooklyn Cyclones were established in 1986 and have been part of the New York–Penn League until the league’s closure in 2020. This stability shows the club only from its best sides. However, after its last season in the NYPL, the Cyclones moved to the South Atlantic League, where they participate as the High A class affiliates of the New York Mets.
Brooklyn Cyclones is not just “another minor league team”. It is actually super popular and strong: not only has the team won six division titles and made the playoffs ten times, but the Cyclones have a huge fan base and in the first 20 seasons in franchise history, the team welcomed nearly 5 million fans into their stadium.
And the Brooklyn Cyclones have also been honored twice with the Bob Freitas Award, in 2005 and 2014, a prize given to recognize outstanding efforts in outreach and social activity. And in 2017, the Cyclones also received the Larry MacPhail Award, for their outstanding achievements on the field.
The Brooklyn Cyclones logo depicts a cross-hatch pattern of the structure that forms a roller coaster. Also, you can see a baseball going down the roller coaster. The logo was developed by designer Todd Radom.
The large “B” on the cap insignia was inspired by the original Dodgers’ B cap, while the “C” stands for “Cyclones.”
While the combination of the blue and orange was inspired by the parent team’s logo, in fact, the shades are different from those used by the New-York Mets.