New Red Hook Skatepark Announced

Photo Rendering: Department of Parks and Recreation

NYC’s Department of Parks and Recreation announced yesterday that they will be proceeding with building a new skatepark in Harold Ickes Playground located in the Red Hook area of Brooklyn. Although the building of the new park has been officiated, the completion date of the park is said to be in 2021 according to the Brooklyn Paper website.

“New renderings show the heart of the .7–acre, asphalt park will be filled with a cornucopia of skateboarding stuff, including a bowl, two quarter pipes, and grind rails, along with other built-in components including a slappy curb, hubba ledge, manual pad, Euro gap, and twinke roller.” – Brooklyn Paper.

Source: https://www.brooklynpaper.com/

Josh Diaz ONE Photo Journal #5

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Josh Diaz of Psyko Clothing publishes his fifth photo journal on ONE Magazine’s website featuring Dave Ngo at the Redhook ledge in Brooklyn, NY. “Well, it was our first day of spring here in New York, and after fabulous weather during the week, me, Jose Disla, Jon Ortiz, Dave, and a few other New York rollers came out to roll at the Red Hook ledge, which by far is one of the best ledges Brooklyn has to offer. After the guys had been tearing it up for about an hour, I decided to take off my blades and set up my gear. It’d been a few months since I’d shot any photos, and for this I was using the oldest of the old — a Nikon d1 that my wife got for me. Just know that this thing was old… about 10 years old. It was the most difficult thing to get used to. But I made it work out. This is the shot that I love the most from the spot, and I hope you all enjoy it. I should be getting my camera back from the shop soon, so thank god, and my wife. I will be out in Santee in the middle of May, so I’ll see you guys on the West Coast soon” – Josh Diaz.

Source: http://www.believeinone.com/

Brooklyn Picture Post. Photos By: Drew Humphrey

Brooklyn, NY roller Mike Bob

Sunday February 8th, 2009 Brooklyn, NY photographer Drew Humphrey and Mike Bob ventured out to Red Hook, Brooklyn to skate the famous curved ledges. Humphrey just updated this nice set of black and white pics from their session. Pictures below and more of Humphrey’s photography at his Flickr.

Top Mistrial

Truspin Makio

More pics here.