Island Park’s Masone Beach adds pickleball courts with bay views

Masone Beach opened its summer season on June 27 with a new pickleball draw in Island Park: brand-new courts overlooking the bay. Residents and visitors can reserve a court, turning the beach into a place where a summer outing can include a few games as well as time by the water.

The addition gives the village a recreation option that feels built for the season. Instead of a plain park court tucked inland, Masone Beach is pairing pickleball with a waterfront backdrop, a combination that makes the playing experience feel more like a small escape than a quick local hit. The bay view is part of the appeal, and the reservation setup suggests the village expects steady interest from both people who live nearby and those coming in for the day.

For pickleball players, the new courts add a different kind of destination to the map. Beach settings already carry their own rhythm, and placing courts at Masone Beach folds the game into that atmosphere without separating it from the rest of the outing. A player can show up for court time and still be close to the sand, the water and the summer pace that defines a place like Island Park in late June.

The timing matters too. Opening on June 27 puts the courts squarely at the start of the season, when waterfront spaces become the most active parts of town. That makes Masone Beach feel less like a passive stretch of shoreline and more like one of the village’s newest places to stay moving, play a few games and take in the bay.

With the new courts now part of the beach experience, Masone Beach is leaning into exactly the kind of hybrid setting pickleball travelers notice first: a playable space with a view, a summer opening date and a reservation system that makes the stop feel organized enough to plan around.