Take the crack, crack, crack of hard leather balls smacking into concrete, mingled with cheers yelled out in Euskara, a language unrelated to any other. Add the scent of roasting lamb and sloshes of ...

It’s an art installation, apparently! A handball court with a colorful paint job has popped up in Cadman Plaza Park in America’s Downtown. But this is no ordinary ball-smacking surface: the 16-foot ...

Around the Coney Island handball courts, the handball mecca of New York City, there was the usual thwock of rubber balls against concrete walls, sneakers sliding on sun-baked courts and raspy trash ...

Despite varying access and shifting park priorities, players say the sport continues to foster unity, challenge stigma and provide a vital space for connection.

There are, according to the city Parks Department, 649 handball courts scattered throughout Brooklyn, but only one of them, in Cadman Plaza, is intentionally a work of art. It’s fully functional, but ...

This article was updated 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017: According to the official website for the city of Miami Beach, “Flamingo Park’s handball/racquetball courts are one of the oldest and ...

A new at installation from Public Art Fund has just been unveiled at the north end of Cadman Plaza Park in Downtown Brooklyn, is inspired by New York City’s 2,000+ handball courts. Entitled Subliminal ...