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Public courts and tracks.
Basketball, handball, tennis, pickleball and volleyball courts and running tracks in NYC parks, from NYC Parks' own list. NYC Parks' pages mention no permit for casual basketball, handball, pickleball or volleyball; tennis needs a NYC Parks permit until November 22, 2026 ($15 for a single play). The lit ones work after work.
142 parks, 527 courts and tracks
- Abraham Lincoln Playground (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Alexander Hamilton Playground (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Alexander Hamilton Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Annunciation Playground (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Annunciation Playground (NYC Parks page)1 running track · Uptown · rubber
- Asphalt Green (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Audubon Playground (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Bill Bojangles Robinson Playground (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Blake Hobbs Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Blake Hobbs Playground (NYC Parks page)4 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Bloomingdale Playground (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Booker T. Washington Playground (NYC Parks page)7 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Booker T. Washington Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Brigadier General Charles Young Playground (NYC Parks page)4 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Brigadier General Charles Young Playground (NYC Parks page)6 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Carl Schurz Park (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Carmansville Playground (NYC Parks page)3 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Carmansville Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Central Park (NYC Parks page)6 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Central Park (NYC Parks page)12 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Central Park (NYC Parks page)30 tennis courts · Uptown · clayPermit neededMap of Central Park
- Central Park (NYC Parks page)6 volleyball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Cherry Tree Park (NYC Parks page)3 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Cherry Tree Park (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Courtney Callender Playground (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Courtney Callender Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Crack Is Wack Playground (NYC Parks page)5 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Crack Is Wack Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- East River Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- East River Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Fort Tryon Park (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Fort Tryon Park (NYC Parks page)2 volleyball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Fort Washington Park (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Fort Washington Park (NYC Parks page)9 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Fort Washington Park (NYC Parks page)10 tennis courts · Uptown · asphaltPermit neededMap of Fort Washington Park
- Fort Washington Park (NYC Parks page)5 volleyball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Fred Samuel Playground (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Frederick Douglass Playground (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Frederick Douglass Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Frederick Johnson Playground (NYC Parks page)8 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Frederick Johnson Playground (NYC Parks page)8 tennis courts · Uptown · asphaltPermit neededMap of Frederick Johnson Playground
- Happy Warrior Playground (NYC Parks page)4 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Harlem River Park (NYC Parks page)4 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Harlem River Park (NYC Parks page)6 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Highbridge Park (NYC Parks page)10 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Highbridge Park (NYC Parks page)3 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Highbridge Park (NYC Parks page)3 volleyball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Holcombe Rucker Park (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Holcombe Rucker Park (NYC Parks page)4 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Howard Bennett Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Howard Bennett Playground (NYC Parks page)4 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Howard Bennett Playground (NYC Parks page)6 tennis courts · Uptown · asphaltPermit neededMap of Howard Bennett Playground
- Inwood Hill Park (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Inwood Hill Park (NYC Parks page)8 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Inwood Hill Park (NYC Parks page)9 tennis courts · Uptown · asphaltPermit neededMap of Inwood Hill Park
- J. Hood Wright Park (NYC Parks page)3 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- J. Hood Wright Park (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- J. Hood Wright Park (NYC Parks page)1 volleyball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Jackie Robinson Park (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Jackie Robinson Park (NYC Parks page)4 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Jacob H. Schiff Playground (NYC Parks page)3 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Jacob H. Schiff Playground (NYC Parks page)6 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- James Weldon Johnson Playground (NYC Parks page)3 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- James Weldon Johnson Playground (NYC Parks page)1 running track · Uptown · asphalt
- John Jay Park (NYC Parks page)3 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- John Jay Park (NYC Parks page)4 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- John Jay Park (NYC Parks page)1 tennis court · Uptown · asphaltPermit neededMap of John Jay Park
- Langston Hughes Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Mae Grant Playground (NYC Parks page)3 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Mae Grant Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Marcus Garvey Park (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Marcus Garvey Park (NYC Parks page)1 volleyball court · Uptown · sand
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground (NYC Parks page)3 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Matthew P. Sapolin Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Matthew P. Sapolin Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Monsignor Kett Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Monsignor Kett Playground (NYC Parks page)3 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Moore Playground (NYC Parks page)3 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Moore Playground (NYC Parks page)2 tennis courts · Uptown · asphaltPermit neededMap of Moore Playground
- Morningside Park (NYC Parks page)5 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Morningside Park (NYC Parks page)4 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- P.S. 155 Playground (NYC Parks page)4 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- P.S. 155 Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Percy E. Sutton Playground (NYC Parks page)4 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Peter Minuit Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Peter Minuit Playground (NYC Parks page)4 handball courts · Uptown · concrete
- Playground 103 CIII (NYC Parks page)4 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Playground One Twenty Five CXXV (NYC Parks page)3 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Playground One Twenty Five CXXV (NYC Parks page)4 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Playground One Twenty Five CXXV (NYC Parks page)3 tennis courts · Uptown · asphaltPermit neededMap of Playground One Twenty Five CXXV
- Poor Richard's Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Poor Richard's Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Queensboro Oval (NYC Parks page)8 tennis courts · Uptown · clayPermit neededMap of Queensboro Oval
- Randall's Island Park (NYC Parks page)20 tennis courts · Uptown · clayPermit neededLitMap of Randall's Island Park
- Randall's Island Park (NYC Parks page)1 running track · Uptown · rubber
- Recreational Area (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Recreational Area (NYC Parks page)1 volleyball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Renaissance Playground (NYC Parks page)4 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Renaissance Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Riverside Park (NYC Parks page)11 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Riverside Park (NYC Parks page)7 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Riverside Park (NYC Parks page)20 tennis courts · Uptown · asphaltPermit neededMap of Riverside Park
- Riverside Park (NYC Parks page)1 running track · Uptown · asphalt
- Riverside Park (NYC Parks page)8 volleyball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Riverside Park South (NYC Parks page)3 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Riverside Park South (NYC Parks page)1 handball court · Uptown · concrete
- Riverside Park South (NYC Parks page)1 tennis court · Uptown · naturalPermit neededMap of Riverside Park South
- Riverside Park South (NYC Parks page)3 volleyball courts · Uptown · sand
- Sakura Park (NYC Parks page)1 volleyball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Samuel Seabury Playground (NYC Parks page)4 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Samuel Seabury Playground (NYC Parks page)1 running track · Uptown · asphalt
- Sheltering Arms Playground (NYC Parks page)4 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Sol Bloom Playground (NYC Parks page)3 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Sol Bloom Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- St. Catherine's Park (NYC Parks page)6 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- St. Catherine's Park (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- St. Catherine's Park (NYC Parks page)3 tennis courts · UptownPermit neededMap of St. Catherine's Park
- St. Catherine's Park (NYC Parks page)1 running track · Uptown · asphalt
- St. Gregory's Playground (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- St. Nicholas Park (NYC Parks page)5 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- St. Nicholas Park (NYC Parks page)12 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- St. Nicholas Playground South (NYC Parks page)4 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Stanley Isaacs Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Stanley Isaacs Playground (NYC Parks page)8 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Tecumseh Playground (NYC Parks page)3 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Thomas Jefferson Park (NYC Parks page)4 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Thomas Jefferson Park (NYC Parks page)8 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Thomas Jefferson Park (NYC Parks page)1 running track · Uptown · rubber
- Thomas Jefferson Park (NYC Parks page)2 volleyball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Twenty-Four Sycamores Park (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Twenty-Four Sycamores Park (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Wagner Houses Pool (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Wagner Playground (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- Wagner Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- West 186th Street Basketball Court (NYC Parks page)1 basketball court · Uptown · asphalt
- White Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- White Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- William McCray Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Wright Brothers Playground (NYC Parks page)2 basketball courts · Uptown · asphalt
- Wright Brothers Playground (NYC Parks page)2 handball courts · Uptown · asphalt
What NYC Parks says
“Organized leagues or special events need a permit to use an athletic field or court; for people under 18 the permit is free. NYC Parks' field and court map shows which have been permitted.” NYC Parks, /facilities/basketball, read October 22, 2026.
Tennis
“A permit is needed to use an outdoor court from the first Saturday in April to the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Single-play permits cost $15; full-season permits are $100 for adults 18 to 61, $20 for 62 and older and $10 under 18. Most courts are open from 8:00 a.m. to dusk.” NYC Parks, /permits/tennis-permits, read October 22, 2026.
NYC Parks' pages for basketball, handball, pickleball and volleyball courts mention no permit for casual play, and we found no Parks page for running tracks, so we add no rule for those. Pickleball: Parks' own pickleball page lists more courts than its dataset flags.
New to pickup? How pickup works on Parks courts, tennis permits included.
Source: NYC Parks, Athletic Facilities (last updated July 23, 2026) and Parks Properties for park names, on NYC Open Data, fetched October 22, 2026. Courts close for repairs and events; each park's NYC Parks page has the latest.