Benenson Park — Fort Lauderdale, FL

Ariel W.

★★★★☆ 2 years ago

Benenson Park is located in the Riverland neighborhood which was annexed by the City of Ft. Lauderdale in 2002. Riverland is only five miles from downtown and features mid century ranch homes dating back to the 1950's when they were first purchased by veterans returning from WWII. The neighborhood has a boat ramp that will take boaters to the Intracoastal and to the ocean. The little over one acre Benenson Park is located next to a shopping plaza anchored by a Winn Dixie. The park has a half basketball court, picnic tables, tennis court, and playground with climbing structures and swings. The most popular feature of the park are the six pickle ball courts added by the city in April of 2022. The sport, which is a cross between table tennis, badminton, and tennis, was invented by three vacationers on Bainbridge Island, near Seattle, in 1965. There are now 36.5 million pickleball players in the U.S and it was named the fastest growing sport in the U.S. in 2024. It is great to see that pickleball courts were added to meet the needs and desires of the community and to increase traffic to the park.

Seth Weinstein

★☆☆☆☆ 8 months ago

You don’t want to play here. If you play here you will be offending the locals that play here a lot

Ghazala Kohkan

★★★★★ a year ago

Pickle ball courts are amazing and not crowded during the day

Joel Bean

★★★★☆ 2 years ago

3 of the 6 Pickleball Courts aren't totally flat. Good marking and nets.

Denisse García

★★★★★ 2 years ago

I love to play pickleball here! Courts are always available