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Bocce New York’s
Public Courts Bocce is for everyone!
Perhaps that is why its popularity continues to climb. Bocce is so simple that anyone can play. The object of the game of bocce
is to simply roll one’s bocce ball closer than the opponent’s to the
little white target ball called the pallino. Yet, from this
simplicity emerges endless complex strategies for the advanced players. While many
private clubs and facilities feature bocce courts – there are also
many public parks in the New York metropolitan region that feature bocce
courts. As a service to
the Italian American community, the John D. Calandra Italian American
Institute provides this list of bocce courts that are open to the
public in the New York metropolitan area. To learn more about
the history, origin, rules, court regulations, etc. of this timeless game
please refer to the resources listed below. This list will be
updated from time to time as more bocce courts are identified. Please contact us if you know of a
public bocce court that is not listed here. Geoffrey Claroni, Esq. Assistant
Director for Community Programs The John D.
Calandra Italian American Institute fax: (212) 642-2030 telephone: (212) 642-2038 Buon
divertimento !! Bronx: Van Cortlandt Park, Indian
Fields
East 233rd
Street at Van Cortlandt Park East, Bronx Bronx Park
Bronx Boulevard
at East 224th Street, Bronx Bronx Park East
Bronx Park East
at Lydig Avenue, Bronx Pelham Bay Park
Bruckner Boulevard at Middletown Avenue, Bronx Williamsbridge Playground
Reservoir Oval at
Bainbridge Road, Bronx Vincent Ciccarone Playground
Arthur Avenue at East 188th Street, Bronx Colluci Playground
Wilkinson Avenue
at Hutchinson River Parkway East, Bronx Alfred Loreto Playground
Van Nest Avenue at Tomlinson Avenue, Bronx Crotona Park, (Old Boro Hall) Fulton Avenue at Arthur Avenue, Bronx Bufano Playground
Bradford Avenue at La Salle Avenue, Bronx Brooklyn: Marine Park
Fillmore Avenue
at Stuart Street, Brooklyn Dyker Park
14th
Avenue and 86th Street, Brooklyn Bill Brown Playground
Bedford Avenue
and Avenue Y, Brooklyn Bridge Park 3 Jay Street,
Prospect Street, Sands Street and Bridge Street, Brooklyn Carroll Park
Carroll Street, Smith
Street and Court Street, Brooklyn Maria Hernandez Park
Knickerbocker
Avenue, Irving Avenue, Starr Street and Suydam Street, Brooklyn JJ Byrne Park
100th
Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn Bath Beach Playground
17th
Avenue and Shore Road, Brooklyn Gravesend Park
18th
Avenue and 56th Street, Brooklyn Drier-Offerman Park
Bay 44th
Street and Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn Power Playground
Avenue U and
Utica Avenue, Brooklyn Manhattan: Il Vagabondo Ristorante
351 East 62nd
Street at First Avenue, Manhattan (212) 832-9221 Washington Square Park
Washington Square
South at LaGuardia Place, Manhattan James J. Walker Park
Clarkson Street
and Seventh Avenue, Manhattan Culvillier Park
125th
Street and F.D.R. Drive, Manhattan Queens: Maurice Park
Maurice Avenue,
Borden Avenue, 54th Avenue and 63rd Street, Queens Triborough Bridge
Hoyt Avenue,
Crescent Street and 26th Street, Queens Astoria Park
Lower Shore
Boulevard, 23rd Avenue and 23rd Road, Queens Ditmars Park
23rd
Avenue, Ditmars Boulevard and Steinway Street, Queens Steinway Community
20th
Road, 20th Avenue, 37th Street and 38th
Street, Queens Moser Park
77th
Street and 25th Avenue, Queens William F. Moore Park
108th
Street and 51st Avenue, Queens Lower Highland
Jamaica Avenue
and Elton Street, Queens Evergreen Park
Felix Avenue,
Seneca Avenue and 75th Avenue, Queens Juniper North
77th
Place and Juniper Boulevard South, Queens Juniper Valley Park
Dry Harbor Road
and 63rd Drive, Queens Middle Village 68th
Road, 79th Street and 69th Avenue, Queens Kissena Park
Oak Avenue, 164th
Street, Rose Avenue and Kissena Boulevard, Queens Bowne Park
29th
Avenue, 32nd Avenue, 158th Street and 159th
Street, Queens MacNeil Park
Poppenhusen
Avenue at 119th Street, Queens Cunningham Park
Horace Harding
Expressway and Grand Central Parkway, Queens PO Nicholas Demutis Park
Liberty Avenue,
101st Street and 102nd Street, Queens Joseph Addabbo
North Conduit
Avenue, 81st Street and 82nd Street, Queens Louis Pasteur Park
52nd
Avenue, 248th Street and Marathon Parkway, Queens Brookville Park
149th
Avenue, 235th Street, Brookville Boulevard and South Conduit
Avenue, Queens Dry Harbor
108th
Street and Myrtle Avenue, Queens Staten Island: South Beach
Father Capodanno
Boulevard at Sand Lane, Staten Island American
Legion Cespino-Russo Post 200 McClean
Avenue at Wallace Avenue, Staten Island Intermediate School 51
Playground
Willowbrook
Parkway at Forest Avenue, Staten Island Westchester: Circolo da Vinci Bocce Court
Downing Park, Route 202 at Route 132, Yorktown Heights Passidomo Veterans Park
Lake Street,
Silver Lake, West Harrison Hartley Park
Gramatan Avenue
at Oakley Avenue, Mount Vernon Mount Pleasant Community Center
125 Lozza Drive
at Columbus Avenue, Valhalla Five Islands Park
New Rochelle Long Island: Mill Dam Park
Mill Dam Road at New York Avenue, Huntington Tournaments: Citywide Bocce Championships
New York City, in
the month of September (212) 360-8222 Bocce Championship for Senior
Citizens
Hartley Park,
Mount Vernon, Westchester County, in the month of May (914) 665-2420 Ferragosto Bocce Tournament
In August at
Vincent Ciccarone Playground Arthur Avenue at
East 188th Street, Bronx Italian Heritage Celebration
Bocce Tournament
In July at
Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla (914) 761-5358 Circolo da Vinci Bocce Tournament
In July at Downing Park, Route 202 at Route 132, Yorktown Heights Further Reading and References: Bocce: A Sport For Everyone by Rico C. Daniele The Joy of
Bocce by Mario Pagnoni Bocce: Absolutely the Best Bocce Page Ever http://pw2.netcom.com/~mifisher/bocce.html City of New
York/Parks & Recreation Bocce Court
Locations World Bocce
Association American Bocce
Club http://www.americanbocceclub.com United States
Bocce Federation 44 Park Lane,
Park Ridge, IL 60068 telephone: (847) 692-6223 fax: (847) 692-6221 Buon
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