Tennis / Club in NYC
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crash1929
Hall of Fame
Thanks. Willing to dish out money to join. Need to start playing again and would like a place to meet new ambitious people here in nyc. I've seen some clubs here are WASP only. Coming from CA I find this disgusting.
Also any other clubs that are cool places to work out / hang out even if there is no tennis would be appreciated. My old club had an outdoor hotub with palm trees and up close views if the city skyline.
Also any other clubs that are cool places to work out / hang out even if there is no tennis would be appreciated. My old club had an outdoor hotub with palm trees and up close views if the city skyline.
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
Try CityView in LIC, Queens or Sportime at Randall's Island.
Welcome to Manhattan.
Can you elaborate? Which clubs are you referring to? How do you know they are WASP only?
TennisLovaLova
Hall of Fame
Omg that's so expensive....
Just to give you an idea
Here in Casablanca, you can book very decent outdoor clay courts for 6$/hour.
And for ball kid you add 3$.
mikeler
Moderator
Man I'd love to have ball kids. Too cool.
McLovin
Legend
Isn't that why married couples have children?
I mean, you need someone to cut the lawn, retrieve the garbage cans, and perform as a ball kid during your recreational match...
mikeler
Moderator
The Racquet and Tennis Club on Park Ave in the 50's is an old-school, men only club which is extremely exclusionary.
There's also a very exclusive tennis club extremely on the far eastside in the high 40's or low 50's (somewhere south of Sutton East tennis) that is invite only and requires tennis whites, collared shirts, etc. Can't remember the name and, to be honest, I live fairly close to there and have never even seen the place, but know folks that have played there.
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Are you suggesting they exclude non-wasps? Or they just exclude non-rich people?
nyc
Hall of Fame
Forrest Hills is whites only (on grass courts) - and exudes a little bit of an attitude that this rule may apply not only to outfits.
Actually, I don't think the Racquet and Tennis Club excludes non-wasps but the reputation is that it does exclude non-whites.
My understanding is that club whose name I can't remember (on the very far east side in the 40's or low 50's) is more waspy.
In my limited experience, I've found Forest Hills Tennis to be relatively diverse.
Where is this exactly?
