Skateparks
Alden
Location 13116 W Main St, Alden, NY 14004
Description Modular skatepark with an asphalt surface.
In 2023 it was closed to maintenance. Unsure of when or if it will reopen.
Features 3’ and 4’ quarter pipes funboxes pyramids with ledges box square flat rails banks
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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
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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.
Phase II, including an A-frame and 3’ quarter pipe, was completed in 2018.
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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.
People like to park nearby and show off how loud their cars’ sound systems are.
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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.
Features 3’ quarter pipes down rails down ledges boxes
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Blasdell DIY
Location Telfer St, Blasdell, NY 14219
Description DIY in Blasdell with boxes, rails, and some small transition elements.
March 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.
Features boxes flat rail small spine small ramps
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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.
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Evans
Location 8787 Erie Rd, Angola, NY 14006
Description Modular skatepark with a decent asphalt surface. The ramps are mellow, which is good for begineers. However, most of the features need some maintenance.
Features 3’ and 4’ quarter pipes funboxes box square flat rails 3’ bank
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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.
Features bowl 3’ and 4’ quarter pipes boxes A-frame hip flat rail down rail
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Hamburg
Location Hamburg, NY
Description Modular ramps on a rough asphalt surface. The ramps are in bad shape.
Hamburg is slated to get a concrete skatepark sometime in the future.
Features 4’ miniramp 3’ miniramp 3’ spine funbox with rail 3’ quarter pipe