All 13 indoor basketball courts in Detroit.

The Adams Butzel Complex on Lyndon Street is the largest public recreation facility Detroit operates, 642 Google reviews at a 4.4 average. Full gym, fitness space, and programming that runs from youth leagues through adult drop-in.

Detroit's recreation department shrank drastically through the bankruptcy years, and the buildings that survived carry more weight because of it. Adams Butzel is the west side's, and the basketball here is the real thing.

City pricing keeps it accessible. Weekday evenings are the adult window; afternoons belong to the youth programs.

Patton Recreation Center on Woodmere Street serves southwest Detroit with 577 Google reviews at a 4.3 average. The gym pairs naturally with Clark Park a few minutes away: same neighbourhood, indoor option for the six months a year when Michigan makes outdoor basketball a bad idea. City recreation pricing throughout.

Detroit City Fieldhouse posts a 4.7 average across 391 reviews, the best-rated indoor sports facility in our Detroit data. The model is private and bookable rather than membership-based, which suits players who want a guaranteed floor at a guaranteed time. A useful counterweight to a city recreation system that has fewer buildings than it once did.

Kemeny Recreation Center shares its South Fort Street site with Kemeny Park, 307 reviews at a 4.5 average, the best-rated city recreation gym in our Detroit data. Indoor and outdoor basketball on one property, on Detroit recreation pricing.

The Boll Family YMCA is downtown Detroit's indoor basketball option, 429 reviews at a 4.5 average, a short walk from Campus Martius and the stadium district. The lunchtime run pulls from the downtown offices, and Y pricing includes income-based rates.

Crowell Recreation Center on Lahser Road serves far west Detroit with 248 reviews at a 4.3 average. A city gym running youth programming and adult drop-in, and one of the recreation buildings the city kept through the lean years.

The Wayne State Fieldhouse in Midtown posts a 4.8 average across 187 reviews, the highest rating of any Detroit basketball venue in our data. The Warriors' home arena doubles as campus recreation space, and the Midtown location puts it within reach of the whole cultural centre district.

Calihan Hall has been the University of Detroit Mercy's home floor since 1952, 291 reviews at a 4.4 average. Dick Vitale coached here and Detroit Mercy has sent players to the league from this building for seventy years. Public access is limited to campus recreation and events, but as a piece of Detroit basketball architecture it belongs on the list.