New York City Inline Skating Guide

Rink no longer exists. After about ten years of use, the rink and skatepark on Pier 62 were ripped out in 2006. When the pier re-opened as part of the Hudson River Park facilties, it included a new skatepark but no rink.

There is a smooth concrete rink in this public park overlooking the Hudson River, just northeast of the football/soccer field. It doubles as an ice and roller rink, with open rollerskating during the summer. Although the rink is partially open to the elements (there is a roof and a clear, Plexiglass fence about six feet high), sound doesn't seem to disperse much and it can get pretty noisy.

At times, the rink can be crowded with many folks from Harlem, Hamilton Heights and Washington Heights, the neighborhoods across Riverside Dr. The atmosphere is very much that of a local rink. Riverbank has also hosted rollerhockey sessions, but this may vary year to year.

Riverbank was completely renovated in 2014, with new skating surface, dasher boards, etc. The admission fee is cheap; skate rental may also be available.

The famed dance/roller club on West 18th St. closed in spring 2007. It re-opened very briefly as "Club 515" but not long later closed permanently.

Famous for ice skating during the winter, this rink was for many years converted to roller use spring through autumn. But with the decline in popularity of inline skating, they stopped doing so for close to 20 years, instead turning the rink into a mini-amusement park during the warm weather months. In 2022, they gave it a shot with a return to roller/inline skating during the summer, but for 2023 it looks it's been turned into a pickleball venue.

Neighborhood group that organizes regular evening indoor skating sessions late fall to spring at the Salvation Army gym in Bed-Stuy. The Nostrand Ave. stop of the G train is about two blocks away. Although the major goal is to serve the local community, the sessions also attract skaters from elsewhere about town, especially dance skaters for the Wednesday session.

For further info, contact BK Express at the numbers/addresses on their website, and not the Salvation Army.

The property was sold and the famed Crown Heights rink — allegedly the birthplace of roller disco — closed permanently in April 2007.

Formerly the site of Kate Wollman Rink, Prospect's "LeFrak Center at Lakeside" complex includes two rink areas, one of which is open for roller skating in spring, summer, and fall while the other is ice year-round. The complex was rebuilt and renovated in 2013. The large skating area although open to the outdoors is covered.

Seasonal rink — open April through October — that first opened in summer 2014. The rink is outdoors but is covered. It is a full size rink located on one of the rebuilt park piers. The easiest way to get to the rink is to enter the park at Pier 1 — i.e., at Old Fulton St., below the Brooklyn Bridge — and go south about six blocks on the park paths. The rink is about halfway out the pier, nestled amongst a group of basketball courts.

New rink that opened in 2024 (or was it 2023) in Bushwick and emphasizing itself a nice roller dance venue. It has a wooden floor, so you need to have clean wheels if you are going to roll here.

If you are trying to figure out how to get to Xanadu by means other than skate, the L-train DeKalb Ave station is located on Wyckoff Ave. at Stockholm St. about six or seven blocks away.

Rink that opened in July 2007 and for the next 17 years basically was the only permanent rink within the city limits. Unfortunately, they closed down permanently in May 2024.

The Key was a rink in the Mott Haven neighborhood. It was closed permanently in March 2006 due to public nuisance problems (e.g., under-age drinking and gang-related activity).

Large covered facility that alternates between ice and roller/inline depending on the season. Roller/inline sessions are June through September. There is a big inline hockey program.

Open-air seasonal outdoor rink in southwest Nassau County. The park is about a mile down Broadway from the Lynbrook station of the LIRR, and the rink is in the far south end of the park, alongside Grant Pond.

Rink closed for good in March 2019 after 39 years in business.

Sports complex which among other things hosts a lot of rollerhockey play, as well as roller derby bouts.

Rink located about a mile and a half north of the Massapequa LIRR station.

Indoor rink at the south end of Branch Brook Park, close to the intersection of I-280 and Clifton Ave. The rink is about a half mile from NJ Transit's Newark Broad St. Station. The speed group from the Empire Skate Club used to train here during winter.