Pervasive NYC pickleball panic besets an Upper East Side park

NEW YORK — Fears over the steady encroachment of pickleball courts into public spaces across NYC triggered confusion over a potential new court on the Upper East Side and fervent calls to hold the line against the trendy new sport. In the latest pickleball dustup, an avid tennis community and parents protective of their kids’ play space say they’re worried about the possibility of another park getting pickleball courts — even though the Parks Department says that plan isn’t in the works. There is, in fact, a renovation planned for John Jay Park, which for years has been a community gathering p...