East Hampton lists public tennis courts, rules, and youth clinics

East Hampton Town’s own tennis page is the clearest year-round roadmap for anyone trying to find a public court in the Hamptons without leaning on a private club. It lays out where the balls actually get hit, who can use the courts, and what rules keep the shared spaces moving.

Where the public courts are

The town’s list is small enough to be useful and specific enough to matter. In Springs, the Springs Youth Association Building site sits off Old Stone Highway on Ed Hults Lane behind Springs School and includes three tennis and pickleball courts. Town facility pages say those courts are first come, first served, and no reservations are needed, which makes Springs one of the most straightforward public-play options on the East End.

Amagansett’s public inventory is split between two locations. Lt. Lee Hayes Youth Park, at the corner of Town Lane and Abrahams Path, has two tennis courts. The town also lists two more courts at the Abrahams Path Recreational Facility, giving Amagansett a broader court footprint than a single park stop.

Montauk’s setup reflects the growing overlap between tennis and pickleball. The town lists two tennis courts with pickleball lines at the end of South Emery Street, plus two standalone pickleball courts nearby. For players moving between sports, that arrangement makes Montauk one of the clearest multi-use court clusters on the town map.

East Hampton proper has Lions Field, which the town identifies as two tennis courts available without reservation. The courts are also marked for pickleball, adding another layer of flexibility for players who want to walk up and play rather than book ahead.

How access works at each site

The access rules are simple, but they shape the whole public-court experience. Springs is explicitly first come, first served, and the town says no reservations are needed there. Lions Field is also available without reservation, which is especially valuable for spontaneous play when the day opens up and court time appears at the last minute.

That matters in a region where court access can disappear behind club memberships, summer demand, and tightly managed schedules. East Hampton’s public sites do not promise luxury; they promise a usable court, a clear rule set, and a realistic chance of getting on with a racket in hand.

The park setting also helps explain why these courts work the way they do. Lt. Lee Hayes Youth Park is not a tennis-only compound. Alongside the two courts, it includes an oval track, inline hockey rink, basketball court, playground, skateboard park, picnic tables, a clubhouse, ADA-accessible rest rooms with changing table, and parking. Springs Youth Association Building, too, sits inside a broader public recreation hub behind Springs School rather than in a private tennis enclave.

Rules that keep the courts open

East Hampton’s tennis rules are short, direct, and built around shared use. The courts are for tennis use only. Unauthorized commercial activity is not allowed. If others are waiting, play is limited to one hour. Dogs are prohibited, and everyone uses the courts at their own risk.

That kind of structure is exactly what keeps small public facilities usable in a town where demand can outstrip supply. The one-hour limit, in particular, signals that the town expects turnover and wants to keep the courts moving during busy stretches. The prohibition on commercial use also protects the space from becoming a revenue venue instead of a community amenity.

The same rules page works as a practical reminder that these are municipal resources, not club assets. Players are expected to share them, respect the space, and keep the courts available for the next group waiting behind the fence.

Youth clinics and how to get into them

The town also uses the tennis page to steer families toward youth programming. It points players to the recreation registration system for youth tennis clinics, and the town says those clinics are offered in spring, summer, and fall at Lt. Lee Hayes Youth Park.

The most specific seasonal detail comes from the summer 2025 recreation presentation, which listed youth tennis clinics at Lt. Lee Hayes Youth Park from June 30 through August 21 for grades K-6+. The fee was $45, and the sessions ran in the morning twice per week for eight weeks. That kind of schedule gives parents a clear window into how the town structures instruction around the school calendar and summer routines.

Notify Me alerts help carry that information through the year. The town uses the alert system to distribute the latest recreation program updates, which makes it easier to track clinic timing as the seasons change. For families trying to line up lessons, that turns the tennis page into more than a list of courts. It becomes a working entry point into the town’s youth sports calendar.

The broader recreation picture

East Hampton’s tennis footprint also sits inside a much larger municipal recreation network. The Recreation Department says it oversees and maintains roughly 45 parks and beaches, along with the Montauk Playhouse, and its mission is to provide safe recreational opportunities, programs, and events for all ages.

That wider reach helps explain why the tennis page feels so practical. The courts are not presented as isolated facilities. They are part of a system that includes parks, beaches, and other public spaces, with tennis folded into the same local infrastructure that supports playgrounds, tracks, and community programming.

Lions Field adds its own civic history to that system. The town identifies it formally as Henry “Hank” Zebrowski Memorial Park and says it was dedicated in May 1999 at the request of the Montauk Lions Club. Zebrowski was a teacher and athletic director at Montauk School, and the town notes that he was grand marshal of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 1994. That background gives the Montauk court stop a deeper local identity, one rooted in community memory as much as in recreation.

For anyone trying to play tennis in the Hamptons without navigating a private-club ladder, East Hampton’s page is the clearest answer on the map. It shows where to go, what to expect, and how to keep the courts usable for the next player waiting to step on.