Manhattan · New York City
Brian Watkins Tennis Center
Delancey St & FDR Dr (East River Park)
The tennis centre inside John V. Lindsay East River Park, rebuilt as part of the East Side Coastal Resiliency project and reopened in autumn 2025. The City's older GIS record still types the courts as asphalt, which predates the rebuild.
- Courts
- 12
- Surface
- Hard
- Play
- Outdoor
- Access
- Walk-on only
Who’s playing here
Heading to Brian Watkins Tennis Center? Say when you're going and other players can ask to join you.
Names, times and levels are shown only to signed-in players, so nobody can see who will be on court from outside.
Uses your 4GRAND account. Same one as grand.tennis.
Getting on a court
No City reservation here, so a Parks permit and turning up is the way on. Some parks are run by a concession that takes its own bookings, so it is worth checking the venue before you travel. A Parks permit is required from the first Saturday in April to the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
- Adults 18–61
- $100
- Seniors 62+
- $20
- Under 18
- $10
- Single visit
- $15
A single visit covers an hour of singles or two hours of doubles. Adults with IDNYC get 10% off the full-season permit.
The season and the hours a permit covers vary by court. Check this one with the City before you go.
Source: NYC Parks.
Playing for Brian Watkins
Brian Watkins Tennis Center is entered in The Grand NYC, a free contest between New York tennis clubs decided by the US Open. Anyone who plays here can pick winners and score for the club.
See Brian Watkins’s standings