Noise complaints prompt closures at pickleball courts Some residents of Ridgewood, New Jersey, have complained about the noise from pickleball courts. RIDGEWOOD, N.J. - A popping sound echoing through the morning stillness has pitted a troop of senior-citizen athletes against some small but motivated number of noise-conscious neighbors, placing the village's mayor and council in the position — notice we spared you from reading us call this "a pickle" — of peacemaker. "Pickleball players vs. neighbors," Ridgewood Mayor Susan Knudsen said. Responding to repeated noise complaints, Knudsen padlocked the Bergen County village's four brand-new pickleball courts for three months from December through February, during the pandemic winter.