List of skate spots in San Francisco, California:
Name Type Location Photo Status Notes 3 Up 3 Down street skating San Francisco Armory Active 3rd and Army street skating Mission Bay Active Bart Wall Ride street skating, wall ride 24th Street Mission station Active Bay Blocks https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/videos/this-old-ledge-bay-blocks/https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931352/skateboarding-san-francisco-ted-barrow-thrasher street skating Embarcadero Active China Banks street skating Chinatown Endangered Plans by the city to demolish it. World famous site. Clipper Hubba street skating James Lick Middle School Active The Dish bowl / skatepark Bayview-Hunters Point Active Oldest skatepark in San Francisco. Opened in 1980. Doloris Street hill bomb Mission Dolores Park Endangeredhttps://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/police-arrest-shut-down-san-francisco-dolores-park-skateboarding-event/3268779/ Annual hill bomb event organized here. The city installed Botts' dots to attempt to close the spot. Double Kink Rail street skating Mission Dolores Park Active EMB street skating Embarcadero, Active, partially demolished Includes sites such as "The Island", The Gonz Gap, and others One of the most important sites in the development of street skating. Due to opposition to skateboarding, some of the ledges and benches (including the Hubba Hideout) were removed by the city to make it less skate-able. Flower Shop DIY skatepark 1105 Tompkins Ave Active Fort Miley street skating Lands End, Active Hubba Hideouthttps://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/videos/this-old-ledge-hubba-hideout/ street skating Embarcadero Plaza Demolished Demolished by the city in 2011 Lincoln High School street skating Lincoln High School, Sunset District, Active Contains the skate feature called the 3-block Pier 7 street skating Pier 7 Endangered Concrete slabs were replaced with wooden slats. Protective barriers have been installed to prevent skateboarding. Pier 15 bench street skating / urbanism exhibit Pier 15 Active A bench designed for the specific purpose of skateboarding while also being useful for sitting. Meant to be pro-skating and to be an antithesis to anti-skate devices. Potrero Del Sol Skatepark skatepark Potrero Avenue and 25th Street Active City-sponsored skatepark SoMa West Skatepark skatepark SoMa Active City-sponsored skatepark Studio 43 skatepark Bayview-Hunters Point Defunct Warehouse skatepark active during the 90s and since closed down Sunset Duneshttps://sfrecpark.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2300 skatepark The Avenues Active Skatepark with half pipe and pump track at the south end of Sunset Dunes park Twin Peaks Hill bomb / Flatground freestyle Twin Peaks, Active UN Plazahttps://sfstandard.com/2023/11/09/san-francisco-skatepark-opens-un-plaza/ skate park Active Union Square Street skating Union Square, Active Limited access due to policing and crowds Wallenberg Set street skating Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School, 37*46'48.86"N, 122*26'46.82"W Active Waller Ledges DIY/official skatepark Golden Gate Park, 37.768263N, -122.454081W Active DIY park that was city approved and is now city-sponsored
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