Best cities for sports in New York

BookrGo Best Sport Cities ranking: we rank the cities of New York by their 0-10 sports score, which combines density of centers per resident, variety of sports, listing quality and real activity. To keep the comparison fair, we measure every city's offering with the same sources of national coverage. An honest way to see where it's easiest (and hardest) to find somewhere to play.

718 scorable cities in New York.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Hopewell Junction	9.0	32
2	Spencerport	8.8	34
3	Kingston	8.6	111
4	East Syracuse	8.5	44
5	Saugerties	8.5	35
6	West Nyack	8.5	21
7	Ithaca	8.4	167
8	Poughkeepsie	8.4	139
9	Farmingdale	8.4	85
10	Southampton	8.4	71
11	New Paltz	8.4	53
12	Lake Placid	8.4	38
13	Syosset	8.3	88
14	New Hyde Park	8.3	49
15	Fairport	8.2	87
16	Mahopac	8.2	70
17	Northport	8.2	51
18	Highland	8.2	30
19	Webster	8.1	98
20	Hamburg	8.1	79
21	Oswego	8.1	72
22	Montauk	8.1	72
23	Auburn	8.1	67
24	East Aurora	8.1	56
25	Riverhead	8.1	51
26	Babylon	8.1	47
27	Sag Harbor	8.1	36
28	Port Jervis	8.1	34
29	Cazenovia	8.1	29
30	Catskill	8.1	26
31	Trumansburg	8.1	15
32	Saratoga Springs	7.9	210
33	North Tonawanda	7.9	90
34	Liverpool	7.9	78
35	Bellmore	7.9	72
36	Patchogue	7.9	66
37	Warwick	7.9	56
38	Glens Falls	7.9	48
39	Clarence	7.9	48
40	Briarcliff Manor	7.9	40
41	Watkins Glen	7.9	33
42	Corning	7.9	30
43	Hamilton	7.9	22
44	Lansing	7.9	20
45	Amagansett	7.9	15
46	Williamsville	7.8	78
47	Deer Park	7.8	74
48	Hauppauge	7.8	73
49	Canandaigua	7.8	65
50	Sayville	7.8	55
51	East Setauket	7.8	54
52	Armonk	7.8	33
53	Rochester	7.7	720
54	Latham	7.7	89
55	Port Washington	7.7	71
56	Rome	7.7	64
57	Plainview	7.7	60
58	Camillus	7.7	30
59	Bedford Hills	7.7	27
60	Saranac Lake	7.7	25
61	Central Square	7.7	18
62	New Rochelle	7.6	157
63	Scarsdale	7.6	102
64	East Hampton	7.6	86
65	Tonawanda	7.6	82
66	Great Neck	7.6	74
67	Smithtown	7.6	68
68	Yorktown Heights	7.6	58
69	Carmel	7.6	54
70	Goshen	7.6	48
71	Walden	7.6	32
72	Lewiston	7.6	25
73	Westhampton Beach	7.6	24
74	Greenport	7.6	14
75	Mount Kisco	7.5	83
76	Jamestown	7.5	57
77	Batavia	7.5	51
78	Victor	7.5	47
79	Bohemia	7.5	40
80	Brewster	7.5	35
81	Lake George	7.5	35
82	Geneseo	7.5	34
83	Monticello	7.5	30
84	Calverton	7.5	28
85	Glen Head	7.5	27
86	Little Falls	7.5	21
87	Locust Valley	7.5	20
88	Red Hook	7.5	17
89	Pine Bush	7.5	17
90	Lowville	7.5	17
91	Whitehall	7.5	13
92	Syracuse	7.4	376
93	Albany	7.4	290
94	Lockport	7.4	77
95	Mamaroneck	7.4	76
96	Orchard Park	7.4	73
97	Bridgehampton	7.4	49
98	Port Jefferson Station	7.4	49
99	Roslyn	7.4	47
100	New Hartford	7.4	47

How do we calculate the score?

Variety (25%) — how many different sports the city covers.
Quality (20%) — richness of each center's information.
Activity (20%) — real user interest over the last 30 days.
Scale (15%) — number of centers in the city.
Density (10%) — centers per resident (dampened).
Courts (10%) — total capacity: number of courts.

Each section is measured as a percentile against the other cities in the United States and combined into the final score, on a 0-10 scale. Variety and density are measured with a uniform instrument (only sources with homogeneous national coverage) so that no city is favored by having a more complete open catalog. We only score cities with population data and a presence in those sources.