Skate Parks
Spread throughout the five boroughs, all of our skate parks offer an opportunity for individuals to perfect their skills on inline skates, skateboards, and bikes.
All hours are subject to change due to inclement weather. Unless otherwise specified, the Department of Parks & Recreation will provide an attendant during official operating hours. Each participant will be required to sign a waiver (those under 18 will need their guardian's signature) before being allowed to use the facility.
Requirements for use:
- A signed liability waiver
- Helmet
- Knee pads
- Elbow pads
- Wristguards(for those under age 18 only)
Milennium Skate Park Ribbon Cutting, September 2001
Renovated skate park in Forest Park
Bruckner Skate Park opening, 2006Locations
Astoria Skate Park
Location: Astoria ParkAstoria Park
Phone: (718) 626-8620
Hours: Park hours (dawn to dusk)
Features: multiple levels, stairs with rails, banks, skate obstacles, ledges, and concrete pavements.
Far Rockaway Skate Park
Beach 11th Street off Seagirt Blvd, near the Rockaway Beach Promenade
Phone: 718-318-4000
Hours: Dawn to dusk
Features: Stairs, jumps and railings.
Notes: This skate park is unsupervised. Scooters, and inline skates are permitted in addition to skateboards.
Flushing Meadows Corona Skate Park
Location: Flushing Meadows Corona ParkAstral Fountain, adjacent to the New York State Pavilion. (Follow signs off the highways to the Queens Theatre in the Park)
Phone: (718) 760-6565
Hours: Dawn to dusk
Features: Stairs, jumps and railings. The skate park features elements from some of the most popular skateboarding site around the city including Union Square Park, Brooklyn Banks, and Chrystie Park. View a rendering of the skate park.
Notes: This skate park is unsupervised. Scooters, and inline skates are permitted in addition to skateboards, however BMX bicycles are prohibited.
Forest Park Skate Park
Location: Forest ParkGreenhouse basketball courts on Woodhaven Boulevard just past Myrtle Avenue
Phone: (718) 235-0815
Hours:
Hours: 10:00 a.m.-dusk
The skate park is closed during inclement weather.Features: Grindrails, quarter pipes, launch ramps, wall rides, a flybox, a halfpipe, and more.
Notes: Skateboards, roller blades, and roller skates only; no bikes are permitted.
Failure to comply with the skate park's hours, rules, and regulations will result in the removal of skating equipment.
Rockaway Skate Park
Shore Front Parkway at 91st Street (just off the boardwalk)
Phone: (718) 318-4000
Hours: Weekends: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(Weather permitting.)
Features: Ten ramps and four grinding rails
Ben Soto Skate Park
Midland Beach Playground off of Father Capodanno Boulevard
Phone: (718) 390-8000
Hours: Dawn to dusk.
Features: Urban metal & concrete streetscapes.
Notes: This site is unsupervised, and no liability waiver is required.
Bronx Skate Park
Location: Bronx ParkBronx Park East between Britton Street and Allerton Avenue
Hours: Closes at dusk
Features: 6,000 square-foot skate park featuring a smooth skating surface and modern equipment including a quarter pipe, bank ramps with ledges, a skate pyramid, and grind rails.
Notes: This is an unsupervised skate park.
Bruckner Skate Park
Location: Bruckner PlaygroundBrinsmade Avenue and Cross Bronx Expressway (adjacent to the school building)
Hours: Dusk to dawn
Notes: This is an unsupervised skate park.
Mullaly Skate Park
Location: Mullaly ParkEast 164th Street and Jerome & River avenues
Hours: During the school year only. Weekdays: 3:00 p.m. to dusk Weekends: 1:00 p.m. to dusk
River Avenue Skate Park
Location: River Avenue ParksEast 157th Street and River Avenue
Features: Designed closely with the skateboard community, this 10,000 square-foot concrete skate park features stairs, rails, ledges, benches, banks, gaps, and transitioned elements in a plaza setting. River Avenue is one of the City’s first skate parks to use traditional New York City Parks materials and references elements from the the city’s past and present.
Notes: This is an unsupervised skate park. BMX bikes, scooters, and inline skates are permitted in addition to skateboards.
Coleman Playground
Location: Coleman PlaygroundCherry Street, Market Street, Monroe Street & Pike Street
Phone: (212) 219-0258
Features: Various metal ramps and jumps
Notes: This skate park is unsupervised. No bikes are allowed; inline skates are permitted.
Riverside Skate Park
Location: Riverside Park108th Street & Riverside Drive in Riverside Park on lower level
Phone: (212) 408-0266
Hours: Thursday through Monday: 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
Features: Riverside Skate Park features half pipes, quarter pipes, and rails.
Notes: No bikes permitted.
Millennium Skate Park
Location: Owl's Head ParkColonial Road between 68th Street and Wakeman Place in Owl's Head Park
Hours: Millennium Skate Park is currently closed for the fall and winter seasons.
Features: 6-foot deep 'street bowl' and a 12-foot-wide concrete "waterfall", ramps, banks, and a free form bowl.
Notes: Membership cards are issued at Fort Hamilton Senior Center, Sunset Park Recreation Center, and Metropolitan Pool & Fitness Center.More Millennium Skate Park features and directions.
Bike policy: Only BMX bikes are permitted in the skate park.
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