Public Tennis Courts in the District
Lafayette, 33rd and Quesada streets NW. Four courts on two levels. Some cracks, particularly on upper level.
Langdon Park, 20th and Franklin streets NE. Five courts. Four newly resurfaced and in excellent condition. One older court has no poles or net.
Langston, 26th street and Benning road NE. Three courts. Grass in cracks on two of them.
Lansburgh Park, K Street and Delaware Avenue SW. Two courts. Grass on surface, nets gone, gates askew.
Montrose Park, 30th and R streets NW. Four courts. Cracks, and a hump on one side of the playing surface.
Mosley, 19th and Otis Streets NE. Five courts. This facility, which is still called Taft on the official city Web site, was officially renamed the Dwight Mosley Athletic Center several years ago. Three excellent surfaces and two with very small cracks.
Newark, 39th and Newark streets NW. Three courts. Parallel cracks snaking across the courts with some grass on one.
Oxon Run, Seventh Street and Mississippi Avenue SE. Four courts. The original complex was expanded to become the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center.
Palisades, Dana and Sherier Places NW. Three courts in excellent condition.
Pierce Mill, Rock Creek Park, off Park Road NW. Two clay courts. Locked.
Rabaut, Second and Peabody streets NW. A faded "recreation department tennis rules" sign suggests that tennis courts once existed on a weedy and cracked asphalt area here.
Randall, First and I streets SW. Three excellent courts.
Randle Highlands, 31st Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE. Two courts. Soil has washed onto one of two newly resurfaced courts used as playground for a nearby school.
Raymond, 10th Street and Spring Road NW. Two courts. Some small cracks and grass on one court. One net missing.
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