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21 Hoyt Ave N, Astoria, Queens, NY 11102
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Astoria Park Tennis Courts is a NYC Parks-run public facility with 14 outdoor hardcourts set along the East River beneath the Triborough (RFK) Bridge, drawing players from across Queens and northern Manhattan. Because it's public parks courts rather than a private club, court availability depends on permits and time of day rather than a formal line, though popular slots can mean waiting for a court to free up.
NYC Parks requires a seasonal tennis permit (roughly May through November) to reserve court time here. General parks guidance and player reports point to weekday evenings and weekend daytime hours as the busiest windows, so going on a weekday morning or outside peak permit-season hours is the better bet for finding an open court without a wait.
Patterns as reported by press and regulars — not measured by damnlines.
Reservations: Not a restaurant-style reservation - per the NYC Parks facility page, use of Astoria Park's tennis courts requires an NYC Parks Tennis Permit (seasonal or single-play), and court time is arranged via in-person sign-up at the courts rather than an online table reservation.
Walk-ins: Players can walk in with a valid permit and sign up on-site for open courts; per NYC Parks this park does not list its own online court-reservation system the way some other parks do.
NYC Parks requires a seasonal permit to play here (roughly May through November), and the courts are known to get busy on evenings and weekends, so arriving without a reserved slot at peak times can mean waiting for a court to open up. (No live damnlines camera here yet — this is reported guidance, not a live count.)
Yes — NYC Parks requires a tennis permit for these courts during the outdoor season, roughly May through November.
Courts are generally open from around 8:00 a.m. until dusk, per NYC Parks.
There are 14 outdoor hardcourts, making it one of the larger public tennis facilities in Queens.
Not currently — damnlines doesn't yet have a camera at this location, so no real-time wait or court-availability count is available here.
Not in the restaurant sense - per the NYC Parks facility page, you need an NYC Parks Tennis Permit, and court access is managed through in-person sign-up rather than an online booking for this location.
Yes - per NYC Parks, permit holders can walk up and sign in for available courts on-site; there's no separate table-style reservation required for this park.
Sources: Yelp — Tennis at Astoria Park · NYC Parks — Astoria Park Tennis facility page