The Parks Department is working with police to find out who has been wrecking pickleball courts in Riverside Park. CBS New York's Lori Bordonaro has the story.
Yeah, niche sport played by tens of millions in the U.S. Tennis is the definition of a niche sports in the U.S. Most courts are vacant every single day.
That's exactly what it is. It's the noise that's driving someone to do this. I've seen/read numerous news articles recently about the noise that playing pickleball can produce, and while vandalism is not the answer, the noise issue needs to be properly addressed.
There is water on one side and appears to be a wall on the other side. Noise?? I highly doubt that it has anything to do with noise. More like a shallow individual that only feels good about himself or herself when making everyone else as miserable as they are.
Lady in the video literally says there is a highway right next to the courts. Sometimes people are just idiots and they don’t have a good excuse for their terrible behavior.
They started playing pickleball on the tennis courts 1/2 km from my place, and I can hear the ponk, ponk, ponk! I'm so glad I don't live right next to the courts. I would go crazy.
People are tired of the noise that comes with pickle ball. Living next to a pickleball court, you constantly hear "POCK POCK POCK POCK POCK POCK POCK" for about 20 hours a day, and that's not an exaggeration. If they had indoor courts, the problem would be solved.
Do you know the layout around Riverside park? Yeah, there’s no residential area to be disturbed, unless it’s the homeless who don’t like their quiet disrupted. But of course they’re literally next to a major highway. Right beside it. You get what I’m saying here?
Spot On. Residence who live next to what once was a rarely used tennis court in Berkeley, California across from Cedar Rose Park hear nothing but pock pock.
@@kristinab1078 how about working next to it then, how is that any different. repetitive noise sucks, much rather listen to a highway, you can block that out.
@@RicePho Yeah, you're right that pickleball players are the ones who own the outside playground rules. Pickleball players have a god-given right to impose their noise on everyone else.
it is, but so are lots of outdoor sports...try listening to street hockey or basketball, kids shouting, cars honking because of "stupid kids", tennis balls smacking against walls. Baffling noise shouldn't be impossible, controlling kids can be
You can't really blame them. Pickleball is the most annoying thing to listen to if you're just in your home trying to relax after a hard 10-hour shift at work.
Guess what we do in a civilized society when a problem like this arises? We ask the government to do something about it. We have courts of law here. We don't pursue vigilante justice - it's pointless and anti-social.
No doubt it’s because Pickleball is loud and constant. People who don’t play are driven nuts by the sound, all day long. The video seems to have edited the sound out but people who complain say it’s a sharp sound like a pistol shot, and when many people are playing at once, it’s very disturbing. Undoubtedly, this was done by such a person. People who play don’t care about others but if someone were revving a motorcycle outside their window for hours each day, they wouldn’t like it. But they’ll play Pickleball all day long. Pickle ballers, in other words, are like people who do motorcycle stunts in heavy traffic. HATED in their community.
@@carylhalfwassen8555 "They" is the pronoun you use when sex is not determinable. "They" is literally an agender pronoun that fits anyone. lol i cant believe you were so confident in that wrongness
Have any complaints been filed regarding the NOISE??? look there first, the nearest residences....pb is unbelievably noisy and annoying, just ask residents who live near the pb courts anywhere, its horrible!
Pickleball has ruined my local park enjoyment. Where were they playing b4 the parks installed it? They removed all tennis courts and put in 4x as many PB courts. They are swarmed nearly all day, every day. You can't walk in peace. They hang a ridiculous flag that gives nationalist vibes. Hog all the parking. The park has little joy.
Courts are being built in parks where I live. The thing is that pickleballers would rather play inside which is exactly where they are about half the year. They use the recreation center gym for at least three hours most days.
The stupid game is too loud and the people that play are like talking to bicyclist that don't ride away. I rarely agree with vandals but this time I do.
It seems that there are many people who enjoy playing pickle ball and one person who wants to destroy their fun. I think they have that person out numbered if they really want to stop him.
Very interesting how everyone jumped the gun to call the criminal a man. Why is it always a man even when there are NO shortages of videos showing women having caused vandalism
Historically, men have been more violent than women particularly with white and Arab men being the most violent. In most species, the male is the more violent of the sexes.
@@timsteele8063Most transgender people are more concerned with intentional misgendering and/or obtuseness...and people acting like all transgenders have extreme demands.
Pickleball is an absolute nuisance. My elderly parents get woken up every morning by pickle ball players that repurposed a tennis court across the street from their house.
Yikes !! Just what we need . . another "community" !! You have to laugh at the players answers . . "I have no idea why someone would do this". Just ask anyone who is living near pickleball courts!!
You might have a reasonable suspicion. This activity lacks the majority representation which is the black and brown demographics. This may be subtle revenge.
People don’t understand the ramifications of letting your society slide into lawlessness. It’s impossible to think of all the things that will not work when a significant portion of the population don’t feel they have to follow the rules. This is one of them I live in Northern California. They just finished Tesla charging me less than a week after it was finished someone cut all the cables off of it, so here we are.
@@humanbeing2420 yeah try not to voice your delusions in public. It makes you sound sort of crazy. Want to take it downtown tour of Baltimore, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Oakland. Yeah that’s pretty much a definition of crazy liberal lawlessness, drugs, violence gangs do I miss anything?
Pickle ball players are the worst. They are often wealthy and lobby to alter park spaces for their niche hobby.
Damn right, them and the cricket players at my local park have taken up the skatepark every weekend gets real old
They're the same psychos who rev motorcycle engines and clatter dishes in the mornings
Yeah, niche sport played by tens of millions in the U.S. Tennis is the definition of a niche sports in the U.S. Most courts are vacant every single day.
So do skateboarders and parkour people.
Not all heroes wear capes
People are getting punched in the head randomly, and this surprises them...
i know....one specific group is being 'randomly' punched and attacked by another specific group.
'random'.
"Randomly." Haha, that's what the media wants you to think.
We live in a world where the victimization ratio is 400% vs 50% the other way around (if you look up the statistics)
Ya think those two are associated???
@@HipixOFFICIAL u used improper punctuation try harder get brogaine
Check the nearby neighbors. It’s the noise that is irritating this person.
That's exactly what it is. It's the noise that's driving someone to do this. I've seen/read numerous news articles recently about the noise that playing pickleball can produce, and while vandalism is not the answer, the noise issue needs to be properly addressed.
There is water on one side and appears to be a wall on the other side. Noise?? I highly doubt that it has anything to do with noise. More like a shallow individual that only feels good about himself or herself when making everyone else as miserable as they are.
@@southerngent716 tbh the noise does carry pretty far. The high pitched sounds of the paddles can be pretty irritating
I can imagine trying to sleep on the weekend and hearing paddleball at 7 am 😐
Lady in the video literally says there is a highway right next to the courts. Sometimes people are just idiots and they don’t have a good excuse for their terrible behavior.
This is what law enforcement will worry about. A grandmother walking down the street gets assaulted they do nothing
They don't appear to have caught this guy either.
Pickleball courts near homes are a real nuisance. The noise that the rackets make is ridiculously loud and annoying.
That's a neighbor who is SICK of "ponk ponk. ponk. ponk" unrelentingly.
Exactly what I was thinking
It was my initial thought too but did you see the location, it’s next to a Highway in New York City with housing near by
They started playing pickleball on the tennis courts 1/2 km from my place, and I can hear the ponk, ponk, ponk! I'm so glad I don't live right next to the courts. I would go crazy.
@@judgedreddhdneed a tissue ?
Need a tissue
Dude is like this is tennis country
We all know.... Usual suspects..... It was the twins and u know what I mean
what i was thinking.
Edwardo has bad breath and a soggy you know what!
@@drquinnmedicinewoman7786 I spotted that sogginess on eddy too.
Lol
Most likely a person who lives nearby and is getting tired of the noise.
Why are they saying he? 😂
Pickleball needs to be banned and silenced. Terrible sounds.
like...just play tennis!
Live next to an active pickleball court. The sound of the ball hitting a racket cuts through like a klaxon siren.
Arm urself
googled klaxon siren...ur not wrong
The metronome of pickle ball is not at all comparable to the white noise of traffic.
Hearing the word "pickleball" is enough to throw me into a rage. Completely empathize with the vandal.
People are tired of the noise that comes with pickle ball. Living next to a pickleball court, you constantly hear "POCK POCK POCK POCK POCK POCK POCK" for about 20 hours a day, and that's not an exaggeration. If they had indoor courts, the problem would be solved.
Do you know the layout around Riverside park? Yeah, there’s no residential area to be disturbed, unless it’s the homeless who don’t like their quiet disrupted. But of course they’re literally next to a major highway. Right beside it. You get what I’m saying here?
Spot On. Residence who live next to what once was a rarely used tennis court in Berkeley, California across from Cedar Rose Park hear nothing but pock pock.
@@WhocaresWhy44 In the report, they said it is not a residential area.
@@fashiondiva6972 how I am not shocked that some hyper consumer "diva" has poor reading comprehension skills?
@@kristinab1078 how about working next to it then, how is that any different. repetitive noise sucks, much rather listen to a highway, you can block that out.
Maybe because it's loud and annoying and the ppl who play it are annoying too
You are now a person of interest
Never knew you own the outside playground rules.
And maybe it us next to a noisy highway like the woman said, and not next to any houses.
@@RicePho Yeah, you're right that pickleball players are the ones who own the outside playground rules. Pickleball players have a god-given right to impose their noise on everyone else.
@@DH-. lollipop
The real crime here is who ever did her lip injections. FFS that's disgusting.
heyoooo
Oh you're one of those people who feel better about themselves by trashing others
I have never seen a female look normal with injections. Its sad
The vandalism is wrong, but the pickle ball players are being blatantly dishonest when they say they don't know why someone would do that.
Yeah, the reason is obvious. The person that did this is a pervert.
@@PhrontDoor The person is a pervert who can't stand noise pollution? Ok.
@@PhrontDoor the pervert has been caught, it was betsy plush
Probably someone who was kicked off the pickleball team
Definitely someone who lives in Ear shot of the court , That game is NOISY !!!
it is, but so are lots of outdoor sports...try listening to street hockey or basketball, kids shouting, cars honking because of "stupid kids", tennis balls smacking against walls. Baffling noise shouldn't be impossible, controlling kids can be
Definitely a NIMBY. It is a loud sport.
You can't really blame them. Pickleball is the most annoying thing to listen to if you're just in your home trying to relax after a hard 10-hour shift at work.
Bet you've never worked 10 hrs in your life.
Guess what we do in a civilized society when a problem like this arises? We ask the government to do something about it. We have courts of law here. We don't pursue vigilante justice - it's pointless and anti-social.
@@humanbeing2420 you are a wimp.
Yes, I can really blame them. Uncool, very uncool.
Can’t have enough pickle ball vandalism. Worst sport out there
baby tennis
I am not a fan of vandals but Pickleball and the folks playing it are a nuisance.
People thrown in front of subway trains and New Yorkers are stunned by vandals? SMH.
No doubt it’s because Pickleball is loud and constant. People who don’t play are driven nuts by the sound, all day long. The video seems to have edited the sound out but people who complain say it’s a sharp sound like a pistol shot, and when many people are playing at once, it’s very disturbing. Undoubtedly, this was done by such a person. People who play don’t care about others but if someone were revving a motorcycle outside their window for hours each day, they wouldn’t like it. But they’ll play Pickleball all day long. Pickle ballers, in other words, are like people who do motorcycle stunts in heavy traffic. HATED in their community.
Well pickle ball does suck 😂
Please stop the pickleball violence.
Biden should BAN it now!
Please stop the stupid comments
I heard its betsy plush whom is doing all the vandalism
Defund Pickleball!
I hate that pickle ball courts are put up because they take down tennis courts. Frankly parks need more of both and tons more basketball courts.
**NYPD WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION**
Pickleball courts are a public nuisance
Found the tennis player haha
@@MedRock21 i hate those people too
Pave paradise and put in a gay sport court......thats just dumb
BLM should protest pickleball
How dare they assume it’s a MAN!
It's probably a Woman, whose name is actually KAREN.
Agree. He, He, He, He... That's all I heard.
Women hate pickle ball too ya know!!
If it is a woman, I say to her: “You’re stunning and brave.“
Burdens of Society do these things. How Pathetic.
This is no place for a pickle ball court. And how do they know it is a "he?"
Why not?
Get rid of the scissors!
Better use of a personal pronoun than “they” because English does not have a neutral pronoun when sex is not determinable.
@@carylhalfwassen8555 "They" is the pronoun you use when sex is not determinable. "They" is literally an agender pronoun that fits anyone.
lol i cant believe you were so confident in that wrongness
@@d3tuned378 ls they gay?
Have any complaints been filed regarding the NOISE??? look there first, the nearest residences....pb is unbelievably noisy and annoying, just ask residents who live near the pb courts anywhere, its horrible!
The full realization of how foolish it is to play pickleball did Matthew Perry in.
Pickleball has ruined my local park enjoyment. Where were they playing b4 the parks installed it? They removed all tennis courts and put in 4x as many PB courts. They are swarmed nearly all day, every day. You can't walk in peace. They hang a ridiculous flag that gives nationalist vibes. Hog all the parking. The park has little joy.
Pickleball is a new sport that emphasizes civility and friendship. It's not really for the rude people of New York, the entire concept is foreign.
Courts are being built in parks where I live. The thing is that pickleballers would rather play inside which is exactly where they are about half the year. They use the recreation center gym for at least three hours most days.
N.Y. has a brand !
That park is in quite a pickle......how about some camera's.
They can't install cameras because if the perpetrator is from the diverse crowd then that would be racism .
*cameras
They probably have him on camera, but that doesn't necessarily give you his identity unless your getting a license plate.
@Galford8322 If he's on camera they'll get him with facial recognition software!
The only surprise in this story is that they are surprised about any crime in the rotten apple.
Oh my NYC is rotten to the core eh?
Brogained
@@SgtMeowenstein ur lucky I'm soooo hit
The stupid game is too loud and the people that play are like talking to bicyclist that don't ride away. I rarely agree with vandals but this time I do.
I cannot help but picture that scene in anchorman where all the news crews meet up to fight only it’s the pickle ball gangs
You can’t have nice things in New York city…. People will destroy things for no reason
There is a reason. They have miserable lives and want you to have one too.
Does the absence of the pickle ball popping noise count as a "nice thing"?
Its global.
brown and black are not behaving like first world demographics.
It seems that there are many people who enjoy playing pickle ball and one person who wants to destroy their fun. I think they have that person out numbered if they really want to stop him.
Reporter should show the distance between the court and nearby residence that noise may be the issue. Otherwise it's simply incomplete or biased news.
It was probably John Mcenroe
and betsy plush
You cannot be serious!
Why does this surprise anyone? It's New York
How stupid is this comment.... SMH
That's what I thought. 😂
Very interesting how everyone jumped the gun to call the criminal a man. Why is it always a man even when there are NO shortages of videos showing women having caused vandalism
Historically, men have been more violent than women particularly with white and Arab men being the most violent. In most species, the male is the more violent of the sexes.
They saw him.
Yeah and how do they know how that person identifies.. do they just assume someone is a man because of how they look...
@@timsteele8063Most transgender people are more concerned with intentional misgendering and/or obtuseness...and people acting like all transgenders have extreme demands.
@@timsteele8063
OMG, that's actually how we think now.... 😜
Pickleball is an absolute nuisance. My elderly parents get woken up every morning by pickle ball players that repurposed a tennis court across the street from their house.
Yikes !! Just what we need . . another "community" !! You have to laugh at the players answers . . "I have no idea why someone would do this". Just ask anyone who is living near pickleball courts!!
Someone got salty about the pickle-balling.
😂 you know they must HATE pickleball
😂😂😂😂
An angry native is upset about gentrifying transplants displacing them. No, it’s not me, but this is definitely a pickle
Sounds like something only a loser would do.
This is why we can’t have nice things
Who is stunned?
The "Big Apple" has become the "Rotten Apple"!
Someone's car caught a stray pickle ball and he lost it.
It’s a disgruntled tennis player that hates the surging popularity of pickleball.
I can see John McEnroe doing something like this lol
The city of random face punching is puzzled by this?
It’s White Goodman. You took his Dodgeball courts.
The thing is why tell us where they put them now? That will just make them figure it out
They are probably too noisy
Next to the damn highway?🙄
This is y u can't have nothing nice anywhere. Someone is always gonna wanna destroy it.
Dont build your courts over tennis courts. Find you own place
@@lobomalsano wow lol. I play handball🤣
Handball court is better, and cant be damage.
Any chance Mayor Adams will restore cuts to NYC Parks Dept? Maybe cameras from the gothic buildings nearby can pinpoint the vandal?
Pickleball folks are not important.
No cameras? You would think after multiple attacks someone would put up a camera or two to record activity.
Hate crime!
Brain damage.
You might have a reasonable suspicion. This activity lacks the majority representation which is the black and brown demographics. This may be subtle revenge.
I wonder if it's a tennis player who is salty nobody is playing tennis anymore. 😂
Meanwhile in the rest world...
This is local news, if you want to yell free Palestine then go somewhere else
a bunch of different things are all happening in the world so it would be best if no one ever speaks about any of it
I enjoy seeing the assumptions various people make about vague statements. It is quite revealing. Thank you for participating.
Did u know it hasn't rained where I is in Florida for two months ... Whatsoever 😉 and it's nottttt normal
@@notmethnx appreciate the report. That is interesting. Best of luck ❤️
Tennis is very unhappy with Pickleball, the noisy upstart.
I bet it’s quiet now, ain’t it, and people can sleep now. 🤣
No news here, in rich gated communities the noise complaints has gone up , so they install sound proof walls now.
STUNS ?????????? No one is even surprised
get this man a congressional medal of honor
"Stuns" 😂😂😂😂
They act like someone died lmaoo.
"We ArE dEvAsTaTeD" 😂
It may be he likes the community, contrary to Betsy’s opinion. He just may not like pickleball. 😊
He probably lives within earshot of all that racket.
Pun intended? lol
You blame the guy these pickleball people get wild
They say they can’t catch you when you do it at night...
Wow who ever is destroying that parks pickle ball stuff is a dirt bag and should go to jail
It’s incredible loud. But they do make quiet paddles.
I was just talking about how tennis people hate pickle ball people
Strange-they actually “know who” the person is, but refuses to have the man arrested!
The dude doesn’t like community, friendship, fun, and exercise! 😱
You can't get exercise playing pickleball. You never move more than 2 inches!
Looks like the Tennis players have had enough and they want their courts back.
it was me, this is tennis country
Really New York. You’re baffled by a strange crime ???? Slow news day.
The horror… the horror…
You put yourselves in a pickle😂
Maybe its the sound of. pop, pop, pop.
You take turns waiting for the person to return
Are there no cameras in the area? To check on who comes and goes in the neighborhood at the hours the vandalism is being done?
How Do You know He is Identified as a He?
It could be the same people that go around just attacking people out of the blue
People in NYC are just so Angry & Miserable . . . always looking for a Fight and a way to become Violent and Confrontational.
Very true
Go out of NYC and your thoughts will change. It's all over today as our climate has shifted from okay to worse.
It's the people not the places.
@@missnewyork4116 so there's no people who live in, and create, the environment they're living in? OK
@@BigHairyCrank stop defending criminals you loony
"Baffled"..........LOL!
Jealous or they don’t know how to play the game
It's a dude from East Flatbush doing this
Uh, really? You really "don't know why...?"
Explain to me.
Well, I’d start with the cities list of people who have been complaining about the noise….
What exactly is surprising about crime in a place that tolerates crime?
When you tell people "property crime is ok".
The noise... it's maddening.
It’s the Dinkins era all over again!
Why would you say that?
brown and black aren't behaving like a first world demographic
Closer to the Koch Era...
Actually crime declined during the Dinkins era due to community policing. NerdsWrold NYC is correct. This is more like the Koch era.
How can you be stunned??? It's NEW YORK!!! And it's MERICA!!!!
You should be expecting this!!!!
LMAO
People don’t understand the ramifications of letting your society slide into lawlessness. It’s impossible to think of all the things that will not work when a significant portion of the population don’t feel they have to follow the rules. This is one of them I live in Northern California. They just finished Tesla charging me less than a week after it was finished someone cut all the cables off of it, so here we are.
Well, the GOP has openly embraced lawlessness as its primary guiding principle. I think they understand the ramifications though.
@@humanbeing2420 yeah try not to voice your delusions in public. It makes you sound sort of crazy. Want to take it downtown tour of Baltimore, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Oakland. Yeah that’s pretty much a definition of crazy liberal lawlessness, drugs, violence gangs do I miss anything?