Hyde Park
Location
898 Hyde Park Blvd, Niagara Falls, NY 14301
Description
This would be a great skatepark, but the concrete needs some maintenance. The miniramp is unusable (for skateboards anyway).
Parking
No parking lot. Park on the street next to the skatepark.
Features
- 4’ quarter pipes
- 5’ miniramp
- A-frame with rail and ledge
- down rail
- flat rail
- boxes
- U-shaped manual pad
- weird 6-sided bank
Bryce Buchholz (Keysa Park)
Location
Keysa Park, Vandenberg Ave, Lancaster, NY 14086
Description
This is a fairly large skatepark. While it lacks an actual manual pad, the park has a decent variety of obstacles. In addition to the standard elements, there are mellow banks for beginners, and a big euro gap for advanced skaters. There’s some room for flat-ground skating in the corners of the park.
LaSalle
Location
Ralph Wilson Park, Buffalo, NY 14202
Description
One of the most popular skateparks in the area. There’s a wide variety of obstacles for street skating, and there’s also a bowl.
While the skatepark opened in 2013, it was completed in three phases with phase II completed in 2017 and phase III completed in 2021.
Gregory Hayes Holler (Ives Park)
Location
209 York St, Tonawanda, NY 14150
Description
There’s an elevated section in between 3’ quarter pipes. Most of the features, like the rails and ledges, are built into the banks on this section. There’s also a weird box and manual pad. On the side of the park is a space for flat-ground skating.
Blasdell DIY
Location
Telfer St, Blasdell, NY 14219
Description
DIY in Blasdell with an ever-changing mix of obstacles.
Summer 2024 update
The pool coping on the larger box and steep ramp is gone. The ramp thresholds have chipped away and could use some maintenance. Moms Skateshop donated their Go Skate Day obstacles to the DIY (as they did in 2023).
Dunkirk
Location
Wright Park Dr, Dunkirk, NY 14048
Description
Modular skatepark, though the features and surface are concrete. Has one of the only volcanoes in the area. There’s a large area for flat-ground skating. The surface and ramps are in need of maintenance, but the park is still skatable.
Features
- 4’ miniramp
- 3’ miniramp
- 3’ spine
- volcano
- 5-stair with hand rail and hubba
- boxes
- flat rail
- down rail
Bathrooms
There are bathrooms by the baseball fields.
Fort Erie
Location
1554 1572 Garrison Rd, Fort Erie, ON L2A 2S6, Canada
Description
This skatepark is across the border, but it’s close enough that it might be an option for you. Of course, you’d be driving right past Lasalle if you take the Peace Bridge.
Fort Erie provides a live stream of the skatepark–you can see if the park is crowded before you go.
Hamburg (Bayview Rd)
Location
Bayview Rd, Hamburg, NY 14219
Description
Modular ramps on a rough asphalt surface. The ramps are in bad shape.
Hamburg’s new concrete skatepark will open soon.
Features
- 4’ miniramp
- 3’ miniramp
- 3’ spine
- funbox with rail
- 3’ quarter pipe
