March Madness Basketball Courts You Can Play Without Leaving Your Own Home

New York’s luxury residential market keeps adding basketball courts as a year-round amenity, not just a March Madness perk — from Extell’s regulation-size court at 50 West 66th Street, built to convert seamlessly for pickleball, to the 66th-floor “Sky Park” court atop Brooklyn Tower, among the highest basketball courts in the Western Hemisphere. Whether or not your bracket is still alive, these NYC buildings let residents play a full game without ever leaving home.

With March Madness right around the corner, these luxury residential buildings in New York City feature the best basketball courts for residents to shoot hoops like a pro.

Below are some of the most of the best New York properties with an on-site basketball court.

Lincoln at Bankside - Brookfield Properties

Lincoln at Bankside, located at 101 Lincoln Avenue in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, consists of four 25-story towers and features an impressive 921 units, of which 278 units will be rent-stabilized. Opening this spring, this is the second phase of Brookfield Properties’ $950 million, 4.3-acre mixed-use development along the waterfront in the South Bronx following the opening of the 458-unit Third at Bankside last year. 

In addition to waterfront access through a brand-new publicly accessible park, Lincoln at Bankside boasts a vast suite of indoor and outdoor amenities across a five-story amenity complex including a luxe wellness center, resident lounges, versatile coworking space, an indoor lap pool and a three-story, 4,600-square-foot indoor basketball court. 

The Bankside master plan includes 1,379 apartments and unlocks public access to Mott Haven’s waterfront for the first time in more than a century. Bankside represents one of the largest private investments ever undertaken in the Bronx. 

Rendering credit: Brookfield Properties

Mercedes House - Two Trees Management

Mercedes House, an architecturally iconic mixed-use development in Manhattan’s Hell's Kitchen is a neighborhood hotspot for health and wellness enthusiasts. Two Trees’ 800-unit residential building boasts the 80,000 square foot Mercedes Club, a state-of-the-art wellness center containing a spa and health club, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, two outdoor decks with greenspace, bocce and yoga, a boxing studio, indoor/outdoor ping pong, outdoor amphitheater, Playa Bowls juice bar, cycling studio and an indoor basketball court. The Mercedes Club welcomes memberships for both tenants and neighborhood residents alike. 

In celebration of March Madness, Mercedes Club is bringing out all the stops, offering an “Around the World” tournament, a competition-based shooting drill whose winner will take home a complimentary month of membership and a Swedish massage. Monthly trivia night will be taken to the basketball court, where participants earn points towards their trivia game by shooting baskets and answering basketball-themed trivia questions, with the winner taking home a Mercedes Club gift bag and a free guest pass. For those looking to sharpen their court skills without the fierce competition, Mercedes Club is holding two “Skills and Drills'' classes welcome to all experience levels.

Image credit: Two Trees Management

606 West 57th St and 45 Wall Street - TF Cornerstone

Of TF Cornerstone’s numerous residential properties in New York City, basketball fans gravitate to 45 Wall Street and 606 West 57th Street, two residential towers offering full-size basketball courts in addition to a variety of luxury amenities. 

606 West 57th St, Midtown West, affectionately known as The Max, rises 44 stories above Manhattan’s Midtown West waterfront, offering more than 1,000 apartments and panoramic views of the Hudson River. As part of the 45,000 square feet of amenities, The Max offers a full-court basketball gymnasium exclusively for residents to enjoy pick-up games and tenant tournaments. 

Credit: TF Cornerstone

45 Wall Street

45 Wall Street is a 27-story luxury tower boasting 435 units in The Financial District. A former bank building, 45 Wall Street offers contemporary amenities alongside original architectural features. Residents can sunbathe in the wraparound roof terrace, relax in the penthouse-level club, or stretch out in 45 Wall Street’s yoga room. Fitness enthusiasts can play a game in the full-court basketball gymnasium or have a workout in one of the two state-of-the-art fitness centers.

New NYC Buildings Adding Basketball Courts

Several new luxury developments have added basketball as a marquee amenity in the past two years. At 50 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side, Extell Development built a regulation-size court engineered to convert seamlessly for pickleball — part of a broader shift Athletech News reported in March 2026, as NYC’s luxury residential market invests in basketball even as public parks convert courts to pickleball. Nearby, The Henry (designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects) added a half-court for basketball, bocce, and pickleball, while 250 West 96th Street built a half-court that converts to a regulation squash court. Downtown, JDS Development Group’s Brooklyn Tower topped off its 66th-floor “Sky Park,” home to one of the highest basketball courts in the Western Hemisphere.

FAQ: NYC Buildings With Basketball Courts

Are NYC apartment buildings still adding basketball courts in 2026?

Yes — despite public courts increasingly converting to pickleball, developers like Extell, JDS Development Group, and Two Trees Management continue adding regulation or half-court basketball as a marquee luxury amenity, often engineered to double as pickleball or squash courts.

Which NYC buildings have the newest basketball courts?

50 West 66th Street, The Henry, and 250 West 96th Street on the Upper West Side, plus JDS Development Group’s Brooklyn Tower and its 66th-floor “Sky Park,” are among the most recently completed buildings with on-site courts.

When does March Madness start in 2027?

Per the NCAA, Selection Sunday falls on March 14, 2027, with the First Round beginning March 18-19 and the championship game on April 5, 2027 — so these building courts tend to see the most pickup-game traffic in mid-March.

Do residents need to reserve a building’s basketball court to use it?

Policies vary by building; most require residents to book court time through the building’s amenity app, particularly during peak evening hours or organized events like tournaments and trivia nights.