Slam Skateboarding

THE REOPENING OF THE BROOKLYN BANKS


If skateboarding had its own Seven Wonders of the World, the Brooklyn Banks would feature prominently at the top of the list. Steeped in history and laden with legendary tales of street skateboarding’s rugged beginnings, this dark and damp corner of Manhattan’s Lower East Side is more iconic to most skateboarders than the world-famous bridge it resides beneath.

The Banks became a bubbling hotspot for skaters in the

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