Court Dismisses Suit Against Bowling Alley At East Hampton Indoor Tennis

A motion to stop work on a new bowling alley, miniature golf course and sports bar now under construction at East Hampton Indoor Tennis has been denied in New York State Supreme Court.

Filed by a handful of individuals in July 2016, shortly after the East Hampton Town Planning Board had approved the project on Daniels Hole Road in Wainscott, the lawsuit sought to prevent it from going forward while they fought to annul the approval. The individuals—Joanna Grossman, Dominique Weiss, Marie Zerilli, Barry Raebeck and Stephen Bernstein, represented by Jeffrey Bragman of East Hampton—argued that the new recreational facility would bring traffic to their neighborhood, also questioning, among other things, the size of the planned expansion and whether the Planning Board had scrutinized the planned sports bar closely enough.

In a decision on September 29, Justice Denise F. Molia ruled that the plaintiffs have no standing because they failed to appear before the Planning Board when that body was reviewing the application.

In addition, the justice’s decision questioned whether they legitimately held a unique stake in the project on Daniels Hole Road, noting that four of the five are not the owners of nearby properties and that three of those properties are located in cul-de-sacs and thus face little risk of seeing drivers use their road for a shortcut to the new recreational facility.

The “Clubhouse,” as the bowling alley, lounge and sports bar, miniature golf course and arcade, is to be known, is scheduled to open before the end of this winter.