A sign informs residents that basketball courts are closed to group play, after hoops were removed to prevent people from spreading coronavirus by gathering, at Dean Playground in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on March 27, 2020. (Photos: Xinhua)

Basketball backboards stand without hoops, after they were removed to prevent people from spreading coronavirus by gathering, at Dean Playground in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on March 27, 2020.

A basketball backboard stands without hoop, after it was removed to prevent people from spreading coronavirus by gathering, at Dean Playground in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on March 27, 2020.

Basketball backboards stand without hoops, after they were removed to prevent people from spreading coronavirus by gathering, at Dean Playground in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on March 27, 2020.