[DOWNTOWN] Skaters stoked about gnarly new Downtown skatepark

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperRadical!Officials unveiled a new public skatepark Downtown on Wednesday, and local thrashers say they’re stoked to have a place to shred that’s both gnarly and legal.“It’s amazing, it’s better than most skateparks around,” said Fort Greene skateboarding enthusiast Brendan Johnson. “Now I have somewhere to go instead of skating in the streets and getting arrested.”
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