Riverside Park Tennis Courts — Local services in New York

Firm concrete, nice net transparency, and a strong “Sunday morning tennis” energy. River adds to the sense that you are back home at your parents country club, but the angry men on the adjacent court jar you back to the sad reality that you’re spending a Sunday morning in the prime of your life slamming a light green ball into the ground. Occasionally, people pass by walking cute dogs and remind you of the special...

Free hard courts that are in pretty good condition, but the sign up list is abused by people who come early in the morning and book all the courts for the day, using multiple names and then don't even show up. It makes a mockery of the sign up process and favors the people who abuse it. All the other courts have online sign up and personnel check the identification of the people when they...

Pretty solid tennis courts overall, and not too busy. Was able to show up on a Saturday and courts were not full until the 9am hour. Signup was at 7am and there were 7 groups there ready to sign up, but for various hours. Some of the courts have shading from the trees (but also some leaves that fall onto the courts) until ~10am, which is great...