Skate video nights are their own genre - part screening, part reunion, part excuse to sit on a lawn with several hundred people who all know the same parts by heart. McCarren Park's south lawn is the natural home for it in north Brooklyn, a few blocks from the skatepark and surrounded by the neighbourhood that made the audience. Free, outdoors and considerably more social than a cinema.
What to expect
Expect a projector and portable sound aimed at the lawn, people sprawled on grass and boards, and a crowd that talks through the parts they already know. The screening starts once it is dark, so the earlier hours are hanging out. McCarren has a track, ballfields, a pool and a skatepark within the same park.
Good to know
- McCarren Park straddles Greenpoint and Williamsburg; the L to Bedford Avenue and the G to Nassau Avenue are both a short walk.
- Free and open to the public — it is a permitted public event, so no ticket or RSVP is involved.
- Bring a blanket — the south lawn is grass with no fixed seating.
- Come before dark; the screening starts only once the light goes.
- Bug spray helps on a Brooklyn lawn in August.
- The skatepark, track and pool are all inside the same park.
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Common questions
Is it free?
Yes — it is a permitted free public screening on the McCarren Park lawn.
Where in McCarren Park is it?
On the lawn south of the field house.
Do I need to skate to enjoy it?
No — it is an open outdoor screening and anyone can watch.
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