96th Street Clay Tennis Courts — Local services in New York

Probably one of the more accessible places to find and play on (orange) clay courts outside of Europe. For $15 per hour, reservation required, you can get a taste for what it’s like to be Nadal. We (my brother and I) placed one in advance but got rained out; fortunately, we were able to talk to the superintendent and book a slot for another day at no extra cost! Be aware that there is definitely a long wait—this is New York—and the mornings are always the busiest. Also take notice of the general courtesies like sweeping the court after use or refining the service lines. Overall, great...

Very poor experience with this organization running the 96th St courts. It's sad because the courts deserve better stewardship. Booked a private lesson. The RCTA canceled the lesson last minute so they could rent the courts to a corporation to use in an ad. They did not bother to notify me of the cancelation so I wasted an hour traveling to the courts. No effort at all to make it right. Not even an apology. Had to chase on a refund. Very rude and disrespectful throughout. Would be disappointing behavior in a business, but incredibly sad to see the city's courts...

It was a nice evening at the tennis courts. We smoked two blunts through three and drank the rest of our alcoholic beverages and watched the cyclists zoom pass and had sandwiches homemade school lunches, school lunch sandwiches at bat memory is a school trip to bring up memories like a school trip back we went to the eye trapper, but we really up the Hudson like we went to the intrepid Bobby really up a...