NYC Skating Links

General Info

• Empire Skate Club announcements on Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon — Stay Informed!

• NYCSK8, the New York City Inline Skating Guide — Old but still useful

Group Skates

• We Skate NJ Monday Night Skate (IG) — Seasonal (May-Nov); 7:00 p.m. from Riverwalk Place in West New York

• Empire Tuesday Night Skate (also IG) — Year-round; 8:00 p.m. from Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza, Fifth Ave. at East 60th St.

• NYC Wednesday Night Skate (FB, also IG) — Seasonal (Apr-Oct); 8:00 p.m. from Union Square, Broadway at East 14th St.

• NYC Winter Wednesday Night Skate (IG) — Seasonal (Nov-Mar); 8:00 p.m. from Union Square, Broadway at East 14th St.

• Empire Weekend Skates — Seasonal; starting places and times vary — Check the Empire FB and IG pages for late announcements

• Empire's Big Apple Roll — First weekend of August; four days of group skates and other activities

Aggressive and Freestyle Skating

• NYC Parks Dept. — Locations of and regulations at skateparks in city parks

• Skatedex — Boarders' list of skateparks

• NYCSK8 — List of skateparks

Dance Skating

• Central Park Dance Skaters Association — Seasonal (Apr-Oct); weekend and holiday afternoons on Central Park's "Dead Road"

• BKLYN Skates (FB) — Evenings in Brooklyn, days and locations vary

Law

• NY Governor's Traffic Safety Committee — Cycling and skating laws and FAQs

• NYCSK8 — State and city skate law discussion

Lessons

• Central Park Skate Patrol & Skate School — Seasonal (Apr-Oct); free stopping lessons Saturday afternoons; private and group lessons weekend mornings

• SkateIA certified instructor search — NYC, Brooklyn, Bronx

Roller Derby

• Gotham Roller Derby

• New York Shock Exchange (FB)

Roller Hockey

• NYC Parks Dept. — Locations of roller hockey areas in city parks

• NYCSK8 — List of roller hockey organizations and venues

Roller Rinks

• Manhattan — Riverbank State Park — Seasonal; outdoor rink at Riverside Drive and 145th St. in Hamilton Heights

• Brooklyn — LeFrak Center — Seasonal; outdoor rink in Prospect Park

• Brooklyn — Pier 2 Roller Rink — Seasonal; outdoor rink in Brooklyn Bridge Park

• Brooklyn — Xanadu Roller Arts — Indoor wood-floor (clean your wheels!) roller venue on Starr St. in Bushwick.

Skate Merchants

• Manhattan — Mercado (also IG) — Inline shop, perhaps some emphasis on urban skate gear — Clinton St., Lower East Side

• Manhattan — Paragon Sports — General sporting goods with some skates — Broadway near Union Square

• Manhattan — Them Skates (IG) — THEM aggressive skates — Pop-up shop that has appeared on the Lower East Side and nearby

• Brooklyn — Five Stride Skate Shop — Quad/derby shop — Bushwick Ave., East Williamsburg

• Brooklyn — Panda Sport — General sporting goods with some skates — 5th Ave., Bay Ridge

• Queens — Dick's Sporting Goods — General sporting goods with some skates — Woodhaven Blvd., Glendale

• Queens — Kinetic Expression — Inline shop, by appointment only — Sunnyside

• Queens — West Side Skate and Stick — Ice hockey shop — City Ice Pavilion, Long Island City

Slalom

• Manhattan — Bandshell Coneheads — Weekend afternoons at Central Park's Naumburg Bandshell

Speedskating

• Empire Speed (FB) — Seasonal (Apr-Oct); trains on Central Park loop Thursday evenings

• Brooklyn Speed Team (FB) — Seasonal (Mar-Oct); trains on Prospect Park loop Sunday mornings

• NYC Skate Marathon & New York 100k — September on Prospect Park loop

Video

• Blade in New York (aka BiNY) (Youtube)

• Skate Terminal (Youtube)

Big Apple Roll