Pickleball

Pickleball / Tennis Courts

The Town of Brookhaven’s pickleball/tennis courts located at 286 Hawkins Road, Centereach, New York 11720 will open on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. At this time, the courts will only be opened to Brookhaven residents. Online reservations will be required to use the courts and no walk-ins will be allowed.

How the online reservation works:

  •  Reservations may be made up to 1 day in advance.
  • Reservations are for 1 ½ hour time slot with a half hour in between slots to help ensure social distancing and to prevent overcrowding.
  • In order to accommodate all our residents, residents will only be allowed to register for one time slot per day at this time.

Register for Pickleball

  1. Visit BrookhavenNY.gov/Pickleball
  2. Select your skill level:
    • Advanced (4.0 and up)
    • Intermediate (3.5 and up)
    • Advanced Beginner/Intermediate (2.5 – 3.5)
    • Beginner/Advanced Beginner (2.5 and below)
  3. Select your time slot:
    • 8:00 – 9:30 am
    • 10:00 – 11:30 am
    • 12:00 – 1:30 pm
    • 2:00 – 3:30 pm
    • 4:00 – 5:30 pm
    • 6:00 – 7:30 pm
  4. Provide your information (Town address, name, phone number and email)
  5. Submit your reservation

Register for Tennis

  1. Visit BrookhavenNY.gov/Tennis
  2. Select your time slot:
    • 8:00 – 9:30 am
    • 10:00 – 11:30 am
    • 12:00 – 1:30 pm
    • 2:00 – 3:30 pm
    • 4:00 – 5:30 pm
    • 6:00 – 7:30 pm
  3. List your players (must all be Town residents)
  4. Provide your information (Town address, name, phone number and email)
  5. Submit your reservation

Next Steps

Once you have successfully completed your reservation you will be emailed a reservation confirmation. You will be required to show this along with a photo ID and proof of residency to the court attendant. Acceptable proofs of residency are your driver license with your property address (PO boxes are not acceptable), tax bill, utility bill or voter registration card.

Court Assignments

  • Advanced Level – Courts 1 and 2 (maximum of 12 players per time slot)
  • Intermediate Level – Courts 3 and 4 (maximum of 12 players per time slot)
  • Advance Beginner/Intermediate- Courts 5 and 6 (maximum of 12 players per time slot)
  • Tennis – Court 7 (2 – 4 players per time slot)
  • Beginners/Advanced Beginners – Court 9, 10 and 11 (maximum of 18 players per time slot)

Court Locations

Courts 1 – 7 are located by the volleyball courts behind the pool. Courts 9, 10 and 11 are located by the basketball and handball courts.

What You Get

The Town of Brookhaven will provide portable nets on courts 1 – 6, pickleballs and hand sanitizer.

Going Forward

Going forward we will evaluate court usage and adjust as needed. We would like to make sure that our new procedures put in place due to COVID-19 meet the needs of all our Town of Brookhaven resident players first. Once we are satisfied that we have accomplished this, we may open play up to non-residents.