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Jacob K . Javits Center New York 1,000-2,500 beds

The federal government rose to the COVID fight on land and water , setting up a temporary hospitals at the Javits Center , onboard the U . S . N . S . Comfort and in the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center . Javits was a prime example of construction flexibility in the hour of need – converting four sections of exhibition space on Manhattan ’ s West Side . But of the 400,000 coronavirus cases treated by NYC hospitals , only 1,400 ever visited temporary hospitals . constructionglobal . com