The main reason people come to skate here is the manual pad. Rolling off a two-foot wide ledge that is around thirty feet in length, the platform is around a foot-and-a-half in height, and extends for around fifteen feet until it drops off at the end. The drop at the end is around three feet. The entire top is perfect marble, which can grow to be an issue sometimes because it becomes slippery. There are a few ledges of the same material throughout the plaza, several of which extend over sets of two or three steps, but the marble is fragile enough that years of skateboards and bikers have taken chunks out of it, making it only practical for slide tricks more than anything else. Using the same ledge that you would to approach the manual pad, or a similar ledge at the opposite end, you could hit a gap that extends about five feet out towards the end and results in a drop around six or seven feet in height. There is also a four-up, four down set-up that you can skate in the center of the plaza. If you exit the main skated area of the park you can find sets of six, seven and eight steps in the area, all with pretty good runways.

Before 6 P.M., it is impossible to skate because of people eating lunch or sitting around the spot. Afterwards, you chances of getting kicked out are good, but not guaranteed. They close the place off with a thin rope at the top of the steps after 9 P.M. because the park used to be a major crackhead hangout, so that would be the best time to go because there is absolutely nobody in the park.

34th Street in between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue. Take the 1, 2, 3 or 9 to 34th Street-Penn Station, and skate half a block west. The spot is right across from a Wendy's.