Tempers have flared at the makeshift pickleball courts at Carl Schurz Park | Julia Goldblatt
Tempers have flared at the makeshift pickleball courts at Carl Schurz Park | Julia Goldblatt

NYC Parks Bows To Pickleball Pressure, Plans Official UES Courts as Turf War Rages

The New York City Parks Department is bowing to pressure from players of the fast-growing paddle sport known as pickleball, unveiling plans for official permanent pickleball courts on the Upper East Side — which has been the landscape for a neighbo
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