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, wheelchairs, and aggressive inline skating. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, handrails, funboxes, vert ramps, stairsets, qua ...

in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, located in Owl's Head Park, 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 Martin J. Golden (born September 22, 1950) is an American politician from Brooklyn, New York (state), New York, one of the Borough (New York City), five boroughs of New York City. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, Golden represent ...

and implemented by the NYC Parks' 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 Skateparks in the United States