Vintage Buffalo Skate Spot Map
Thu, Jan 29, 2026
I found a website from 2003 with a list of skatespots in Buffalo, New York. I made a map of most of the spots.
The website is https://www.angelfire.com/punk/buffaloskate/skatespots.html.
Sadly it's now offline. I was lucky to have found it before that happened.
However, you can find it on the Wayback Machine
(or see the .htm version,
which is the same but was created later).
According to the Wayback Machine, the website was created in 2002. And it was hosted on Angelfire, which is a blast from the past. I also remember Tripod, where I created my first website as a kid.
I imagine many of the spots are no longer skateable. However, some are! I've skated at Triangle Park. I know Sisti Park is still there. This summer I'd like to check out some of the spots.
There were a few entries I didn't add to the map:
- Broadway Banks: I don't know where on Broadway this is or was
- Ghetto Park: I'm not sure where this was, and according to the list it was destroyed
- Main St: it's a long street
- Manhattan Square in Rochester: too far for a Buffalo map
- SUNY Fredonia: same
The mysterious author of the skate spot list wrote, "you want better Directions? Get a Map!" Well, over 20 years later, there now is a map.