Outdoor tennis enthusiasts in North Brooklyn will have to wait another season before the courts at McCarren Park are uncovered. McCarren Tennis Center, which pitches a weatherproof bubble over the public tennis courts every October through April, will be keeping the temporary structure up all summer, a representation from NYC Parks confirms.
The good news: Covered court usage is free. On the off-season, McCarren Tennis charges…
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…And if you’d rather the tennis bubble at McCarren came down so you can play tennis all summer in the fresh air, please sign the petition here https://www.change.org/p/deflate-the-bubble-at-the-mccarren-park-tennis-courts/psf/promote_or_share?guest=existing&short_display_name=nick&recruiter=&source_location=react-fe
Here’s the corrected link to the petition to take the damn bubble down and put up the lights we’ve been promised for 4 years.
https://www.change.org/p/deflate-the-bubble-at-the-mccarren-park-tennis-courts
these lights now shine into my apartment and it’s like a UFO landed outside till 11pm everynight. I figured coming onto the internet to complain would fix it.