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

Spot: Formerly home to the bump-to-ledge and four-stair line combo line seen in countless New York videos throughout the 90s and early-2000s, the Parks Department restructured this southern end of Sara D. Roosevelt park into a new assortment of skateable terrain in 2008. The standout obstacle is this waxed concrete ledge that runs down an asphalt bike path. Typically, only a fifteen-foot section of it is waxed, and breaking in new sections of it would not be worth the trouble. The ledge is only frontside for regular / backside for goofy, due to the fact that the other end rests in the middle of traffic. At the bottom of the hill is a manual pad that is about twelve-feet long and curb high.

There is also a solid seven stair set in the park, with ample runway and landing. The individual steps are a bit larger than average, so the set is slightly longer than an average seven set.

Bust — ♦ / Rare: On very rare occasions, you may get kicked out of the seven, but not the ledge. Just don’t skate the ledge on weekdays because it is bound to be covered with people, and you will inevitably crash into one of them.

Location: Canal Street and Forsyth Street. Take the F train to East Broadway, skate half a block north to Canal Street and skate west on Canal for five blocks, until you reach Sara D. Roosevelt Park / the Manhattan Bridge. The seven set is on Hester and Forsyth.

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