Charles Kasper Tennis Courts

These six hard courts along Bard Avenue are named after Charles L. Kasper, a deputy chief of the New York City Fire Department and regular participant in the Walker Park Mixed Doubles tournament who perished at the World Trade Center during the events of September 11, 2001. The courts are located in Walker Park, a historic tennis mecca known by some as the home of the first national tennis tournament.

Charles Kasper Tennis Courts is a tennis court in Staten Island, New York. It is listed at 50-88 Bard Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310, which places it among the local businesses of Staten Island that residents and visitors turn to when they need this kind of service close by.

Tennis in the United States is played on three kinds of places: public park courts run by a city or county, member clubs and country clubs with their own pros and leagues, and commercial tennis centers that sell court time by the hour. Public courts are usually free and first come, first served, with a posted limit (often 60-90 minutes when others are waiting); busier cities run online reservation systems with a small fee and a permit for the season. Indoor courts are rented by the hour and booked days ahead in winter. Most facilities are hard courts; clay is common in the Southeast and at private clubs, and grass is rare. Lights extend play into the evening at many parks, sometimes with a coin or app-operated switch.

Hours are published for 7 days a week. The most common schedule is 8 am–8 pm. Hours in the United States do change around federal holidays and long weekends, so a quick call before a special trip is sensible. You can reach Charles Kasper Tennis Courts at (212) 639-9675; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. More information is available on its website, nycgovparks.org.

On Google it holds a rating of 4.4 out of 5 from 18 reviews, which is a strong result for a tennis court in Staten Island and suggests consistent service.

Staten Island is in New York, in the Northeast, where four distinct seasons shape local life: hot humid summers, snowy winters that can close businesses for a day, and a dense pattern of towns where walking, transit and street parking all matter. Traffic in Staten Island peaks on weekday mornings and afternoons, so allow extra time then. Addresses read from the street number up to the city, state abbreviation and five-digit ZIP code; the map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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