Brokelyn

Going to one of Brooklyn’s public ice-sating rinks over Christmas is like driving down I-95 in an ice storm, accompanied on the highway only by student drivers with bald tires. It’s treacherous going, with wipeouts at every turn and skates flailing in every direction, including faceward (you only hope they’re the maddeningly dull rentals.) That said, it’s a tradition to get out on the corrugated surface that passes for ice at least once a year, and over break we not only did several days at Prospect Park’s Wollman Rink but slogged out to Aviator Sports next to Floyd Bennett Field to find out if this indoor rink is really so much better than Wollman, as some folks—generally those with kids and cars—claim. Here’s a side-by-side comparison in various categories, with the winner of each round in blue: Read the rest of this entry »