125th street banks

west harlem

This is a breed of spot completely indigenous to New York, and would probably be rendered unskateable if it were in any other city. The banks are small concrete blocks positioned at the bottom of each post of the subway station above. They are ridiculously steep, each about four feet wide, four feet high, and best of all, in the middle of Broadway. Watch out for the little rocks cluttered around all over the bottoms of each bank.

125th Street and Broadway. Take the 1 or 9 to 125th Street and it is right underneath the subway station.

You're in the middle of the street in Harlem...nobody's going to kick you out.