Ping pong parlors?

[morganphillips]

Where can a fellow play ping pong in NYC? Preferably cheaply?

Any first-hand recommendations?

 

[Shannon Manning]

Fat Cat Fat Cat Fat Cat. Actually I'm not sure how prices compare, but it seemed reasonable. It's kind of a dive but chess and scrabble and a great mix of people young and old, black and white, etc. And you get to hear some really great jazz too (on weekends there's a 3 dollar cover at the door which is good cause it keeps the crowds down a little.)

 

[morganphillips]

Fat Cat Fat Cat Fat Cat.

Cool, thanks, I'll check it out. Went there for a birthday party once, enjoyed myself.

According to the website it's $5/hr. per person ($6 on Fri/Sat). I guess that's probably about as cheap as I could possibly expect...

 

[Sry An]

Oceans 8 in Park Slope is great for ping pong.

 

[icouldbewrong]

There is/was a place on Christopher between 7th Ave and Bleecker. Next time I go to CVS, I will check to see if it's still there.

 

[Shannon Manning]

That's Fat Cat! They were closed for awhile, but reopened and it's one big room now with band and ping pong (pool, etc.).

 

[Sean_Taylor]

I love Fat Cat. If you know of any other one though, I'd love to try out another place too. There is one ping pong table at SLATE...but that is sort of a temporary thing where they put the net and boards on top of an unused pool table.

 

[icouldbewrong]

That's Fat Cat! They were closed for awhile, but reopened and it's one big room now with band and ping pong (pool, etc.).

Well, hey! Call me sometime when you're there and I'll meet you for a game of ping pong. I live just around the block!

(You too, Scotch.)

 

[canadianmike]

Depends on how serious you are about it. Fat cat is fun and you get to drink beer and listen to Jazz, but there really isn't enough space around the tables to play properly and I found the $5/person/hour added up pretty quickly. Also, the PBRs made me fall down.

From what I know, the boss places are all in Chinatown. There's one I've seen that is in Cortland Alley between Walker and White. Downstairs. Kind of tricky to find, but that makes it all the more fun.

Also up for a game sometime if you need players...

 

[rixtyseven]

Google:
http://www.nyttf.com/feesT.htm

Yelp:
http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=ping+pong&find_loc=New+York+NY

 

[jive turkey]

Brownstone Billiards

If you're looking for a spot in Brooklyn, there's a decent place right outside the 7th Ave Q Train stop, at 7th Ave & Flatbush called "Brownstone Billiards". The tables afford plenty of striking space, and you can bring your own beer!

 

[Maddy]

Break Bar and Billiards 32-08 Broadway in Astoria.

 

[Ute Giddeon]

Broadway Billiards has one ping pong table. I've never seen it in use by anyone else. 10 East 21st Street (by Broadway).

 

[Major Dude]

Planet Rose used to have ping pong in the afternoons. Maybe they still do.