Manhattan Plaza Racquet Club

I love tennis and play here 2 – 3 times per week. It’s a great location and the club offers a lot — game matching, leagues, lessons, and hitters (not pros, but they hit very well and are good practice).
My biggest compliment goes to the night shift manager, Tony. He’s a great guy and provides awesome customer service. He also matches great games for the club members. Unfortunately, the other desk attendants are a little hit or miss in terms of their level of service.
The club itself is nice. The courts play similarly to those at the USTA Tennis Center in Queens (hard courts), and are kept up pretty well. They do need to measure and correct the net heights more often. The facilities include locker rooms (in good shape) and a lounge area above the courts where you can watch some (but not all, really) of the courts on closed circuit TV.
Overall it’s a very nice place, and for serious tennis players in Manhattan, it’s a must. It’s expensive, though, so be warned. They could provide a bit more customer service items (such as online booking, snacks and water) for the amount of money that is required to play here.

I used to go to Midtown Tennis Club down in Chelsea because I thought that was pretty much my only option for tennis courts in Manhattan and little did I know Manhattan Plaza was a block away from me on 43^rd st.
Pros
— Clean facilities
— 5 high quality indoor courts (far better than the gravel crap at midtown)
— Open till midnight (for the late night weekday worker like me)
— Very friendly staff
— Don’t have to be a member to play in clinics or group lessons
— Tennis membership comes with free access to the Manhattan Plaza Health Club next door giving you indoor pool access and a full service gym membership (with classes, weights, etc.)
— Clean locker room (Health Club has its own locker room)
— They can do game arranging with other club members or find you a hitter or set up a ball machine if you have a reserved court.
Cons
— Expensive. $ 140 a month with initiation fee plus to rent a court you’re looking at $ 45 to $ 90 an hour.
— I’m a member yeah but my friends? Nope. That means if they want to play on a court you reserve you have to toss in a $ 40 guest fee per player. That can make a doubles game very expensive!
— Locker room is nice but I thought the shoewers were gross. Maybe I came on a bad day but there was no hot water!
I think if you live in the neighborhood its a great option especially if you need a gym membership given you get both court access and the health club for $ 140. But still not cheap for most but I guess that’s the cost of accessing nice tennis courts in Manhattan!

This is only for the pool.
I guess I can’t really expect out of NYC pools. I have been on the hunt for the perfect pool for the summer, and have not found anything remotely good.
I guess coming from cali I was spoiled w pools and took them for granted. I didn’t realize how much I took them for granted.
The pool here was a huge disappointment… First of all you have to buy your «weekend pass» during the WEEK DAY only. It’s $ 35 /​day.
THere’s a deck area where you can tan, but the pool itself is covered.

Fun place to play tennis in the summer since you are on the rooftop by their pool. The problem is the place is super loud! I guess that is life in NYC. It’s very pricey but worth a trip for a unique NYC experience.

What a great community I found at MPRC over the summer last year. Although membership and pricing are quite expensive, I needed to play tennis and MPRC was a great place to do it! The staff and players were incredibly friendly and would match me up often with other players of my level. I miss it terribly! They also have a rooftop pool and a great little locker room.