Thomas Jefferson Park Skate Park — Attraction in New York

My local.

Kickout: during the school year, the school next door will kick out everyone during recess, which starts at either 10 or 11 am (changes from year to year). Not sure when exactly it re-opens

No flat bar, so not good for beginner rail tricks, but the mini is ~3 feet and great for beginners and learning new tricks. Fun box is great, a few good hips, and people get really creative with the banks.

An enormous amount of flat ground all around, so perfect for beginners who want to get warmed up slow and then try something on a bank.

Not very much shade.

You just can’t help but wish they put a flat bar in the middle instead of a dead cobblestone zone.

Also, fair warning that it’s painted, and constantly re-painted because of locals covering up tags. Especially the mini. So don’t expect to slide all over the place.

Worth noting the 5 stair is pretty long, but you can just go off the back like a loading dock. Hand rails start low and...

This is the skate park everyone wishes was in their neighborhood. Nothing too big, metal edges on everything. Mini ramp always makes things better. I think this was the first NYC skatepark to experiment with the idea of having the mini ramp be somewhat in the park and not by itself...the low curb on the western deck of the mini ramp is awesome. Would love to see that in more parks. More experienced skaters will have fun here 8 days a week, while a beginner can come to this park and leave feeling like they accomplished something. Lots of smooth pavement on the outside of the park if flat ground is your thing.

I was here once in the summer and parking can be difficult. In the winter it was no...

I love coming here. The one thing that I do not like is, when people come to the park to barbecue and they're are 4-5 areas designated for barbecuing, they don't clean up after themselves, not everyone does this, but enough of them do and it's totally unnecessary. And also there's a dog walk in the park, "STOP " walking your dogs in the barbecuing areas or in the baseball fields.. people cook food and kids play baseball. STOP!! Obey the rules of the park. Abs please, pick up after...