World Ice Arena

Flushing, NY · Public skating times & prices

An NHL-size rink in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, opened in 2008 beside an Olympic-size public pool

Public skating at World Ice Arena: the next 7 days

Monday, October 12

  • · Public Skate · $12

Tuesday, October 13

  • · Public Skate · $8

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Public Skate · $8

Thursday, October 15

  • · Public Skate · $8

Friday, October 16

  • · Public Skate · $8
  • · Public Skate · $12

Saturday, October 17

  • · Public Skate · $12
  • · Public Skate · $12

Sunday, October 18

  • · Public Skate · $12
Address
131-04 Meridian Rd, Flushing, NY 11368
Phone
(718) 760-9001
Website
worldice.com
Angled glass curtain-wall entrance pavilion beneath white cable-stayed masts on a sunny evening — World Ice Arena
Angled glass curtain-wall entrance pavilion beneath white cable-stayed masts on a sunny evening Photo source: worldice.com
A public session on a wide sheet seen over the rail, skaters spread among orange cones beneath a blue-ceilinged hall with American flags on the far wall. — World Ice Arena
A public session on a wide sheet seen over the rail, skaters spread among orange cones beneath a blue-ceilinged hall with American flags on the far wall. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Home of New York City's only speed skating club

World Ice Arena opened in 2008 as the skating half of the $66.3 million Flushing Meadows Corona Park Aquatics Center, an NHL regulation-size rink paired with an Olympic-size indoor pool. At 110,000 square feet, the complex is the largest recreation building in any New York City park, and its pool was the city's first new indoor public pool in four decades.

The rink is the base of the Flushing Meadows Speed Skating Club, the only speed skating club in the five boroughs. Speed skating in the park dates to the early 1940s, on a rink built for the 1939 World's Fair, and the club was incorporated in 1959. When that original rink was absorbed into the Queens Museum expansion in 2008, the club moved its practices to World Ice Arena.

The club produced an Olympian in Bill Lanigan, who skated for the United States at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Games, and members such as one-time U.S. national team member Benjamin Oh have competed at national championships. Short track training runs here from October through March, open to all levels.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Public session fees: weekday general admission $8 cash, $8.24 card; Monday general admission $5 cash, $5.15 card; weekend/holiday general admission $12 cash, $12.36 card; senior admission (65 and over, Tuesday - Friday only) $6 cash, $6.18 card. Weekend hours start Friday at 6:30pm.

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Skates & rentals

Skate rental at all times is $7 cash or $7.21 by card. Coin operated lockers are $.75.

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Booking & check-in

Public Skate participants need a World Ice Arena account with an active waiver.

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Skating with children

Walkers may only be used under the supervision of a WIA coach.

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Parking & arrival

Free parking is available across from the rink underneath the Van Wyck Expressway.

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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.