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| image = Branch Brook Skating Rink HDR 2022 jeh.jpg
| caption = Rink exterior in 2022
| address = Clifton Avenue, 7th Ave, Newark, NJ 07104
| years_built = 1956
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The '''Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center''' is a 12,000-foot roller rink located in ] in ]. Managed by ], its current iteration has operated since 1996. The '''Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center''' is a 12,000-foot roller rink located in ] in ]. Managed by ], its current iteration has operated since 1996.


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== In popular culture == == In popular culture ==
2012 documentary ''The Rink'' details the rink's role in the Newark community. It describes the rink as "a space cherished by skaters" in "a city struggling to move beyond its past", recounting stories of ] competitors, ], Newark's 1950s ], the ]; to contemporary downtown ], all with the BBP Rink as its focus. 2012 documentary ''The Rink'' details the rink's role in the Newark community. It describes the rink as "a space cherished by skaters" in "a city struggling to move beyond its past", recounting stories of ] competitors, ], Newark's 1950s ], the ]; to contemporary downtown ], all with the BBP Rink as its focus.

Filmmaker Sarah Friedland stated, "Branch Brook is a very important place, not just for Newark, but for the entire skating community, which has recently lost many key rinks to real-estate speculation and gentrification".<ref>, ''Vimooz'', 2013</ref>

== See also ==

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== References == == References ==

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Building in Newark, NJ
Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center
Rink exterior in 2022
General information
AddressClifton Avenue, 7th Ave, Newark, NJ 07104
Year(s) built1956

The Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center is a 12,000-foot roller rink located in Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey. Managed by United Skates of America, its current iteration has operated since 1996.

Like United Skates' other facilities, BBP Roller Skating Center hosts summer camps, birthday parties, STEM/ExL educational field trips, corporate events, DJed adult skate nights, and public events.

In 2013, NJ.com described the rink as "a symbol of revitalization for Newark" and "a literal savior of urban skating", praising its relationship to the community, including roller derby, style skating, gospel skaters, and DJ nightlife.

History

In 1956, a former reservoir was converted to a skating rink to accommodate requests for year-round ice-skating facilities. In October 1957, it opened to the public, featuring dancing and roller-skating in the summer. Before December of that year, 50,000 skaters used the facility for ice-hockey and figure skating. In 1961, funds from a New Jersey Department of Transportation park sale purchase were used to fund an enlarged entrance and 230-car parking area. The structure was enclosed in 1969 for all-weather use. The present roller rink was "designed" circa 1992.

In popular culture

2012 documentary The Rink details the rink's role in the Newark community. It describes the rink as "a space cherished by skaters" in "a city struggling to move beyond its past", recounting stories of roller derby competitors, style skaters, Newark's 1950s urban renewal, the 1967 Newark riots; to contemporary downtown gentrification, all with the BBP Rink as its focus.

Filmmaker Sarah Friedland stated, "Branch Brook is a very important place, not just for Newark, but for the entire skating community, which has recently lost many key rinks to real-estate speculation and gentrification".

See also

References

  1. "United Skates of America Roller Skating Massapequa | Seaford, NY 11783". www.iloveny.com. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  2. NJ.com, Amy Kuperinsky | NJ Advance Media for (2013-05-30). "Wheels keep on turning: 'The Rink' documents Newark's last roller skating haven". nj. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  3. NJ.com, Nyah Marshall | NJ Advance Media for (2024-03-16). "Inside N.J.'s booming Black roller skating scene". nj. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  4. ^ History of the Park and Critical Periods of Development, 2002
  5. Sarah Friedland Talks About her Vibrant New Documentary RINK at Brooklyn Film Festival, Vimooz, 2013
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