Roosevelt Island Octagon Park Tennis Season Is Here - Make Sure You Have A 2010 Permit & That It Belongs To You

Image of Octagon Tennis Courts From RIOC

Get your rackets out of the closet because Roosevelt Island tennis season is upon us. However, make sure the pass you use to enter the Octagon Park Tennis Courts is your own if you want to avoid what happened to this fellow as reported in the 4/14-4/15 Daily Public Safety Report:

Tennis Court Access- Male gained access to the Tennis Courts with the card of another. PSD responded and escorted him out. RIOC personnel notified.

Octagon Tennis Court Entrance

According to RIOC:

...All players entering the facility must have permits (or guest permits when appropriate) available in hand for display to on-court players or monitors when claiming a court. No entry to the courts without a valid permit or guest permit. NO EXCEPTIONS! ...

...Players must not allow entry to non-permit holders. Failure to observe this rule may result in suspension or revocation of permit without reimbursement, as well as the arrest of unauthorized persons who trespass in the facility.

More RIOC rules and procedures for the Octagon Park Tennis Court:

... This facility is available for RIOC Tennis Permit holders and their guests only. New York City Parks Department permits are NOT valid.

-Season fees are:-Adults $100 :-Seniors (62 and over) $20 :- Juniors (18 and under) $10 :-Instructors $200. There is a $10 charge for replacing lost or stolen cards. YOU MUST ALLOW THREE BUSINESS DAYS FOR CARD PROCESSING. PLEASE SEE ABOVE FOR PASS PICKUP HOURS.

-Courts will be open from 6am until 10:30pm every day. Courts are maintained by RIOC from April 1 through November 30, but permit holders will be able to access the courts through March 31, 2011.

-No advance reservations. Play is on a first come, first served basis. All players must sign in, noting the time and court number when they take possession of a court. Failure to sign in, or signing in with a false start time, will allow any waiting players, with valid permits or guest passes in hand to assume that the court has been occupied for its allotted time (1 hour for singles, 2 hours for doubles) and to ask the players not signed in to relinquish the court.

-PRIMETIME HOURS: 6pm-10:00pm weekdays, 9:30am-2:00pm weekends and holidays. No ball baskets, individual practice, or private lessons during primetime hours.

-Court monitors from the Roosevelt Island Operation Corp. and/or the Roosevelt Island Tennis Association (RITA) will oversee the facility during primetime hours and on a spot-check basis during non-primetime hours. Monitors oversee court use and settle disputes. Compliance with their requests is mandatory.

-Court 4 is reserved every weeknight 6pm to 10:00pm for RITA lessons and community programs. This court may be released for general play at the discretion of the RITA official in charge. No other instruction/coaching is permitted during primetime hours.

-Private instructors/coaches may only give lessons during non-primetime hours and must relinquish their court after one hour if there are any permit holders waiting to play....

Permit applications for players and instructors are here.