Gottesman Rink at the Davis Center

New York, NY · Public skating times & prices

Central Park's north-end rink, on the Gottesman Pool basin where Lasker Rink stood from 1966 to 2021.

Public skating at Gottesman Rink at the Davis Center: the next 7 days

No public skating is posted for the next 7 days. New sessions show here as soon as the rink posts them.

Address
106-51 East Dr, New York, NY 10026
Phone
212-310-6650
Website
daviscenter.centralparknyc.org
The Davis Center's curved, dark-stone building with a wood-lined canopy and glass doors along the walkway, a planted roof edge above. — Gottesman Rink at the Davis Center
The Davis Center's curved, dark-stone building with a wood-lined canopy and glass doors along the walkway, a planted roof edge above. Photo: Central Park Conservancy · Source
The oval Gottesman rink beside a white tent, skaters spread across the ice with bare trees and park towers beyond the rail. — Gottesman Rink at the Davis Center
The oval Gottesman rink beside a white tent, skaters spread across the ice with bare trees and park towers beyond the rail. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Successor to Lasker Rink

The Gottesman Rink is the winter face of the Davis Center at the Harlem Meer, a seasonal ice rink and swimming pool at the southwest corner of the Meer in Central Park's north end. It replaces Lasker Rink, which opened on December 22, 1966, after flooding destroyed its original mechanical systems and delayed it by nearly ten months; chronic flooding dogged it for the next fifty years.

Lasker was known to New Yorkers as the less crowded, less expensive alternative to Wollman Rink, and it ran until 2021 before it was demolished. The City and the Central Park Conservancy set out to re-envision the site, broke ground in September 2021 and opened the Davis Center on April 26, 2025, letting water and people move again between the North Woods and the Meer.

Unlike Lasker, which was leased to private operators, the Davis Center is run directly by the Conservancy. In winter the 120-by-285-foot oval of the Gottesman Pool becomes the rink, beside a building faced in Adirondack stone, and the season brings Community Skate, Saturday-night Harlem Nights with a live DJ, freestyle ice, stick and puck, and Learn to Play lessons with the New York Rangers.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

Admission

Community Skate: adults (17+) $10 at peak times (weekday evenings 5-11 pm, weekends and NYC public school holidays) and $5 off-peak; children 4-16 $5; children 3 and under free. Harlem Nights (Saturday DJ skate): $20 adult, $10 child.

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Skates & rentals

Figure and hockey skate rentals are $10 per session; skate aids are $10.

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Booking & check-in

Groups of up to 19 can buy tickets and rentals on the Davis Center website during the skate season.

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Skating with children

My Tot & Me sessions help children ages 2-5 build confidence on the ice with their grown-ups.

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Accessibility

The Davis Center has wheelchair-accessible entrances, restrooms and overlook, with assistance on request.

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