Lasker Rink
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Lasker Rink is located in the northern part of Central Park
in the New York City
borough
of Manhattan
, just south of the 110th Street
entrance between 106th and 108th Street. It opened in 1966 and lies between Harlem Meer
and the East Drive.
Lasker is used as a swimming pool in the summer and a hockey rink during the winter, the only such convertible facility of this type. In the winter, Lasker Rink is open from October through March. Lasker is home to Central Park Ice Hockey, public skating and skating schools. Central Park Ice Hockey, is offered on two rinks where hockey leagues play 4 x 4 ice hockey. Teams can be coed and are separated based on skill level. Currently, Alan Strachan is the Director of Central Park Ice Hockey, Lasker Rink.
Lasker Rink is also host to Ice Hockey In Harlem (IHIH) a non-for-profit whose objectives are to combine classroom diligence with hockey. Volunteers act as coaches and participants play in games.
Lasker is known by New Yorkers as less crowded and more economical than Wollman Rink
.
Central Park
Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...
in the New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
borough
Borough (New York City)
New York City, one of the largest cities in the world, is composed of five boroughs. Each borough now has the same boundaries as the county it is in. County governments were dissolved when the city consolidated in 1898, along with all city, town, and village governments within each county...
of Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, just south of the 110th Street
110th Street (Manhattan)
110th Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is commonly known as the boundary between Harlem and Central Park, along which it is known as Central Park North. In the west, it is also known as Cathedral Parkway....
entrance between 106th and 108th Street. It opened in 1966 and lies between Harlem Meer
Harlem Meer, Central Park
Harlem Meer occupies the northeast corner of New York City's Central Park, in a section of park that was added to the original site, which had originally ended at 106th Street...
and the East Drive.
Lasker is used as a swimming pool in the summer and a hockey rink during the winter, the only such convertible facility of this type. In the winter, Lasker Rink is open from October through March. Lasker is home to Central Park Ice Hockey, public skating and skating schools. Central Park Ice Hockey, is offered on two rinks where hockey leagues play 4 x 4 ice hockey. Teams can be coed and are separated based on skill level. Currently, Alan Strachan is the Director of Central Park Ice Hockey, Lasker Rink.
Lasker is known by New Yorkers as less crowded and more economical than Wollman Rink
Wollman Rink
Wollman Skating Rink is a public ice rink in the southern part of Central Park, Manhattan, New York City. The rink was opened in 1949 with funds donated by Kate Wollman who donated $600,000 for the rink to commemorate her entire family from Leavenworth, Kansas)...
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