Many first-time visitors to New York City are surprised by the popularity of handball here. When strolling around the streets of New York, hardly a day goes by when you don't see a bunch of people slapping a ball up against an upright wall somewhere. Initially introduced by Irish immigrants at the end of the 19th century, New Yorkers have taken handball and made it a sport all their own. In Manhattan alone there are nearly a hundred outdoor handball locations where you can play handball, with several hundred more located in the other four boroughs. All you need to do is bring a ball to a nearby court and you're free to smack it up against a wall for as long as you'd like—free of charge.
Inwood Hill Park W. 207th Str & Seaman Ave Monsignor Kett Playground W. 204th St & Tenth Ave Highbridge Park W. 193rd St & Fort George Ave J. Hood Wright Park W. 176 St. & Ft. Washington Ave Fort Washington Park W. 158th St & Riverside Dr Rucker Playground W. 156th St & Eighth Ave Carmansville Playground W. 151st St & Amsterdam Ave Frederick Johnson Park W. 150th St & Seventh Avenue PS 194 Playground W. 144th St & Eighth Ave Colonel Charles Young Playground W. 143rd St & Lenox Ave Hamilton Place Playground W. 140th St & Hamilton Pl St. Nicholas Park W. 139th & St. Nicholas Ave Jacob Schiff Playground W. 136th St & Amsterdam Ave Howard Bennett Playground W. 135th St & Lenox Ave Courtney Callender Playground E. 130th St & Fifth Ave Crack Is Wack Playground W. 128th St & Second Avenue Harlem River Park E. 128th St & Third Ave Sheltering Arms Park W. 126th & Amsterdam Ave Morningside Playground W. 125th St & Morningside Dr Wagner Playground E. 122nd St & Second Ave Morningside Park W. 121 St & Morningside Dr Eugene Mccabe Field E. 120th St & Park Ave James Weldon Johnson Playground E. 115th St & Lexington Ave Martin Luther King Playground W. 114th St & Malcolm X Blvd Riverside Park W. 111th St & Riverside Dr Jefferson Park E. 111th Street & First Ave Poor Richards Playground E. 109th Street & Third Ave Peter Minuit Park E. 108th St & Park Ave Anibal Aviles Playground W. 107th St & Columbus Ave White Playground E. 106th St & Third Ave Mae Grant Playground E. 104th St & Madison Ave Blake Hobbs Park E. 104th St & Second Ave Frederick Douglass Playground W. 102nd St & Amsterdam Ave Washington Playground E. 99th St & Third Ave Happy Warrior Playground W. 98th St & Amsterdam Ave Stanley Isaacs Court E. 97th St & FDR Dr |
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Central Park 97th Street, between West & East Drives Sol Bloom Playground W. 92nd St & Columbus Ave John Jay Park E. 77th St & Cherokee Pl Playground 70 W. 70th St & Amsterdam Ave Twenty Four Sycamores Park E. 61st St & York Ave DeWitt Clinton Park W. 53rd St Twelfth Ave Gutenberg Playground W. 49th St & Ninth Ave Hell's Kitchen Park W. 47th St & Tenth Ave May Matthews Playground W. 46th St. & Ninth Ave Mccaffrey Playground W. 46th St & Eighth Ave Robert Moses Playground E. 42nd St & FDR Dr St. Gabriels Park |