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QUEENS WEEKLY, AUGUST 18, 2019
City rolls out revamped
Forest Park skate area
Young skaters enjoy a new ramp at the Forest Park skatepark. Photo: Max Parrott/QNS
BY MAX PARROTT
Things were ‘wheelie’
great for young skaters
at Forest Park on Aug.
13 as they celebrated the
arrival of upgrades at the
green space’s skatepark
which they voted for
previously.
While their requests
included items like a
sushi manny pad and
a mushroom manny
pad that might sound
like a takeout order to
the uninitiated, young
skaters zoomed around
the new ledges and
ramps in appreciation
on Aug. 13.
The new skate
elements were all
installed in the park
in June. Parks Queens
Borough Commissioner
Michael Dockett joined
Councilman Robert
Holden and Community
Board 9 Chair Kenichi
Wilson on Tuesday to
celebrate the upgrades.
The skatepark
received the new skate
accessories after Holden
allocated nearly $40,000
to the project. With this
allocation of funds, the
Forest Park Trust was
also able to hire two
seasonal instructors that
ran the clinic to help new
skaters from ages 7 to 14
learn the ropes.
Dave Gonzalez, one
of the skate instructors,
said that he was excited
about this students
progress over the sixweek
course.
“For kids to drop in
on this ramp, it takes a
lot of courage and selfconfidence,”
he said.
Gonzalez added
that his clothing line
hosts events in the
park year round, and
gives out free T-shirts
and shoes to get kids
from the neighborhood
interested.
Holden said that MK
Moore, Friends of Forest
Park President, first
tipped him off about
the popularity of the
skate park.
The councilman
said that on the day he
visited back in January
he saw 20 to 30 teenagers
swarming the park after
school in 30 degree
weather. He decided then
and there that he wanted
to invest in the space.
“This is a great
draw — a great facility.
We need to make more
skateparks in Queens.
It’s a wonderful place
and its well used,”
Holden said.
Reach reporter
Max Parrott by
email at mparrott@
schnepsmedia.com or by
phone at (718) 260-2507.
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