Far Rockaway Skate Park is a public

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on the

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, opened in 2011. The park is open dawn till dusk and is unsupervised. In addition to skateboarding, scooters and inline skates are permitted. The park was built over a large parking lot that was reduced in size but not eliminated. The skatepark project was part of a larger renovation of

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that began in 2010 and was completed in 2011. The park was designed by SITE Design Group and built by

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Gallery

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External links

Battle at the Beach 2 - Farrockaway Skate park - Clipmode
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