The recently rehabilitated McCarren Park tennis courts will be getting bubbled, according to a Parks Department memo obtained by Brownstoner. The Parks Department plans to issue an RFP for "the development, operation and maintenance of an indoor tennis facility at McCarren Park." It's unclear if this change will also include an expansion of the tennis courts and the eviction of the adjacent cement softball fields, as previously suggested, but the news comes just as the Parks Department announced steep increases for tennis permits citywide. more ›

A capacious old attic on the third floor of Grand Central Terminal, located directly above Vanderbilt Hall, has since 1965 been home to two clay tennis courts. While open to the public for a fee of $170 an hour, the courts are one of the city's best-kept secrets, or, rather, they were—Metro-North administrators have decided to replace the courts with a rest area for conductors and train engineers. According to the Daily News, the new facility will include bunk beds, showers, lockers and a lounge. more ›