greenwich street gap

tribeca

Update 08/14/06: The building bolted in a sheet of .5 inch high rugged metal at the corner from which you ollie off to land in the street to prevent people from skating it. You can still skate it, but you'll need a sheet of metal or wood to put over it because it's impossible to skate the gap with the metal in front.

This is one of the few loading docks you'll find in Tribeca that's actually set up well for skating. The runway is completely smooth, there's no pillars or rails in your way and the landing isn't your typical cobblestone ground. The gap is off a three-foot high platform, over about six feet of sidewalk. The runway is more than enough length-wise and the landing is well-paved asphalt, just make sure you have somebody to watch for cars when you're skating it. You could also skate the gap the longer way into Greenwich Street, which would make the gap about eight feet long off the same platform.

Laight Street and Greenwich Street. Take the 1 to Canal Street, skate west on Canal until you reach Hudson Street, skate south on Hudson Street until you reach Laight Street, make a right and go down one block.

The gap is right in front of an office, so come here any time after 6 P.M. and there shouldn't be anybody inside the building.