The Town of Brookhaven is now home to eleven courts where plenty of people can play America’s fastest-growing sport: pickleball.
Supervisor Dan Panico and Councilwoman Karen Dunne Kesnig stopped by the Moriches Athletic Complex to see the four new Pickleball courts.
The Town of Brookhaven Department of Parks, Recreation and Sports, and Cultural Resources added eleven new Pickleball courts throughout the Town.
In addition to the new courts at the Moriches Athletic Complex, there are new courts located at Sylvan Avenue in Miller Place (3 new courts) and the Medford Athletic Complex (4 new courts)
They are in addition to the Town’s 11 Pickleball courts currently being used at the Centereach pool Athletic Complex, which have immediate plans to be refaced.
In the future, the Town of Brookhaven has a plan that includes new Pickleball courts at Martha Avenue Park in Bellport.
Think of the popular paddle game taking the country by storm is a combination of ping pong, tennis, and badminton, played on a smaller version of a tennis court.
An estimated five million Americans now play pickleball. The sport’s governing agency in the United States, USA Pickleball, estimates there are 10,000 pickleball courts across the country.