Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “4-Ft-Transition”
Hamburg
Location
5074 Electric Ave, Hamburg, NY 14075
Description
Concrete skatepark built in 2024 after a several-years-long initiative to replace the town’s old, modular skatepark.
Features
- 4’ miniramp with 5.5’ extensions
- 1.5’ quarter pipes and slappy curb on the miniramp deck
- hip
- box
- manual pad
- flat rail
- small funbox with rail
- 3’ box jump
- 4’ quarter pipe (no coping)
- 4’ quarter pipe with 6.5’ extension
- rollers
Lockport Railyard
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.
Daily City Train
Location
2 Bristol Ln, Ellicottville, NY 14731
Description
Indoor skatepark with attached skateshop in Ellicottville.
Website
Features
- 4’ and 7’ quarter pipes
- funbox with down rail and ledge
- pyramid with ledge
- box
Food Court
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
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
Ellicottville
Location
11 Parkside Dr, Ellicottville, NY 14731
Description
The park contains a large bowl that takes up about 2/3 of the space. There’s a street section with a 4’ quarter pipe, a small bump, a flat rail, a combination box and manual pad, and a hip. In between the bowl and street section is very small transition that can be useful.
Keyholders
Location
2600 Hamburg Turnpike, Lackawanna, NY 14218
Description
Keyholders closed in April 2024.
Indoor skatepark with a vert ramp and a small street section.
Features
- vert ramp
- 4’ quarter pipes with 5’ and 6’ extensions
- pyramid with ledge
- down rail
Bathrooms
There’s a bathroom inside the building.
Springville
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.
Luke Nelson (Medina)
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.
Alix Rice Peace Park
Location
Amherst Northtown Center, Amherst, NY 14221
Description
A corner of the park has 2’ quarter pipes with a round manual pad in between, which is popular. There’s also a 4’ quarter pipe and two bowls.
There’s some graffiti and artwork on the walls of the park; even non-skaters might want to check it out.
Alden
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
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.
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