The New York Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1886.
[1][2] Its first annual open tournament was held from September to October, 1886.
It was played on dirt courts at 147th St. and Nicholas Ave. in Manhattan (Washington Heights section).
It actually took over and restored the former house and courts of the West Side Tennis Club.
[7] Its fourth and final move was to the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx in 1928.