Location

Outwater Memorial Park, Corinthia St, Lockport, NY 14094

Description

Excellent skatepark that’s worth a long drive. Great variety of transition and street obstacles, including several features that bridge a gap.

Construction began in fall 2023; the skatepark officially opened April 20, 2024.

Bathrooms

There are bathrooms in the park. If you’re lucky, they’ll be unlocked.

Location

3701 McKinley Pkwy Unit 835, Buffalo, NY 14219

Description

Indoor skatepark inside the McKinley Mall. One of the best and largest skateparks in the area. Only indoor skatepark in the area with a bowl.

Website

foodcourtskatepark.com

Features

• bowl
• 3’, 4’, 5’, and 7’ quarter pipes (some with pool coping)
• 7-stair with hubbas and rail
• boxes
• funbox
• pyramid
• hip
• flat rail
• down rails
• manual pad
• picnic table with kicker

Bathrooms

There are bathrooms in the skatepark

Location

Heritage Park, 65 Franklin St, Springville, NY 14141

Description

Nice skatepark in a small town. There’s a pump track on one side of the park.

Features

• 4’ and 5’ quarter pipes
• 3’ spine
• A-frame with rail
• A-frame with ledge
• box
• flat rail
• manual pad
• short pump track

Lighting

There are overhead lights around the park.

Location

1113 S Main St, Medina, NY 14103

Description

Excellent skatepark that’s worth a long drive. Great variety of transition and street obstacles, including a unique large ramp wall.

Features

• ramp wall
• bowl
• 3-sided miniramp?
• 2’, 3’, and 4’ quarter pipes
• A-frame with rail
• flat rail
• down rail
• down ledges
• 4-stair with hubba
• 2-stair
• combination manual pad and box
• bank with parking block
• hip
• box

Lighting

There are overhead lights on the north and south sides of the park.

Location

4430 Bailey Ave, Buffalo, NY 14226

Description

The skateshop contains an indoor, concrete skatepark. Occasionally the park is open for events, but otherwise you can rent the park by the hour. As of 2024, they charge $30 per hour for up to ten people. Call the shop to set it up.

Website

phatmanboardshop.com

Location

13116 W Main St, Alden, NY 14004

Description

In 2023 it was closed for maintenance. As of summer 2024, pickleball courts have replaced the skatepark.

Modular skatepark with an asphalt surface.

Features

• 3’ and 4’ quarter pipes
• funboxes
• pyramids with ledges
• box
• square flat rails
• banks

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Location

702 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo, NY 14203

Description

DIY in Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. The surface is concrete, and the middle is slightly raised above the rest of the park. Some spots are prone to flooding.

There’s another, smaller DIY down the road.

March 2024 update

The DIY is in good shape. A new (unusually short) flat rail was installed (bolted to the concrete).

Location

200 N Lake Dr, Orchard Park, NY 14127

Description

Pre-fab concrete features on an unskatable asphalt surface. The park is likely to be flooded long after the season’s snow has melted. The only good thing about this skatepark is that it’s always empty.

Features

• 3’ quarter pipe
• 5’ quarter pipe
• large bank
• combination bank/euro gap/rail/ledge
• square rail
• ledge
• parking block