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HOBOKEN, NJ, October –

The City opened its first skate park with a community celebration and ribbon cutting on Saturday, November 1st at aa the Castle Point Skate Park was officially opened to the public.
" With this opening, we are well on our way to tripling the amount of open space in our City, as well as providing a vital amenity for our many skate aficionados," said Mayor Roberts. "This park is a key element of that plan and serves our growing number of skaters."
Situated on the Hudson River with midtown Manhattan as the backdrop, Castle Point Skate Park has long been advocated by local skateboarders and inline skaters. It features nearly a dozen pieces of equipment and was designed by professional skaters Andy Kessler and Steve Rodriguez of the New York skateboarding firm 5boronyc.
The grand opening event featured an hour of performances by Kessler and Rodriguez, as well as one by Hoboken's Kelly Matthews, an X-Games silver medal winning inline street skater. Prizes were also given away.
The park's construction was funded through a $573,000 Green Acres Grant, obtained with the assistance of State Senator Bernard F. Kenny Jr. Joseph Hamilton Construction Corp and Hot Rails, Inc. constructed the park.
The opening comes about a month after the re-opening of the city's waterfront soccer field at nearby Sinatra Park which received a new surface. Another waterfront park, Pier C, is in the design phase.

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