Roosevelt Island Is Also Skater Island

Adonis Taylor at Skater Island in NYC from Art of Rolling on Vimeo.

It looks like Roosevelt Island is becoming a popular spot for Skaters, particularly the West Promenade East River waterfront area behind PS/IS 217 facing the Manhattan skyline. According to I Roll NY:

The Art of Rolling held a session yesterday with some of NYC’s emerging talent (Photos will be posted soon) at Roosevelt Island or as it’s also refered to “Skater Island.” Adonis Taylor managed to get it in with a nice soul to drop before security came and broke up the session.

NYCSK8 reports:

The combination of walkways and road make the perimeter of Roosevelt Island a fairly pleasant skate, especially during the summer when you can catch a breeze off the East River. The entire route is about four miles and almost entirely flat, so you can do it in a very leisurely hour. In general, this "trail" is in good shape, although the sidewalks are often brick or wood rather than concrete or asphalt. On the east side of the island, by the bridge to Queens, there is a set of steps of just about the right number and steepness for stair newbies to practice bashing. You'll probably run into some neighborhood kids doing just that.

The main problem with skating Roosevelt Island is that there is a security service patrolling the island, and they seem to like to crack the whip. It's not uncommon to have one of them sneak up behind you and then use the PA system in his truck to announce that you're supposed to skate in single file along the side of the road. They'll really give you a hard time if they catch you skating the ramps in one of the parking garages...