Today, with skateboarding being so popular there are so many different spots around the city. Spots are what connect skaters across New York, it brings them together and makes Skateboarding a space not confined to one physical location.
Here is a brief list of some of the many skate spots around the city. Courtesy of QuarterSnacks.
Chinatown, East Village & Lower East Side
20th and C — 20th Street & Avenue C
Alligator Ledge — Cherry Street & the FDR Drive
Chinatown Double-Set — Baxter Street & Bayard Street
Chinatown Manual Pad — Cherry Street & Catherine Street
Columbus Park — Mulberry Street & Worth Street
D7 — 7th Street & Avenue D
Houston Park — Houston Street & Chrystie Street
Jacob Riis Projects — 12th Street & Avenue D
Pitt Pool — Houston Street & Pitt Street
Popeye’s Ledge — Canal Street & Forsyth Street
Tompkins Square Park — 9th Street & Avenue A
City Hall Area / Financial District
Black Hubba — Lafayette Street & Duane Street
Battery Park — Washington Street & Battery Place
Battery Park City — Hudson River between Chambers & Rector Streets
Brooklyn Banks — Frankfort Street & the Brooklyn Bridge
C-Benches — Front Street & Maiden Lane
Chase — Pine Street between Nassau & William Streets
CIA Ledge — William Street & Maiden Lane
Courthouse Drop — Centre Street & Worth Street
Family Court — Lafayette Street & Franklin Street
Rector Street Bench — Edgar Street & Trinity Place
Seaport — South Street & Fulton Street
Veterans Plaza — Water Street & Coenties Slip
Wall Street Gap — Exchange Plaza & Trinity Place
Water Street Benches — Wall Street & South Street
World Trade Center — Church Street & Liberty Street
Tribeca & West Village
Bond Street Gap — Bond Street between Lafayette Street & Broadway
Gay Ledges — Morton Street & the Westside Highway
Hudson River Park — 12th Street & the Westside Highway
Strip Club Ledge — Clarkson Street & Washington Street
Three Up Three Down — Canal Street & the Westside Highway
Union Square — 14th Street & Broadway
Washington Square Park — Waverly Place & Fifth Avenue
Midtown
29th Street Gap — 29th Street between Eleventh & Tenth Avenues
Beer Bar — 45th Street & Vanderbilt Avenue
Bryant Park — 42nd Street between Fifth & Sixth Avenues
Bubble Banks — 46th Street & Third Avenue
Citigroup Center — 53rd Street & Lexington Avenue
Columbus Circle — 59th Street & Eighth Avenue
Crackhead Park — 27th Street & Second Avenue
Fake Barcelona Ledge — 27th Street & First Avenue
FedEx — 47th Street & Park Avenue
Ferry Terminal — 38th Street & the Westside Highway
IBM Ledge — 56th Street & Madison Avenue
Italian Ledges — 49th Street & Third Avenue
Indoor Ten — 42nd Street between Sixth & Seventh Avenues
Paine Webber — 52nd Street & Sixth Avenue
Penn Plaza — 34th Street between Eighth & Seventh Avenues
Terminator Rail — 28th Street & First Avenue
Up-Rails — 36th Street & the Westside Highway
Wollman Rink — 60th Street & Fifth Avenue
Ziegfeld — 54th Street & Sixth Avenue
Harlem & The Bronx
125th Street Banks — 125th Street & Broadway
Amsterdam Rail — 105th Street & Amsterdam Avenue
Bronx Courthouse — 161st Street & Grand Concourse
Columbia University — 116th Street & Broadway
Grants Tomb — 122nd Street & Riverside Drive
Green Three Block — 135th Street & Fifth Avenue
Lenox Ledges — 110th Street & Lenox Avenue
Median Ledge — 111th Street & Seventh Avenue
Riverbank — 145th Street & Riverside Drive
Supa Bump — 189th Street & Amsterdam Avenue
Yellow Rail — 109th Street between Broadway & Amsterdam Avenue
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge Park — Old Fulton Street & Furman Street
Brooklyn Post Office — Tillary Street & Cadman Plaza
BQE Lot — Graham Avenue & the BQE
Carroll Manual Pad — Union Street & Hoyt Street
Dewey High School — Avenue X & 12th Street
Fat Kid Spot — Gold Street & Concord Street
Fish Gap — Washington Avenue between Park & Flushing
Fort Greene Park — DeKalb Avenue & Fort Greene Place
Front Street Ledge — Front Street & Dock Street
Humboldt Street YMCA — Boerum Street & Humboldt Street
Kent Avenue Step — Kent Avenue between S 6th Street & Broadway
Maria Hernandez Park — Irving Avenue & Starr Street
Polish Park — McGuinness Boulevard & Humboldt Street
Pratt — Lafayette Avenue & St. James Place
Reggaeton Ledges — Rodney Street & S 5th
Sunset Park — 42nd Street & Seventh Avenue
Thomas Greene Park — Third Avenue & Degraw Street
Washington Plaza — Roebling Street & S 4th
Woodhull Hospital — Flushing Avenue & Broadway
Queens
Broadway Park — 45th Avenue & Broadway
Con-Edison Banks — 20th Avenue & 31st Street
Flushing Meadows Park — Corona Park at the Unisphere
Long Island City Waterfront — 47th Road & Center Boulevard
Long Island Expressway Hill — Queens Boulevard & the L.I.E.
JFK Banks — Terminal 6 at Kennedy Airport
Rockaway Rails — Beach Channel Drive & Beach 101st Street
Vernon-Jackson — 48th Avenue & Vernon Boulevard