Skateparks in New York City

A list of skateparks in New York City.

List of parks by borough

The Bronx

Bronx Skate Park (Allerton Skatepark)
Bruckner Skatepark (a.k.a. Throggs Neck)
Rev. T. Wendell Foster Skatepark
Playground 52 LII
River Avenue Skate Park
Van Cortlandt Skatepark
Williamsbridge Oval Skatepark

Brooklyn

Betsy Head Skatepark
Brower Park Skate Park
Canarsie Park Skatepark
City Line Park
Cooper Park Skatepark
Golconda Skatepark (a.k.a. Fat Kid)
Martinez Playground Skate Park (a.k.a. Blue Park & Blue floor)
McCarren Park Skatepark
Millennium Skate Park a.k.a. Owl's Head Skate Park
Robert Venable Skate Park
Rudd Skate Park
St. Mary's Playground
Seba Playground Skate Park
Sgt. William Dougherty Skate Park
Substance Skatepark
Thomas Greene Park Skate Park
Vans Skate Space 198
Washington Park Skate Park (a.k.a. MS 51)

Manhattan

LES Skatepark
Pier 62 Skatepark
Highbridge Skatepark
Andy Kessler Skatepark formerly Riverside Skatepark
Thomas Jefferson Park Skate Park
Tompkins Square Park
TriBeCa Skatepark
Open Road Skate Park (Summer only)

Queens

Astoria Skate Plaza
Far Rockaway Skate Park
Flushing Meadows Corona Skate Park
Forest Park Skate Park
London Planetree Skate Park and Playground
Rockaway Skate Park
Far Rockaway Skate Park

Staten Island

5050 Skatepark
Ben Soto Skate Park
Faber Skate Park

References

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Cohen, Jason (September 17, 2020). "Parks Department announces $42.6 million in improvements to Bronx parks". Bronx Times. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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Scileppi, Tammy. "A skateboard culture for Crown Heights, Brooklyn".
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"City Line Park Synthetic Turf Field, Skate Park, and Basketball Court Construction : NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
"Cooper Park Skatepark | Spohn Ranch". www.spohnranch.com. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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"Blue Park". Quartersnacks.com.
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"Rudd Playground Skate Park and Basketball Courts Reconstruction : NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
"St. Mary's Playground Multi-Purpose Area Reconstruction : NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org.
"Sgt. William Dougherty Playground : NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
"New Brooklyn Skate Park Brings the Shredding Inside". www.ny1.com. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
Brown, Stephen. "Dude, check out the new skate spot in Thomas Greene Park • Brooklyn Paper". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
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Lebwohl, Sara Lewin (4 March 2020). "108th Street Skatepark Named After Andy Kessler". iLovetheUpperWestSide.com.
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"Open Road Skate Park, Manhattan, New-York, USA". www.spotland.fr. Spotland.

Protected areas of New York City

Federal

National Historic Sites	Lower East Side Tenement Museum Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
National monuments and memorials	African Burial Ground Castle Clinton Federal Hall General Grant Governors Island Hamilton Grange Statue of Liberty Stonewall
National recreation areas	Gateway National Recreation Area - Jamaica Bay Floyd Bennett Field Fort Tilden Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Jacob Riis Gateway National Recreation Area - Staten Island Fort Wadsworth Great Kills Hoffman Island Miller Field Swinburne Island

State

State Parks	Bayswater Point Clay Pit Ponds Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Gantry Plaza Marsha P. Johnson Riverbank Roberto Clemente Shirley Chisholm
State recreation lands	Mount Loretto Unique Area Udalls Cove

City parks and preserves

Manhattan

The Bronx

East Bronx	Bicentennial Veterans Castle Hill City Island Wetlands Ferry Point Givans Creek Woods Haffen Harding Hart Island Magenta Playground Pelham Bay Hunter Island Orchard Beach Rodman's Neck Pelham Parkway Pugsley Creek Richman Seton Falls Seton Soundview Starlight
West Bronx	Aqueduct Walk Bridge Bronx Bronx Skate Park Devoe Ewen Harris Henry Hudson Jerome Mosholu Parkway Poe Raoul Wallenberg Forest Riverdale Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront St. James University Woods Van Cortlandt Vidalia Vinmont Veteran Washington's Walk Williamsbridge Oval
South Bronx	Baretto Point Bill Rainey Carlos J. Lozada Playground Claremont Concrete Plant Crotona Estella Diggs Grant Hunts Point Riverside Joseph Rodman Drake Joyce Kilmer Julius Richman Macombs Dam Mill Pond Mullaly North and South Brother Islands Playground 52 Printer's Richman St. Mary's Taqwa Community Farm Tremont

Brooklyn

Queens

Staten Island

North Shore (Community District 1)	Allison Pond Austen House Buono Beach Barrett Clove Lakes Clove's Tail Corporal Thompson Eibs Pond Faber Forest Grove Fort Hill Gaeta Graniteville Quarry Graniteville Swamp Hero Ingram Woods Jones Woods Joseph Manna Lyons Pool Recreation Center Maple Woods Northerleigh Richmond Terrace Wetlands Sailors' Snug Harbor Shooters Island Silver Lake Sobel Court Tappen Tompkinsville Von Briesen Walker Westerleigh
Mid-Island (Community District 2)	Blood Root Valley Bradys Pond Deere Father Macris FDR Boardwalk Gen. MacArthur High Rock Last Chance Midland Field Ocean Breeze Old Place Creek Prall's Island Saw Mill Creek Marsh Schmul South Beach Wetlands St. George Staten Island Industrial Westwood Willowbrook
Mid-Island & South Shore (Community Districts 2 & 3)	Freshkills LaTourette Meredith Woods William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge
South Shore (Community District 3)	Aesop Amundsen Circle Annadale Arbutus Woods Arden Woods Bayview Terrace Bloomingdale Blue Heron Blueberry Bunker Ponds Carlton Conference House Crescent Beach Fairview Great Kills Huguenot Ponds Hybrid Oak Woods Isle of Meadows King Fisher Kingdom Pond Lemon Creek Long Pond Olmstead-Beil House Reed's Basket Willow Swamp Seaside Wildlife Nature Siedenburg Tottenville Shore Wegener Wolfe's Pond

Other

Nature centers	Alley Pond Belvedere Castle Blue Heron Crotona Dana Discovery Center Forest Fort Greene Fort Totten Greenbelt High Rock Inwood Hill Orchard Beach Prospect Salt Marsh Van Cortlandt
Zoos	Bronx Central Park Prospect Park Queens Staten Island
Botanical gardens	Brooklyn Botanic Conservatory New York Botanical Queens Botanical Staten Island Botanical New York Chinese Scholar's Wave Hill
Roosevelt Island	Lighthouse Southpoint
Other lists	World War I-related parks Vietnam War-related parks Hispanic and Latino-related parks

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