Millennium Skate Park, also known as Owl's Head Skate Park, is a
skate park
A skatepark, or skate park, is a purpose-built recreational environment made for skateboarding, BMX, scootering, and aggressive inline skating. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, handrails, funboxes, vert ramps, stairsets, quarter pipe ...
in
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Bay Ridge is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Sunset Park to the north, Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, Dyker Heights to the east, the Nar ...
, located in
Owl's Head Park
Owl's Head Park is a public park in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York.
History
The land that would become Owl's Head Park was first settled by the Canarsee. In the 17th century, Dutch settlers arrived in the area. The first E ...
, adjacent to the
Sunset Park Greenway.
History
The park opened in 2001, designed by pro-skater
Andy Kessler, it was the first concrete skatepark built in Brooklyn.
The skate park was funded entirely by City Council Member
Marty Golden and implemented by the
NYC Parks
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, also called the Parks Department or NYC Parks, is the department of the government of New York City responsible for maintaining the city's parks system, preserving and maintaining the ecolog ...
' Capital Projects Division. Golden worked with Julius Spiegel,
Martin Maher, and Laurence Major, Jr. to find a location in the park and bring it to fruition.
The city worked with the skateboarding community to design the park.
Owl's Head was the first concrete skatepark in New York City built by the Parks Department through the capital process.
This park is 14,000 square feet of skate park area, including both a street section and bowl section.
One of the bowls at Millennium Skate Park is eight feet deep.
In 2017, the New York City parks department repaired parts of the skatepark.
Events
In 2018, Andy Kessler Day was held at Millennium skate park.
Since it was built, skaters have held many skate jams at the park.
The
NYC Skateboard Coalition hosts a yearly pool series event at the park.
Gallery of photos from Millennium Skate Park
File:Indy grab at Millennium Skate Park during NYC Skate Coalition's Pool Series event - October 2019.jpg
File:Jon Nicholson carves the bowl at Millennium Skate Park - October 2019.jpg
File:Duncan McGillivray-Smith carves the bowl at Millennium Skate Park - October 2019.jpg
File:Ty Beuthe grinds the pool coping in the deep end at Millennium Skate Park - October 2019.jpg
File:Julio Pineda with the bowl ollie at Owl's Head Skate Park - October 2019.jpg
File:Skaters wait to drop in the bowl at Owl's Head Skate Park - October 2019.jpg
References
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External links
NYC Pool Series – Owl’s Head Skatepark (2018)
Parks in Brooklyn
Skateparks in New York City