Nah New York hates skaters, they’ve been stuffing skaters under bridges and on landfills for the longest time. They try their best to keep skaters out of communities.
its gotta have something to do with the olympics - if its a 'sport' there kinda has to be a system that encourages people to take part, same reason there are public basketball courts everywhere
if it says "Skatepark" anywhere near it... It's a park. If it doesn't... It's a street spot. if it says "NO SKATEBOARDING" it's definitely a street spot.
It's honestly pretty smart considering that the city is technically localizing property damage into one controlled area so they spend less money on repairs on a spread-out level.
skaters arent even remotely the biggest property damagers in a city, we scratch already fucked up curbs, ledges etc. also this isnt stopping anyone from street skating lol
@@JashAnon no, it won't. Seems like you're not a skater if you think that. These will end up just like skateparks have, a hub for shitty parents to bring their 15 little kids on scooters to and if you nicely ask to have a turn they'll scream at you.
@@j4y167 I've been skating for almost 2 years now, and I'm just saying if they build more unique "spots" like these ones it'll still give the same feeling as a real street spot, not saying it'll stop street skating but it'll definitely help both sides of the community.
I'm a landscape designer and I try to design like this so there's some skate spots "hidden" in plain view. You can design planters that are banked or have some transition but don't look exactly like a skatepark quarter pipe. I try to hide skate and Parkour stuff into whatever I'm working on.
@The Great Inferno under the koziesko bridge on the Brooklyn side. And there are some street spots on the queens side to skate too but this spot is so great. Amazing for those leaving because they have different size ledges and ride on grinds.
Cities are developing these areas as urban hang out areas to maximize space while uplifting areas that would of otherwise gone to waste or homeless/drug addicts. here in Toronto we have Underpass park and its exactly like this but has a legit skatepark, rock climbing wall, playground, basket ball court and covered in street art. much better then an old ditch filled with taggings and needles.
You don't have to wax the ledges though at the under the bridge spot, they've got this coping ( it's not metal, it's just like shaped perfectly) that just slides, haven't had to wax them at all..
I think architecture should incorporate skateable surfaces like metal edges that park ledges have. It’ll help keep the damage from accumulating on it and and it gives skaters the ok to try.
I feel like if you’re making a street part you can decided what you put in it. Obviously if you’re in a whole ass skatepark you can’t really call it a street park but if there are just some nice ledges and smooth ground I Say it’s fair game
Glad to see planners doing this and creating more spots. I'm an environmental design major and I'm learning about urban development and planning in class
Dude under the K is sooooo sicckkk.....I used to hop the fence in there before it was open too haha....now I go there a few times a week, always space to skate, never fighting crowds... ONLY DOWNFALL- those little pebbles....pitched me off my board too many times to count haha - don't forget to bring a broom!!!!! Also, there are secret little spots all around there, a hidden low butter ledge, an asphalt wave down a hill on one of the side streets....skaters paradise...love jumping those white run off gaps ....it doesn't always smell though haha
I feel like we're all past the "does this count as a street spot" phase of skateboarding. Plenty of skaters off IG got their sponsorships from basically Iphone footy of them at parks.
Before I read any comments I would argue the bridge spot as a skatepark, not because of its character but rather because of its isolated position in the infrastructure. If it was meant to be used as a common public space, then it would probably be made ahead of time and maybe some changes in the surroundings would come in place (new apartment blocks etc.) however due to the traffic and the sewage center I don’t think that’s really the case. Maybe the city planners indeed left the place so ambigious to be taken over by skateboarders that make the place their own. Maybe they made the frames to be filled with skaters’ personality. Kinda half-planned, half-DIY. That would be awesome. I’m most definitely willing to see how it will turn out after a year or two, how it and its surroundings will evolve. As a to-be landscape architect (also skating one), I’m eager to observe this phenomenon!
I can’t believe people would care if this is a “real street spot” like if the trick is good enough I wouldn’t care if it was straight park footy. People include diy park footy all the time and nobody cares
I read a message from an architect skater on Reddit a few weeks ago who wrote that he designed almost every project with at least some skating in mind, and some of them as almost deliberate skatespots. His bosses/coworkers have zero idea. He keeps it to himself and has never skated his own designs.
yup here in copenhagen it is meant to be skated my dude. Glad u was here to see what it was all about, cause cph open is the coolest thing ever, such cool people and so much fun
Those spits under the bridge do kinda look like obstacles at the park and not really street spots. I just saw Danny's video too. Made me hyped to see a reunion with you guys it made me hyped!!! 😆
this raises a good question bc spots that are not busts are still part-worthy if they aren't meant for skating. where does one draw the line? what if there are spots that are not meant for skating that use the same ledge creation technique, etc? becomes arbitrary rather quickly & raises some fun philosophical & principal issues
Arguing over whether something counts as a street spot or not seems silly, at the end of the day it’s all skateboarding. And beyond that it’s all board sports. Surfers, skaters, snowboarders, skim-boards s , and long-boarders are all part of the same adrenaline fueled family.
This blows my mind. I agree that they engineers must have had some thoughts of how the community will interact with there designed structures. The first people that would come to my mind is skaters. How far we have come. It's crazy. I couldn't go down the side walk with out a hassle on a skateboard. Now this.... awesome either way
Generally, I think places like this are good. If nothing else, they are a step in the right direction. And if it fits your style of skateboarding, could definitely be included in a street part. What makes me sad is the location of this spot. Being far away from the city center, it's just another step taken by urban-planners to try to draw skateboarders away from downtown areas. I have seen this happening in Boston as well. New skateparks are popping up more frequently, but all in distant reaches of the urban sprawl. Taking this into account it is hard to see spaces like this as inclusive, forward-thinking efforts. What I'd really like to see would be more akin to the spots in Copenhagen that you mentioned, or the "skate art" installations that Leo Valls has been organizing in Bordeaux and other cities now I believe. Hopefully we will start seeing things more like that in the states. And I think that is the best, most diplomatic option for the future.
Its the era when skaters actually go to college..and become architects and when the older architects and designers retiring give the young ones an opportunity not seen before we get more adaptive public designs, opposite to the more imposed designs of the late 90s early 00s
@@wildboar1911A1 its a very self driven profession that takes a lot of discipline. Also, know that (contrary to public views) most architects don't make loads of money. You work this job because its your passion. On the upside there are always jobs for architects so you wont have to worry about being unemployed. I hope this motivates you and doesn't discourage you. I'm happy to see another creative mind!
Asking if these would count as street spots is like asking if a DIY spot counts as a street spot. I'd say yes. It's more of this public plaza place that accepts skateboarding instead of trying to only control it. That's how I see most small skate parks. A means to control where skaters go without having much if not any thought put in as to how it's skated. That's how my local park is anyway. Couple ramps randomly placed around, a box out in the middle of the park. No flow really. These places have their own character and I hope more start to show up. It's like if the Brooklyn Banks was actually turned into a skateboarding accepted place.
Skateboarding needs to embrace this and not push it out. This is a street part worthy spot !!!!! Embrace the city trying to give us spots without us pissing off businesses
Does it really matter? Street spot and skate park are just labels. And the labels are only necessary to follow the rule that you can film a part in a skate park. Just do whatever you want!
As long as there's no metal on the ledges it's good for a street spot. The east LA courthouse lost it's cred when the ledges got metal coping. Personally I don't care if you have park clips in your part. It's not like you're trying to pass a park handrail off as a street rail everyone can tell what you're skating, it doesn't matter.
Growing up (still am) my biggest goal was always to design skate spots into architecture in the city, by second biggest goal is to become an architect (70% of the way to that one)
Bro where is this place???? I just discovered this nice lil park by the bk bridge on prince street by empire records(search that place n ull find it). I was going 2 practice drums n if u kno ny u kno there's never parking close so I parked a couple blocks away n skated 2 the studio. So omw back from practice I noticed a couple kids go into a reg n im thinking "let's see wut these kids skate in this park" n to my surprise it's a full on skate park!!!! As a 34 year old new yorker its crazy seeing skateparks in the city at all. Once again plz where is this park cuz ledges r my favorite
Im a swedish scooter rider, but I agree copenhagen has super good spots they always put money and actually make skateparks. Unfortunatley i dont really see that many skateparks in sweden, especially the area where I live.
I wonder how many skaters who made DIY spots and backyard half-pipes realized they liked building things then eventually became architects and city planners?
UPDATE!!! This skatepark is now a DIY. Check out the NEW & UPDATED video about this park: ua-cam.com/video/ei9owdwKaAU/v-deo.html
some cleaver skaters got in with the council, got educated and got a design job.. .... yay !!!!! everybody wins.
me when i become an architect
Nah New York hates skaters, they’ve been stuffing skaters under bridges and on landfills for the longest time. They try their best to keep skaters out of communities.
don't skate with cleavers, kids
Love when the city makes infrastructure for skateboarding, kinda brings it all back full circle.
its gotta have something to do with the olympics - if its a 'sport' there kinda has to be a system that encourages people to take part, same reason there are public basketball courts everywhere
Yooooo zack that’s crazy I didn’t expect to see u in this videos comments 🤯🤯🤯🤯
@@xXKingEllisXx 💯
Yooo zack there’s a park like this in San Diego called Renette skate it in a vid bro!
if it says "Skatepark" anywhere near it... It's a park. If it doesn't... It's a street spot. if it says "NO SKATEBOARDING" it's definitely a street spot.
It's honestly pretty smart considering that the city is technically localizing property damage into one controlled area so they spend less money on repairs on a spread-out level.
skaters arent even remotely the biggest property damagers in a city, we scratch already fucked up curbs, ledges etc. also this isnt stopping anyone from street skating lol
@@j4y167 it will if they build more of these
@@JashAnon no, it won't. Seems like you're not a skater if you think that. These will end up just like skateparks have, a hub for shitty parents to bring their 15 little kids on scooters to and if you nicely ask to have a turn they'll scream at you.
@@j4y167 I've been skating for almost 2 years now, and I'm just saying if they build more unique "spots" like these ones it'll still give the same feeling as a real street spot, not saying it'll stop street skating but it'll definitely help both sides of the community.
@@JashAnon 20 years of skating here and i agree with you
I love the idea of street spots where you don’t have to trespass. -Skateboard Dad
did you just quote yourself
@@burner887 he actually did LMAO
@@burner887 self-confidence is key 😎
he actually just quoted himself 😂💀
I love this energy you bring to my comments section
I'm a landscape designer and I try to design like this so there's some skate spots "hidden" in plain view. You can design planters that are banked or have some transition but don't look exactly like a skatepark quarter pipe. I try to hide skate and Parkour stuff into whatever I'm working on.
I love this spot so much! Tons of space and peaceful skating. Perfect for someone who loves ledges. Also great place for people learning to skate.
@The Great Inferno under the koziesko bridge on the Brooklyn side. And there are some street spots on the queens side to skate too but this spot is so great. Amazing for those leaving because they have different size ledges and ride on grinds.
Its weird it looks like the city in skate 3 perfectly manicured with perfect obstacles all over the place
george= goofiest non gooofy skater
no drip.
Love how UA-cam added “translate to English”
Cities are developing these areas as urban hang out areas to maximize space while uplifting areas that would of otherwise gone to waste or homeless/drug addicts. here in Toronto we have Underpass park and its exactly like this but has a legit skatepark, rock climbing wall, playground, basket ball court and covered in street art. much better then an old ditch filled with taggings and needles.
yes it does! if you have to wax a ledge without metal coping , its a street spot!
You don't have to wax the ledges though at the under the bridge spot, they've got this coping ( it's not metal, it's just like shaped perfectly) that just slides, haven't had to wax them at all..
I think architecture should incorporate skateable surfaces like metal edges that park ledges have. It’ll help keep the damage from accumulating on it and and it gives skaters the ok to try.
I feel like if you’re making a street part you can decided what you put in it. Obviously if you’re in a whole ass skatepark you can’t really call it a street park but if there are just some nice ledges and smooth ground I Say it’s fair game
dude got my first slash on the BIG quarter pipe, today is a great day, another great upload, thanks man !
Ayyy good stuff! I just started learning Fs slashes on vert. So scary😭😭
essential but terrifying trick, good luck !
Glad to see planners doing this and creating more spots. I'm an environmental design major and I'm learning about urban development and planning in class
This is honestly really dope. Helps save the city money on grind stoppers and repairs at street spots while still allowing skaters a place.
Dude under the K is sooooo sicckkk.....I used to hop the fence in there before it was open too haha....now I go there a few times a week, always space to skate, never fighting crowds... ONLY DOWNFALL- those little pebbles....pitched me off my board too many times to count haha - don't forget to bring a broom!!!!! Also, there are secret little spots all around there, a hidden low butter ledge, an asphalt wave down a hill on one of the side streets....skaters paradise...love jumping those white run off gaps ....it doesn't always smell though haha
Watching you two go back to back is so awesome. You guys look like you’re having a blast haha. 👍
Irdc if it’s a “legit” street spot or not. I simply love the face that there are more and more great spots to skate!
This place looks really chill
that kickflip up the euro gap was super clean
Absolutely a street spot. Its not just messed up pavement that makes it a street spot, you still have to deal with pedestrians and stuff like that.
george motivates me so much as a person and a UA-camr
I feel like we're all past the "does this count as a street spot" phase of skateboarding. Plenty of skaters off IG got their sponsorships from basically Iphone footy of them at parks.
Before I read any comments I would argue the bridge spot as a skatepark, not because of its character but rather because of its isolated position in the infrastructure.
If it was meant to be used as a common public space, then it would probably be made ahead of time and maybe some changes in the surroundings would come in place (new apartment blocks etc.) however due to the traffic and the sewage center I don’t think that’s really the case. Maybe the city planners indeed left the place so ambigious to be taken over by skateboarders that make the place their own. Maybe they made the frames to be filled with skaters’ personality. Kinda half-planned, half-DIY. That would be awesome.
I’m most definitely willing to see how it will turn out after a year or two, how it and its surroundings will evolve. As a to-be landscape architect (also skating one), I’m eager to observe this phenomenon!
I can’t believe people would care if this is a “real street spot” like if the trick is good enough I wouldn’t care if it was straight park footy. People include diy park footy all the time and nobody cares
I read a message from an architect skater on Reddit a few weeks ago who wrote that he designed almost every project with at least some skating in mind, and some of them as almost deliberate skatespots. His bosses/coworkers have zero idea. He keeps it to himself and has never skated his own designs.
George's vibe is the best, i always want to have a little chill sesh with him
Where is this spot exactly it would be cool to go there
I think it counts as a "I love you" spot
let’s call them i love you spots then
@@axelace1906 It has been decided.
Imo the spot needs to serve function not related to skateboarding (loading dock, parking curb, stair set actually leading somewhere)
looks awesome! wish we had places like this when i was a kid getting chased outta everywhere. .. though that was part of the fun of it in a weird way
Ah man as a blader those long arsed curved ledges look so good 🤤
I feel like the spot was inspired by the backlash of the Brooklyn Banks getting torn out
yup here in copenhagen it is meant to be skated my dude. Glad u was here to see what it was all about, cause cph open is the coolest thing ever, such cool people and so much fun
Also I want to point out that that specific design of chairs (the yellow chairs) indicates that it's designed by architect Jim Burnett
Those spits under the bridge do kinda look like obstacles at the park and not really street spots. I just saw Danny's video too. Made me hyped to see a reunion with you guys it made me hyped!!! 😆
this raises a good question bc spots that are not busts are still part-worthy if they aren't meant for skating. where does one draw the line? what if there are spots that are not meant for skating that use the same ledge creation technique, etc? becomes arbitrary rather quickly & raises some fun philosophical & principal issues
Great, now I want to travel to New York City for these spots
Arguing over whether something counts as a street spot or not seems silly, at the end of the day it’s all skateboarding. And beyond that it’s all board sports. Surfers, skaters, snowboarders, skim-boards s , and long-boarders are all part of the same adrenaline fueled family.
I was thinking the same thing. It’s strange what things skaters get hung up on.
Even the queens side of the bride has a couple of ledge spots and even this sick like asphalt hip
get this man to 400k lets goo
REMINDES ME OF JOSH KATZ!! HAHA
Dude that is so smart. I wish all cities did that. No more problems with cops, security and no more ruined company property.
This blows my mind. I agree that they engineers must have had some thoughts of how the community will interact with there designed structures. The first people that would come to my mind is skaters. How far we have come. It's crazy. I couldn't go down the side walk with out a hassle on a skateboard. Now this.... awesome either way
Generally, I think places like this are good. If nothing else, they are a step in the right direction. And if it fits your style of skateboarding, could definitely be included in a street part. What makes me sad is the location of this spot. Being far away from the city center, it's just another step taken by urban-planners to try to draw skateboarders away from downtown areas. I have seen this happening in Boston as well. New skateparks are popping up more frequently, but all in distant reaches of the urban sprawl. Taking this into account it is hard to see spaces like this as inclusive, forward-thinking efforts. What I'd really like to see would be more akin to the spots in Copenhagen that you mentioned, or the "skate art" installations that Leo Valls has been organizing in Bordeaux and other cities now I believe. Hopefully we will start seeing things more like that in the states. And I think that is the best, most diplomatic option for the future.
Sounds like a hybrid spot according to what you had to say. Interesting.🤔
Its the era when skaters actually go to college..and become architects and when the older architects and designers retiring give the young ones an opportunity not seen before we get more adaptive public designs, opposite to the more imposed designs of the late 90s early 00s
THATS SICK
OH the city did this that so nice it dose bring it back.
aside from the smell that spot looks so good!
When you come to town let’s hit it!!!!🙏🏽🙏🏽💪🏽
@@AustinSK8NYC 👀
Better than I had when I was young !!
I think it counts. Probably originate from SOMA skatepark under the bridge. You should head there when you get the chance.
one of my skater friends wanted to become an architect for the city, so he could build spots everywhere
Glasgow did this years ago at the transport museum, people kept skating the ledges out front so they built an artsy streetish spot in the back
those ledges out front were made to be skated too. with the addition of a small section about skating in the actual museum itself
they put a ledge spot at a bus stop in Detroit I think with the same urban meshing in mind
I like how that area was shaded.
George it would be so cool if Seattle had a metro like Toronto
bro that is crazy
THIS IS THE EXACT REASON WHY IM GOING TO COLLEGE FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Not all heroes wear capes
Awesome bro! I’m in a community college right now, and I think i want to pursue architecture as a path. Any tips?
@@wildboar1911A1 its a very self driven profession that takes a lot of discipline. Also, know that (contrary to public views) most architects don't make loads of money. You work this job because its your passion. On the upside there are always jobs for architects so you wont have to worry about being unemployed. I hope this motivates you and doesn't discourage you. I'm happy to see another creative mind!
Great Video Gerorge!
Always using The Walters and I dig it
rip the walters good ass band
They are often called stealthparks - under the radar, a park that is public use, also skate use. Open.
Asking if these would count as street spots is like asking if a DIY spot counts as a street spot. I'd say yes. It's more of this public plaza place that accepts skateboarding instead of trying to only control it. That's how I see most small skate parks. A means to control where skaters go without having much if not any thought put in as to how it's skated. That's how my local park is anyway. Couple ramps randomly placed around, a box out in the middle of the park. No flow really. These places have their own character and I hope more start to show up. It's like if the Brooklyn Banks was actually turned into a skateboarding accepted place.
Skateboarding needs to embrace this and not push it out. This is a street part worthy spot !!!!! Embrace the city trying to give us spots without us pissing off businesses
Where is this? I’m brand new to Brooklyn and would love to check it out
I've heard from other skaters that I skate with that one of the parks designers is or was a skater. I live down the street from here.
i definetly think it counts as a street spot
Are the ledges metal? If not, it counts.
What’s the song at the fake skatepark?
Does it really matter?
Street spot and skate park are just labels.
And the labels are only necessary to follow the rule that you can film a part in a skate park.
Just do whatever you want!
That’s how I feel ab life
That song sounded familiar... Was it by Cage the Elephant?
As long as there's no metal on the ledges it's good for a street spot. The east LA courthouse lost it's cred when the ledges got metal coping. Personally I don't care if you have park clips in your part. It's not like you're trying to pass a park handrail off as a street rail everyone can tell what you're skating, it doesn't matter.
Is cooper a street spot
Id consider this a skate park/public chill park hybrid, not really a street spot. Its very interesting
didn’t know george liked the walters
as long as you add in some natural street spots in your part i think its fine
Yo that’s crazy I get a new George video today and my arrow skate shirt showed up at the same day that’s wild
Growing up (still am) my biggest goal was always to design skate spots into architecture in the city, by second biggest goal is to become an architect (70% of the way to that one)
Same bro first year of arch school✌️
Hey man is that the Kociusko in QNS? What exit to get down there? Is it on the far side near Spa Castle or the other side?
The other day I saw rails used as like a fence but you can stop skate it
Loving this 😁🤍
Those tail board slides y'all did were pretty fire. I think I might be able to do that. (Later dies)
This was built by Rampage Ramps out of Connecticut.
i guess its street since its not marked as a skatepark and you still need to hop a fence if i heard that correctly
I don't get why anyone cares if it is "street" or not. It feels like 90s gatekeeping to me. Oh well, to each their own
shit i count it as a street spot. idk why but the feels really cool. i love this
Bro where is this place???? I just discovered this nice lil park by the bk bridge on prince street by empire records(search that place n ull find it). I was going 2 practice drums n if u kno ny u kno there's never parking close so I parked a couple blocks away n skated 2 the studio. So omw back from practice I noticed a couple kids go into a reg n im thinking "let's see wut these kids skate in this park" n to my surprise it's a full on skate park!!!! As a 34 year old new yorker its crazy seeing skateparks in the city at all. Once again plz where is this park cuz ledges r my favorite
Didn't know this was a thing! Neat
Props for going hard and not giving up on those tricks
definatley a spot shits sick
Im a swedish scooter rider, but I agree copenhagen has super good spots they always put money and actually make skateparks. Unfortunatley i dont really see that many skateparks in sweden, especially the area where I live.
are there any health risks to being under the highway?
lol
I wonder how many skaters who made DIY spots and backyard half-pipes realized they liked building things then eventually became architects and city planners?
Soon cities will just be massive skateparks like in Skate 3
You my good sir used a good song for the intro
city blues?? good music pick!
Guy reminds me of regular car reviews but the skateboard version