Brooklyn Skate Garden

Home
United States
Crown Heights, NY
Brooklyn Skate Garden

Directions Website Contact the organization

We are a community advocacy group dreaming of creating a world-class inclusive Skate Park/Garden in Brooklyn.

The Brooklyn Skate Garden is for skateboarding and much more. Environmental action, art & culture, education & empowering our youth and community. We’re a pioneering movement fostering “green parks” that provide safe opportunities to skate, visit & steward our public spaces. We are kids, teens, families, adults, grandparents, Everyone together.

02/26/2026

We want to take a moment to highlight one of our favorite advocates and a key partner who’s been with us since day one. ✨

Meet Steve Rodriguez

Steve is a lifelong skateboarder, the founder of a respected skatepark designer whose work has shaped 15+ parks across NYC — from LES Skatepark to, most recently, saving the Brooklyn Banks. For decades, Steve has been a tireless advocate for free, public skate spaces and community-driven sport infrastructure in NYC. 💪

Since the Brooklyn Skate Garden started over five years ago, Steve has been a key partner — supporting early conversations with and championing our vision for multi-use green spaces that bring communities together 🌳✨That vision is the heart of BSG.

“Since the first time I skated NYC in the mid-80s, I’ve watched skateboarding grow from something pushed to the margins into a recognized part of our city’s cultural fabric. The Brooklyn Skate Garden represents the next step in that evolution — a space intentionally created for people to gather, progress, and belong. Projects like this don’t just build skateparks; they build community, create opportunity, and ensure the next generation of New Yorkers has a place to find their voice the way so many of us did on the streets.” - Steve R

BSG is at a critical moment: preliminary designs drop Tuesday, March 3. 🗓️

Some locals are opposing the project, and we need the skate community to show support.

💥 If you’re as passionate as Steve, come through on March 3 — he’ll be there!
💌 Can’t make it? Take 1 minute to send an email (link in bio) and let CB8 know how much this project means to you.

Thank you, for everything you’ve done for 🛹 in NYC and for supporting the Brooklyn Skate Garden. 🙌

Meeting Details
📆 Tuesday, March 3
🕕 6:00 PM (arrive early!)
📍 Brooklyn Children’s Museum
145 Brooklyn Ave (between St Marks Ave & Park Pl)

📸 photo credit

The Brooklyn Skate Garden is a project of the inspired by the life and legacy of Pablo Ramirez

02/25/2026

We want to take a moment to highlight one of our favorite advocates and a key partner who’s been with us since day one. ✨

Meet Steve Rodriguez

Steve is a lifelong skateboarder and the founder of one of NYC’s most influential skate brands.

He’s a respected skatepark designer whose work has shaped 15+ parks across NYC — from LES Skatepark to, most recently, saving the Brooklyn Banks. For decades, Steve has been a tireless advocate for free, public skate spaces and community-driven sport infrastructure in NYC. 💪

Since the Brooklyn Skate Garden started over five years ago, Steve has been a key partner — supporting early conversations with and championing our vision for multi-use green spaces that bring communities together 🌳✨That vision is the heart of BSG.

“Since the first time I skated NYC in the mid-80s, I’ve watched skateboarding grow from something pushed to the margins into a recognized part of our city’s cultural fabric. The Brooklyn Skate Garden represents the next step in that evolution — a space intentionally created for people to gather, progress, and belong. Projects like this don’t just build skateparks; they build community, create opportunity, and ensure the next generation of New Yorkers has a place to find their voice the way so many of us did on the streets.” - Steve R

BSG is at a critical moment: preliminary designs drop Tuesday, March 3. 🗓️

Some locals are opposing the project, and we need the skate community to show support.

💥 If you’re as passionate as Steve, come through on March 3 — he’ll be there!

💌 Can’t make it? Take 1 minute to send an email (link in bio) and let CB8 know how much this project means to you.

Thank you, for everything you’ve done for 🛹 in NYC and for supporting the Brooklyn Skate Garden. 🙌

Meeting Details
📆 Tuesday, March 3
🕕 6:00 PM (arrive early!)
📍 Brooklyn Children’s Museum
145 Brooklyn Ave (between St Marks Ave & Park Pl)

📸 photo credit -

The Brooklyn Skate Garden is a project of which honors the life and legacy of Pablo Ramirez

02/25/2026

We want to take a moment to highlight one of our favorite advocates and a key partner who’s been with us since day one. ✨

Meet Steve Rodriguez

Steve is a lifelong skateboarder and the founder of one of NYC’s most influential skate brands.

He’s a respected skatepark designer whose work has shaped 15+ parks across NYC — from LES Skatepark to, most recently, saving the Brooklyn Banks. For decades, Steve has been a tireless advocate for free, public skate spaces and community-driven sport infrastructure in NYC. 💪

Since the Brooklyn Skate Garden started over five years ago, Steve has been a key partner — supporting early conversations with and championing our vision for multi-use green spaces that bring communities together 🌳✨That vision is the heart of BSG.

“Since the first time I skated NYC in the mid-80s, I’ve watched skateboarding grow from something pushed to the margins into a recognized part of our city’s cultural fabric. The Brooklyn Skate Garden represents the next step in that evolution — a space intentionally created for people to gather, progress, and belong. Projects like this don’t just build skateparks; they build community, create opportunity, and ensure the next generation of New Yorkers has a place to find their voice the way so many of us did on the streets.”

BSG is at a critical moment: preliminary designs drop Tuesday, March 3. 🗓️ Go to Link in Bio for details.

Some locals are opposing the project, and we need the skate community to show support.

💥 If you’re as passionate as Steve, come through on March 3 — he’ll be there!
💌 Can’t make it? Take 1 minute to send an email (link in bio) and let CB8 know how much this project means to you.

Thank you, for everything you’ve done for 🛹 in NYC and for supporting the Brooklyn Skate Garden. 🙌

Meeting Details
📆 Tuesday, March 3
🕕 6:00 PM (arrive early!)
📍 Brooklyn Children’s Museum
145 Brooklyn Ave (between St Marks Ave & Park Pl)

📸 credit - joshkatz

02/09/2026

🚨Big news for Brooklyn skaters & park lovers!

The Brooklyn Skate Garden at Mount Prospect Park is getting closer to reality! 🌳🛹

This spring, NYC Parks will reveal the new world-class, eco-friendly skate garden designs at a Community Board 8 meeting (date TBA).

Why BSG is special:
✅ Skaters + park users = shared space harmony
✅ Green infrastructure that helps the whole park
✅ Nature-forward, sustainable design
✅ State-of-the-art, world-class skate features

Stay tuned & get ready to support BSG that’s as much about community as it is about skating! 💚

BSG is a project of and inspired by the life of Pablo Ramirez

📸for inspiration only; formal design anticipated Spring 2026

12/16/2025

The Brooklyn Skate Garden is REAL + is HAPPENING — but we need to show up.

In the coming months, our design will be presented to Community Board 8. A small group of NIMBYS are already organizing against it and trying to stop it, and we need a louder, stronger community voice that says YES instead of NO.

THE MISSION

Flood Community Board 8 with support

Your voice helps decide if this garden gets built.

Send one message to these two addresses SEPARATELY.
[email protected]
[email protected]

Ask 3 friends to do the same.

Use the sample letter below + add a few sentences that speak from your heart of why you want this to happen.

Next:, do the most important part:

Pick 3 people you know will send an email of support of the Brooklyn Skate Garden, then they each will pick 3 more.

This is how we win.

This doesn’t happen without us.

Let’s build the skate garden we deserve

📝 Subject: I Support the Brooklyn Skate Garden

Dear Community Board 8,
I strongly support the Brooklyn Skate Garden. Our community needs safe places for youth, green space for families, and parks that bring people together. I plan to use this space, and I know many others will too. This project will transform Mount Prospect Park into a sustainable green healthy, welcoming place for skating, nature, and connection. This is an investment in our kids, our park, and our shared future — say yes to future generations of kids, families and the community who will use this park.

Thank you
(Your name)

Skateboarding + trees.
Movement + green space.
Friends + community.

More to come, stay tuned💚🛹🪴

*the images in this post are inspo only, not the official design

Address

Crown Heights, NY

Website

http://www.brooklynskategarden.org/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Brooklyn Skate Garden posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.