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East Boston, MA Skatepark

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This is the East Boston, MA Skatepark. It is yet another prefab-concrete Scituate Concrete messterpiece, but this one ain't their worst. The concrete ramps are set pretty well into the concrete, and the park is set up in a manner that provides a surprising amount of flow for an out-of-the-box skatepark.

The most interesting thing about this park is not so much the park itself but its location and its locals. It is right on the water of Boston Harbor, with a nice view of the Tobin Bridge and downtown Boston. Every time I have gone there, I have encountered something different. You can almost always count on a large amount of broken glass and other debris scattered heavily around the park (but that just adds to the fun, right?) On separate occasions I have showed up to find the police interrogating a group of teenagers right next to one of the quarterpipes. Another time the local kids held an informal boxing match on the adjacent basketball courts, gloves and all. And one time, the fireboat along with the rest of the fire department arrived to douse a fire that was set in the warehouse on the pier next door.

some poor blader stayed out too long in the hot sun and he exploded

Fees: None / Pads: None Required / Hours: Dawn to Dusk (miniramp is skateable after dark courtesy of adjacent building floodlight)

DIRECTIONS: From the north, take Rt. One to Rt. 60 East, towards Logan Airport. Take the Saratoga St. exit, the one before the airport, and follow it to Chelsea St. You will stop at Chelsea St, turn left onto it for a moment, then immediately bear right back onto Saratoga. Follow Saratoga all the way to its end, at Central Square. Go straight across Meridian St., and turn right onto Border St. You will pass the Shaw's Supermarket on your left. Turn left about an eighth of a mile after Shaw's into the Umana/Barnes Middle School. The skatepark is all the way in the back on the water.

From the South: Take the Sumner Tunnel exit off of Interstate 93. Head through tunnel, and immediately after exiting the tunnel, exit right at the "Local Exit" sign. At that light, turn left, go under the highway you were just on, and turn left again onto Porter St. Follow Porter straight past the tunnel toll booths to Central Square. Head through Central Square, and turn left onto Border St. by the Shaw's Supermarket. Follow Border for an eighth of a mile, and turn left into Umana/Barnes Middle School. The skatepark is in the back on the water.

Coliseum
150 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
(617) 399-9900

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