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Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY 11205 (tennis courts inside the park, near DeKalb Ave / Washington Park)
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Fort Greene Tennis Courts are the public NYC Parks courts inside Fort Greene Park, run on a permit-plus-daily-sign-up-sheet system rather than online booking, which is what generates the line: players show up in person to add their name to a sheet for a limited number of court slots each day.
Reported guidance from the local Fort Greene Tennis Association and reviewers points to a sign-up sheet posted around or before 6:30am, with the longest lines on weekend mornings/evenings and specifically Friday mornings; weekday play is described as noticeably easier to get onto a court without much wait.
Patterns as reported by press and regulars — not measured by damnlines.
Reservations: There's no online reservation system. Per NYC Parks' tennis info (via search), players need a seasonal NYC Parks tennis permit, and permit holders sign up in person each morning on a posted sheet to claim a court slot between 7am and 8pm.
Walk-ins: Outside the 7am-8pm permit-holder signup window, courts are first-come-first-served; courts are generally open from 8am to dusk per NYC Parks' tennis info.
Courts generally open 8am to dusk; in-person signup sheet covers 7am–8pm daily for permit holders, per NYC Parks tennis info.
Based on NYC Parks and the Fort Greene Tennis Association's own FAQ, courts run on a daily sign-up sheet posted around or before 6:30am, and lines to sign up can get long, especially on weekend mornings/evenings and reportedly on Friday mornings — weekdays are described as easier to get on a court. (No live damnlines camera here yet — this is reported guidance, not a live count.)
During regular hours you generally need an NYC Parks tennis permit and then add your name to the daily sign-up sheet for a court slot (one hour for singles, two for doubles). Outside the permit system's covered hours — before 7am and after 8pm — play is reported as first-come-first-served.
The courts are open dawn to dusk, per NYC Parks and local tennis-association info. The daily sign-up sheet is posted early, around or before 6:30am.
Reviewers and the local tennis association describe weekday play as easier to get court time, while weekend mornings and evenings — and Friday mornings specifically — see the longest sign-up lines. Arriving close to when the sign-up sheet is posted (around 6:30am) is the reported way to secure a slot on busy days.
The courts are inside Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, near the DeKalb Ave / Washington Park side of the park, per NYC Parks' facility listing.
There's no online booking; per NYC Parks' tennis info, permit holders sign up in person each morning on a posted sheet for a slot between 7am and 8pm.
Outside the 7am–8pm signup window, play is first-come-first-served per NYC Parks' tennis info, though a seasonal NYC Parks permit is still required to play.
Sources: Yelp — Fort Greene Tennis (Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn) · NYC Parks — Fort Greene Park Tennis Courts · Fort Greene Tennis Association — Frequently Asked Questions