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Getting a tennis court in New York City is a sport of its own. Next Court will text you the moment one opens up at your hour, while everyone else is still refreshing. Live now at 14 facilities across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.

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When do you want to play?

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open at 7pm on Wednesday, Oct 21, at 4 of the 14 places we read live.

Getting a court here is its own sport.

Prime-time courts in New York are gone days ahead. Right now, on Wednesday's grid at Prospect Park, every court is taken at 7, 8 and 9pm. When someone cancels, the hour slips back without a sound, and it goes to whoever happens to be refreshing. Next Court will be refreshing for you.

Prospect Park, Wednesday, October 21, 5 to 11pm. taken open

Who it is for. Anyone who has refreshed a booking page all evening, watched an hour vanish to someone faster, or given up and played at 7am. If you hold a seasonal contract, you do not need us.

What it watches. The availability grid on each facility’s booking page. Next Court checks it every few minutes, compares it with the last look, and notices the moment a reserved hour turns open.

Where it looks. 14 facilities with 161 tennis courts across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx: Prospect Park Tennis Center, 11 clubs that rent their courts on CatchCorner and 2 that post open times on their own calendars.

Where to look now. The live courts page shows every open hour each facility lists, up to 8 days ahead, updated every few minutes. Texts come later.

How it works

courts
161
facilities
14
booking systems
3

One place to look. Read live, every few minutes.

Open courts are hard to find.

Good hours are gone days ahead. On Tuesday, October 20, Prospect Park had 43 of its 44 evening court hours booked. When someone cancels, the hour slips back without a sound, on just one of many booking sites.

We search everywhere, so you don’t have to.

161 courts at 14 facilities, spread across 3 booking systems that never talk to each other. We read all of them every few minutes and show every open hour in one place. Read only: we never book, hold or cancel anything.

Win before you step on the court.

Tell us the hour you want and we will text you the moment it opens, with the court, the day and the time. You book it on the facility’s own site while everyone else is still refreshing.

Prospect Park Tennis CenterTue Oct 20
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Reserved Open Your hour

The real grid for Tue Oct 20, 5pm onward. Every court was booked at 8pm. The cancellation is an example.

First to know, first to book.

Arrives

Next Court6:41 PM

Court 3b just opened: Tue Oct 20, 8pm to 9pm, Prospect Park Tennis Center. Book it on their site before someone else does.

You act

Next Court6:41 PM

Court 3b just opened: Tue Oct 20, 8pm to 9pm, Prospect Park Tennis Center. Book it on their site before someone else does.

Done

Next Court6:41 PM

Court 3b just opened: Tue Oct 20, 8pm to 9pm, Prospect Park Tennis Center. Book it on their site before someone else does.

You opened the booking page at 6:42 PM. No more texts about this hour.

Questions.

  • Demand. Evening and weekend hours are gone days ahead, some are held all season by contracts and leagues, and a cancelled hour comes back to the grid with no notice to anyone. Whoever looks first gets it.

  • The plan is to check each facility every few minutes and text you as soon as a reserved hour turns open. That beats refreshing by hand, though it is not instant, and we will be straight about the timing once it is live.

  • No. It never books, holds or cancels anything. It tells you a court opened, and you book it yourself, on the facility’s own site, with your own account.

  • The live court view is: every open hour at 14 New York City facilities, up to 8 days ahead. Texts are not on yet.

  • 14 New York City facilities today, 161 courts: Prospect Park Tennis Center, 11 clubs that rent on CatchCorner (from McCarren to Sportime Randall’s Island) and 2 that post open times on their own calendars, like Sutton East. Another 3 are listed with rates and how to book. NYC Parks outdoor courts come in April.

  • That is not decided. Nothing is charged today and there is nothing to pay for yet.

  • No. You keep your own account and book the way you always have. Next Court reads the availability grid with its own account and never touches yours.

  • No. Next Court is independent. It is not affiliated with the Prospect Park Alliance, NYC Parks, CatchCorner or any facility it watches.

Demand. Evening and weekend hours are gone days ahead, some are held all season by contracts and leagues, and a cancelled hour comes back to the grid with no notice to anyone. Whoever looks first gets it.