Tag: skateboarding

"Anytime they build a public space for skateboarding, it's amazing....it really helps bridge so many communities....and gives people a safe space."

A man riding an electric skateboard was struck by a sedan in the intersection of West 83rd Street and West End Avenue around 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning. 

Upper West Sider Greg Navarro recently finished making a film about people who skateboard around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument at 89th Street

Greg Navarro, who grew up and lives on the Upper West Side, has been filming skateboarders around Riverside Park for the past year. He's in

The Riverside Park Conservancy said this week that the steps, rails and low ramps at its new skate park on 108th Street are open. The skate park

Community Board 7, elected officials, and the skating community came together to support the naming of a renovated skate park in Riverside Park after beloved skateboarder Andy Kessler.

The energy was high as hundreds of skateboarders gathered at the corner of 116th Street and Riverside Drive late Saturday morning preparing to compete in “Broadway Bomb”, an annual unsanctioned

Life is smoother when you're riding with a best friend, particularly when that best friend is a bulldog on a skateboard.

The federal government may be gridlocked, but Community Board 7 is working just fine. Everyone present at Monday night’s Parks & Environment Committee meeting, including

It seemed like a done deal. The plans for a new skatepark replacing the 20-year-old one at Riverside Park and West 108th street had sailed

A new state-of-the-art skatepark -- with bowls, rails and greenery -- will replace the current one at West 108th street and Riverside Park. Construction

After nearly 25 years of design and development, sparing no expense, the Frederick Douglass Circle (FDC) was opened to the community in 2010 as a monument

The skateboarding park in Riverside Park on 108th street recently got a big makeover and is getting a new name to honor Upper West Side skating legend Andy Kessler. City skateboarding enthusiasts have been

October 19, 2012 Weather: Rain and Thunder, High of 71 Degrees.

Beefy the Upper West Side bulldog is either a testament to the marvelous talents of dogs, or the deep psychosis of dog owners. Local blogger Rebecca Baust videotaped Beefy skateboarding in Central Park around 96th Street and sent us the video (below). In addition, Beefy's owner Patrick Clemens created a ...