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USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

in Regular sports haunts by Marcus Hale

USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on “Regular sports haunts”, a list by Marcus Hale on TheLysts.

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Name
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Neighborhood / Borough
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens
Primary sport
Tennis
Venue type
Tennis complex
Typical vibe
US Open = festival; rest of year = quiet tennis nerd heaven
Best time to go
Late‑afternoon US Open session when the light hits Ashe
Pro tip
Duck into one of the outer courts during the Open – the geometry of a packed little show court is way more intense than the big bowl.
Address
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368
City
Queens, NY
My take
There’s something calming about walking through a forest of light towers and catwalks knowing this whole place exists for the geometry of a rectangle and a net.