DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER

This is a common knowledgebase of the average New York skateboarder. There are no “secrets” here. If you want the new spot that has been popping up in videos, have a local show you around.

It should be obvious, but none of the places listed on the QS spots page are authorized places to skate. Skateboarding itself is not illegal in New York City, but it is prohibited by park or property rules in many of these places. They are merely frequent destinations for street skaters in the city, and have been so for years upon years. Please comply with any property owners, security or police if you are told to leave. Confrontation only leads to bigger problems for everyone else and isn’t worth it. QS is not responsible for you being ticketed, arrested, injured, having your feelings hurt by a mean security guard, indicted by a grand jury, deported, robbed in a rough neighborhood, etc. in any of the places listed on the spots page. If you would like a list of authorized skateparks, please visit NewYorkCitySkateparks.com.

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

Lily Pads — Essex Street & Grand Street

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

Battery Park — Washington Street & Battery Place

Battery Park City — Hudson River between Chambers & Rector Streets

Black Hubba — Lafayette Street & Duane Street

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

Seaport — South Street & Fulton Street

Veterans Plaza — Water Street & Coenties Slip

Water Street Benches — Wall Street & South Street

Zuccotti Park — Church Street & Liberty Street

Tribeca & West Village

Bond Street Gap — Bond Street between Lafayette Street & Broadway

Hudson River Park — 12th Street & the Westside Highway

Max Palmer Park — Canal Street & Sixth Avenue

Three Up Three Down — Canal Street & the Westside Highway

Union Square — 14th Street & Broadway

Washington Square Park — Waverly Place & Fifth Avenue

Midtown

Bellevue Park — 27th Street & Second Avenue

Brick 9 — 47th Street & Second Avenue

Bryant Park — 42nd Street between Fifth & Sixth Avenues

CBS — 52nd Street & Sixth Avenue

Columbus Circle — 59th Street & Eighth Avenue

Fake Barcelona Ledge — 27th Street & First Avenue

FedEx — 47th Street & Park Avenue

Ferry Terminal — 38th Street & the Westside Highway

Five Then Three — 26th Street & Second Avenue

IBM Ledge — 56th Street & Madison Avenue

Italian Ledges — 49th Street & Third Avenue

Paine Webber — 52nd Street & Sixth Avenue

Queensboro Bridge Ledges — 59th Street & Sutton Place

Up-Rails — 36th Street & the Westside Highway

Uptown & Harlem

125th Street Banks — 125th Street & Broadway

Amsterdam Rail — 105th Street & Amsterdam Avenue

Columbia University — 116th Street & Broadway

Grants Tomb — 122nd Street & Riverside Drive

Green Three Block — 135th Street & Fifth Avenue

Lenox Ledges — 110th Street & Lenox Avenue

Marcus Garvey Park — 122nd Street & Madison Avenue

Median Ledge — 111th Street & Seventh Avenue

Riverbank — 145th Street & Riverside Drive

Seminary Ledge — 122nd Street & Broadway

Supa Bump — 189th Street & Amsterdam Avenue

T.F. North — 100th Street & First Avenue

The Bronx

Bronx Courthouse — 161st Street & Grand Concourse

Hunts Point Station — Hunts Point Avenue & 163rd Street

Ogden Bank to Ledge — Ogden Avenue & 168th Street

Tiffany Banks — Westchester Avenue & Tiffany Street

Triangle Park — Westchester Avenue & Bryant Avenue

Brooklyn

BAM 2 — Flatbush Avenue & Tillary Street

Blue Park — Manhattan Avenue & Scholes Street

Borough Hall — Court Street and Remsen Street

Brooklyn Bridge Park — Old Fulton Street & Furman Street

BQE Lot — Graham Avenue & the BQE

Carroll Manual Pad — Union Street & Hoyt Street

Crown Heights Banks — Fenimore Street & New York Avenue

Dewey High School — Avenue X & 12th Street

Farragut Ledges — Gold Street & Sands Street

Fish Gap — Washington Avenue between Park & Flushing

Fort Greene Park — DeKalb Avenue & Fort Greene Place

Front Street Ledge — Front Street & Dock Street

Hasidic Gap — Bedford Avenue & Wallabout Street

Humboldt Street YMCA — Boerum Street & Humboldt Street

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

Strap-On Park — Park Avenue & North Elliot Place

Sunset Park — 42nd Street & Seventh Avenue

Thomas Greene Park — Third Avenue & Degraw Street

Tompkins Park — Lafayette Avenue & Marcy Avenue

Williamsburg Monument — Roebling Street & S 4th

Woodhull Hospital — Flushing Avenue & Broadway

Queens

Citi Field Benches — Flushing Bay Promenade

Con-Edison Banks — 20th Avenue & 31st Street

Flushing Meadows Park — Corona Park at the Unisphere

Hillcrest High School — Parsons Blvd & Hillside Avenue

Long Island City Waterfront — 47th Road & Center Boulevard

JFK Banks — Terminal 6 at Kennedy Airport

Rockaway Rails — Beach Channel Drive & Beach 101st Street

Roosevelt Island Ledge — W Road on Roosevelt Island

The Sombrero — Borden Avenue & 61st Street

Vernon-Jackson — 48th Avenue & Vernon Boulevard