Pop's Padel Opens in Freeport: 5 Courts on Long Island

Padel Lands in Freeport

Pop's Padel opened on October 1, 2026 at 103 Mill Road, and it did it by gutting a building Long Islanders already knew. The former Long Island Sports Complex and its indoor turf fields are gone. The floor is now five panoramic padel courts and nothing else.

That single-sport commitment is the point. Padel has mostly reached Long Island as an amenity — a court or two tucked behind a tennis club, a seasonal pair at a yacht club, a shared floor with pickleball. Freeport got a padel club.

Owner Jordan Diamond found the sport on television about a year and a half before he opened the doors. "I've been a racket-sport player my whole life and I fell in love when I got to play for the first time," he told Greater Long Island. His pitch to newcomers — a combination of tennis, squash, racquetball and pickleball — is more useful than most one-line explanations of the game.

Four Doubles Courts, and One for Singles

Five courts, but not five of the same thing. Pop's lists four doubles courts and one dedicated singles court, and that last one is the detail worth stopping on.

A regulation padel court is 20 meters long and 10 meters wide. A singles court keeps the length and narrows to 6 meters, which turns the game into a long, lung-emptying rally rather than the four-player chess match padel is known for. Almost no US club builds one — singles is the format people usually discover when a fourth cancels, and most clubs just let two players rent a doubles court and cover far too much ground. If you have never played it, our guide to padel singles rules and strategy covers what changes.

The courts are indoor, which on Long Island matters more than the court count does. Of the thirteen Long Island clubs we track, only three play indoors: Pop's, Padel& Syosset and Paddles Up in Setauket. The other ten are outdoor, and outdoor padel on the South Shore in February is a theoretical pursuit. Pop's runs 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week, all year.

The Name, and the Head Pro

Pop's Padel is named in honor of Diamond's late father.

Running the courts is head pro Pepe Miralles, a former college tennis player who grew up in Spain and has been playing padel since he was seven — which is to say he has been playing longer than the sport has existed in most of the US. "It's a very social sport," Miralles said. "It's not as difficult as tennis, it's a little harder than pickleball. But it's very easy to pick up and it's very addictive." His stated goal is getting Long Islanders who have never held a padel racket onto a court.

What Nassau County Padel Looks Like Now

Pop's is the biggest padel club in Nassau County by court count, and the first on the South Shore that anyone can simply book. The county's other courts skew private, or north: Roslyn Padel has four outdoor courts, Padel& Syosset four indoor, and single courts sit behind the gates at Pine Hollow Club in East Norwich and The Seawane Club in Hewlett Harbor.

That makes Freeport the obvious center of gravity for the South Shore towns, with the nearest comparable indoor room sitting west of the county line — Brisas at Cityview in Queens. Our Long Island padel guide and New York state roundup have the full picture, the Queens guide covers the clubs across that line, and Padel&'s Syosset opening was the last indoor addition in New York outside the city.

Booking, Lessons and Membership

Courts at Pop's book through Playtomic, the Madrid-based platform that has become the default for padel-first clubs in the US. If you have played at Roslyn Padel you already have the account you need. Our booking platform guide explains how Playtomic differs from PlayByPoint, which most of the New York clubs run on.

Hourly rentals and memberships are both available. The club has not published a rate card, so rates appear at checkout on Playtomic — check there for current pricing rather than trusting a number from a directory. Lessons and clinics for beginners sit on the schedule alongside leagues and tournaments, and the building includes locker rooms, a lounge and a pro shop. For anything not on the booking page, the club answers at 516-546-0900.