Spots: Midtown Manhattan — Midtown East

Spot: Surrounding this building you will find a series of metal boxes on the platform above leading into the street. They are about a foot high and two feet long. You could either grind, slide or do tricks over them. Towards the back, there are two low six stair rails that are pushed up against a wall, so you’ll have to ensure that your truck or nose/tail isn’t going to crash into the side and send you flying to the concrete. The sets of sixes themselves have ample runway and landing, without notable cracks. Going down a blocked driveway on smooth asphalt, there is a ledge that ascends from the ground and grows to be about three feet high. Next to it, there is a thin, foot-and-a-half high ledge that extends to about four feet in height. The higher ledge is typically less-broken in than the lower one, so slides may be easier to do than grind tricks. The driveway takes up a portion of the building that has an overpass, so it is covered and well-lit in the event that you need somewhere to skate flat if you’re waiting out a light drizzle. There’s a Starbucks next door if you need a night-session espresso as well.

Bust — ♦♦♦ / Half-and-half: Come here after 9 P.M. or during the weekend and chances are you won’t get kicked out as it is out of view from most security cameras. Don’t even bother trying on weekdays.

Location: 48th Street, in between Park Avenue and Madison Avenue. Take the 4, 5, 6 or 7 to 42nd Street-Grand Central. Skate west for a block until you reach Madison Avenue, make a right and skate north for six blocks. Make a right on 48th Street and the spot is in the middle of the block. You can also cut through the Metlife building along Vanderbilt Avenue, though the 47th Street Chase building to get to the spot.

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