Spots: Downtown Manhattan — City Hall Area

Spot: If you enjoy flirting with danger, or do not have an immense concern for your own safety, the Courthouse presents some of the highest risk, and most worst-cast-scenario-having obstacles in New York. There are two ways of approaching it, one way as a gap/drop, and the other as a ledge. Skating it as a gap, you need to ollie onto a twelve-foot-long platform, down a four foot drop, into a bank, weave off to the right to avoid going straight into the steps directly below, over a kink, and down another six-foot drop. If you want to minimize the chances of face-planting into a stone kink, skating it as a ledge is slightly safer. The ledge is no higher than an average bench, but does not have an end. It must be approached from one of the steps as well, which is a rather narrow runway. From it, you’ll need to weave off to the right of the bank and down the six foot drop.

Bust — ♦♦ / Occasional: This place can only be skated during weekends, or on major holidays, because during the week they are typically holding trials for white collar criminals and mafia bosses. Even on weekends, Federal building security guards may tell you to leave.

Location: Located on Centre Street and Worth Street. Take the J, M, Z, 4,. 5 or 6 to City Hall – Brooklyn Bridge. Skate north on Park Row until it forks into Centre Street and Lafayette Street by the Brooklyn Bridge entrance. Take Centre Street one block down.

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