These new NYC basketball courts double as massive sponges that mitigate flooding
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Two sunken basketball courts in Queens, built by Grain Collective, each retain up to 330,000 gallons of stormwater during flash floods via underground pipes and bio-retention basins, reducing pressure on the city's aging sewer system.
The $5 million project covers two courts at one NYCHA property; scaling to other flood-prone neighborhoods would require additional infrastructure investment and deployment.
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