Spots: Downtown Manhattan — Chinatown, East Village & L.E.S.

Spot: In the middle of all the Chinese children playing basketball in 5XL white tees with medium Dupont racing jackets over them, you’ll find a four-foot long, foot-and-a-half high painted concrete ledge which kinks down a two stair. Typically, this will wind up needing wax because the paint wears off quickly, but it has gotten increasingly broken in over the years, to the point where it is a bit on the chunkier, rounded-off side of things. It’s on the side of the basketball court so you generally don’t have to worry about rolling into the middle of a game and crashing into somebody. There’s also an average height eight stair round rail from the sidewalk into the basketball court that has been seen in Alien Workshop videos throughout the years. There’s a crack before it, but nothing a small piece of wood or a sign couldn’t fix.

Bust — ♦ / Rare: You should not get kicked out of here, but it does tend to get crowded during warmer seasons in the afternoons and on the weekends with people playing basketball. There is absolutely no light here, so night sessions are out.

Location: Mulberry Street and Worth Street in Chinatown. Take the J, M or Z to Canal Street, skate east for two blocks and make a right on Mulberry. Skate south on Mulberry Street for several blocks until you hit the southernmost end of the park.

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