Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post presents an excerpt of an online article about the (former) Empire skating rink that was located in Brooklyn, New York.
This post also showcases four YouTube video of jam skating (dancing to Funk, Disco, R&B, or House music at skating rinks while wearing roller skates). Video #1 and Video #2 are actual footage of Empire Skating Rink. Video #3 is footage of Skate Key skating rink in the Bronx, New York and the location of the fourth skating rink (given as Video #4 below) is unknown.
This post also documents selected comments from those videos' discussion threads about that skating rink in particular or about jam skating in general.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Vaughan Mason & Crew for the song "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll", thanks to all those who were responsible for the production of this video, and thanks to all those who are featured in this video. Thanks also to the publisher of this video and all those who are quoted in this post.
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INFORMATION ABOUT EMPIRE ROLLER SKATING RINK
From https://www.placematters.net/node/1161 "Empire Roller Skating Center (former)", Martha Cooper, Place Matters entry from ca. 2004.
Brooklyn's last large-scale roller rink, closed in 2007
"Editor's note: Sadly, the Empire Roller Rink was closed on April 23, 2007, after being sold. The word is that it will be turned into a storage facility.
The Empire Rollerdrome has been a fixture in Brooklyn for over 60 years, regularly transforming itself to reflect trends in popular culture. Particularly known for its pioneering role in the roller disco craze, the Empire is now the last remaining large-scale roller rink in Brooklyn.
The Swanson Family opened the Empire Rollerdrome (now the Empire Roller Skating Center) in 1941 in a former Ebbet's Field parking garage…..
The Empire was once part of a circuit of rinks in the city where skaters would go for competitions, lessons, and recreation. In the 1950s there were about 28 such rinks in the city including the Fordham Skating Palace, the Queens Roller Rink, and the Coney Island Roller Skating Rink. After they purchased the Empire, the Abramis tried to diversify its appeal by adding other activities to the huge rink including boxing matches, miniature golf, and even a bowling alley. During this time the rink also hosted many events including the first open New York State Championship in 1957.
In the 1960s, the Empire gained prominence for the many innovative roller dance styles that were pioneered there including the "Brooklyn Bounce," also known as the "Wobbly Duck." Adding to the rink's prestige was the presence of Bill Butler, one of the most influential skaters of the 1960s and 70s. He made the Empire his home base during these years, practicing and teaching there and attracting skaters from around the country eager to learn from him and witness his unique "jamming" technique firsthand.
When the disco craze of the 1970s hit, the rink was renamed the Empire Roller Disco (both "Rollerdrome" and "Roller Disco" can still be seen on the rink's exterior signage). In this incarnation it played a major part in the roller disco craze that swept the nation--it was one of the first places to popularize this new style of skating and attracted people from across the country. The Empire was also the first rink to replace organ music with a live DJ--for over 15 years the internationally acclaimed DJ Big Bob (Robert Clayton). The rink's reputation for great music grew even more after 1980 when a 20,000-watt system was installed, which was considered the best sound system at any roller rink in the country.
The disco atmosphere inside the rink was reinforced by the disco-club lighting, a "California-like" decor with plastic palm trees, and, of course the latest disco music of the day. Outside a canopy gave it a Studio 54-look. The Empire became so popular that movies were filmed there and celebrities like Cher would stop by to take lessons from Butler. The Empire's disco heyday also provided many fond memories. Sam Alston remembers, "This was one of the first places I ever skated. My mother used to bring me here in the 70s and 80s. And this place, it was one of the first ones that had a disco atmosphere, where it had a sound system, it had the disco lights. All the other skating rinks back then would be just a big warehouse."
At 30,000 square feet, the Empire is the last big roller rink in Brooklyn, comfortably hosting 1,000 skaters at a time. Following the illness of its longtime manager, Gloria McCarthy (Henry Abrami's daughter), the Empire closed for two years beginning in 1998. A nationwide chain, United Skates of America, later purchased the rink and it reopened in the spring of 2000 with a focus on family entertainment.”....
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS:
Video #1: Empire Roller Rink ( 1980 )
RollerSession, Published on Mar 14, 2009
Theme : " Roller Skate " - Vaughan Mason & Crew ( 1980 )
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Statistics as of May 10, 2019 12:56 AM:
total number of views - 15,379
total likes - 96
total dislikes - 9
total comments- 7
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Selected comments, with numbers added for referencing purposes only:
1. djafrican, 2009
"Damn! I remember when they shot this. Pat the Cat, Vinzarrelli, Dexter. Good footage."
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2. IamDiva, 2018
"Yup pat the cat is my father with the cow boy hat on. He passed away tho 😔"
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3. David Barnes, 2011
"YO.THIS CLIP IS A RARE CLASSIC.I GOTTA THANK THE PEOPLE WHO KEPT THIS CLIP IN THE ARCHIVES.I THINK THIS SHOULD BE RIGHT UP THERE WITH WHAT MAKES NY USA THE BEST.KEEPING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.I WAS LUCKY I WAS THERE FROM 1980 TO 1994 BEFORE THE DARK STORMS OF IGNORANCE CAME.ONE LOVE."
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Video #2: Bill Butler Quad Skating At Empire Roller Rink In Brooklyn 1978!!!
LegendaryBillButler, Published on Sep 11, 2009
Classic Quad & Pair Skating At Empire Roller Rink In Brooklyn Jammin' with Maurice Gatewood (R.I.P.) Anthony Ford, Vin Zee & Nicky Music By: Round Tree - "Get On Up" (Get On Down)
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Statistics May 8, 2019 3:38 PM
total views - 47,494 views
total likes - 264
total dislikes- 8
total comments - 32
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Selected comments, with numbers added for referencing purposes only.
1. David Barnes, 2011
"THIS CLIP IS AMAZING.PEOPLE TAKE HISTORY FOR GRANTED WHICH IS WHY POEPLE OF THE 21ST CENTURY ERA ARE SO DAMM STUPID.I GIVE A PROUD SHOUT-OUT TO THE ''CLASSIC QUAD 78'',FOR KEEPING IT RAW AND FUNKY.I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT ''EMPIRE ROLLER RINK ''LOOKED LIKED IN 78''.BEAUTIFUL.I WAS LUCKY.I WAS ALATE 70'S KID.PEOPLE OF TODAY WILL NEVER KNOW THE TRUE FUN OF THIS TIME."
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2. RAYYAN KASHANI, 2011
"This is where it all began and sadly THE EMPIRE ROLLERDROME aka EMPIRE is no more. We skateheads lived for this 7 nights a week, and to show you our love for the art of dance-skating, in late December 1977 when NYC was closed down because of the snow, we trudged from EMPIRE to PARK CIRCLE and took over the joint. ROXY, SWEET RUBY, MIDDLE VILLAGE, 516 in BALDWIN, UTICA, USA, SKATE CITY, SKATE KEY, THE RINK & LACES could never touch EMPIRE."
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3. Nathaniel Aiken, 2018
""Pat The Cat" was the cowboy with white skates and cowboy hat. "Big Mike" Skate guard and security, forever having a cast on his right wrist. Horace Michael and his sister Roslynd.Some of the people at Empire. Steve Tyler, Stephanie Tyler, the Abromi Family...Raymond, "Shine", Lamb...Anthony Ford, Dawn, Janet Burrows Imani, Little Mike, Randy Higgensen, Big Bob..."
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4. lou harris, 2013
DJ Big Bob Dexter Abernathy and his Dance Crew...Cali had nothing on Brooklyn"
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5. Julius Freeman, 2018
"Before he started playing at Empire around the days of DJ Horace, he used to hang out at my club called Club Atlantis in ENY & Phase III on Atlantic & Eastern Parkway & he was one of the best Hustlers (the dance) around. This would be around 1978. Before Empire, he used to DJ at Laces on Hillside Ave in New Hyde Park.
I still see him from time to time & he's still spinning."
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6. ArlineNC, 2013
"Skating here in the early sixties, was a member of the Empire Figure and Dance Club under the pros Donald and Beverly Maddaloni, what wonderful memories, moved to Park Circle to join their club when I found a dance partner."
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Video #3: Skate Key Meets Empire pt 1
AntUpscalephotos, Published on Mar 14, 2013
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Skate Key was a roller rink in the Bronx, New York.
Here are selected comments from this video's discussion thread, with numbers added for referencing purposes only.
1. Babydoll Chula, 2016
"Must have played Empire Music because I never headed those songs in skate Key. Sounds more of the central park old peoples mix stuck in the days but not the lit good old days lmao."
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2. David Rubenstein, 2017
"Amazing! Where is this place? Is this in New York?"
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3. ICU4life !!!!, 2018
"This is in the Bronx ,NY"
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4. Crucialkeyz1999, 2017
"@9:38 His footwook is AMAZING!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥"
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3. Omari Harper, 2019
"house steppin with skates on!! what!!!"
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4. Ashanti Zulu, 2019
"That’s my homeboy from Brooklyn Empire Roller Rink he really gets down!"
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5. Ashanti Zulu, 2018
"I use to skate with all of these Cats back @ Empire in Bklyn . Shoutouts ta Big Bob..
now I’m here in Orlando Fl and their Roller Rink is wack as ever 😑.."
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6. always a student, 2018
"I miss skate key and empire!!!! I moved back to the east coast in the past year; where are the rinks at I can go to now? I looked, and they mostly seem to be closed down...? I miss this kind of music too. Last rink I went to they played mostly modern rap music...
I am also rusty on the skates these days too... I need more practice! Where can I practice! Somebody help! HA!"
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7. Eric Jordan, 2018
"You can also hit up Branchbrook in Newark, NJ on Sunday nights. A lot of these people you see in this video come there. This past Sunday night (12/30/18) was lit!!!"
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8. Gregory Reese, 2018
"Central park dance skaters association"
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Additional Skate Key Meets Empire videos can be found on YouTube.
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Video #4: "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll" By Vaughan Mason & Crew
Androsaryan Norman, Published on Jan 15, 2018
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Statistics (as of May 9, 2019 11:38 pm)
total # of views - 3,260,396
total likes - 42,000
total dislikes - 1,300
total # of comments - 2,866
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No information is given in this video or in the discussion thread about where or when this video was taped.
This appears to be purposeful, as the video publisher responded to several commenters about other subjects related to roller skating, but never answered any of the multiple inquiries about the location of the skating rink and when this video was made. For instance, the publisher gave a shout out to California from a commenter who wrote that he or she was from that state.
Several commenters wrote that this video wasn't from the 1990s, but was much more recent than that. Another commenter wrote in the comment given as #21 below that this isn't the Empire Skating Rink in Brooklyn, New York. And one commenter wrote that the skating styles that are documented in this video "has Detroit [Michigan] all over it". One commenter wrote that the "504" number on several of the skaters' shirts [the telephone area code for New Orleans, Louisiana] might be a clue as to the location of this skating rink. I think it's likely that this video was taped in the early 2000s at a national (United States) gathering of jam skaters.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM VIDEO #2'S DISCUSSION THREAD
These comments are given in relative chronological order with the oldest comments given first, except for replies. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only. I've added a few explanatory notes after some of these comments.
1. victoria brown, 2018
"Yesssssssss Empire skating ring Brooklyn nyc"
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2. MissPickyJudgemental, 2018
"victoria brown Thanks Victoria! I kept rewinding and was telling myself this rink looks familiar. I haven't been there in like over thirty years. Memories 🤗"
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3. factNo fiction, 2018
"Do it still exist? If so I need to come to Brooklyn NYC"
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4. trkk01, 2018
"Uh empire been closed down a few years ago un less this a old video"
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5. trkk01, 2018
"MissPickyJudgemental they closed a few years"
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The article about Empire Skating Rink that is quoted above indicates that that rink closed in 2007.
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6. lisa perkins, 2018
"victoria brown we had skate fever in the Booty down. This brought back memories."
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The words "Booty down" here is used here as a nickname for Brooklyn, New York.
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7. factNo fiction, 2018
"trkk01- Thanks for responding but I'm sorry to hear that. DAMN!! I was looking forward to visit the Empire, the video did look kinda old but I still was hoping it still existed."
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8. Pat Johnson, 2018
"victoria brown : Girl empire was the bomb and I miss the smaller rink in back and Raymond."
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8. Pat Johnson, 2018
"factNo fiction remember Big Mike, Raymond and them guys. they tried keeping it open for skating church event but that didn't last long and the last I saw of the space it was a carpet store I am not sure now but we got our memories right🙌"
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9. myjamsoldtonew, 2018
"They have closed so many roller skating rinks in NY it's a shame. there are so few left"
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10. victoria brown, 2018
"jimmie williams me to and remember there was no fighting. Those's skate Guards was mean as hell. Kept us in check. I was coming from Queens this was the highlight of my life. This and Paradise Garage."
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11. victoria brown, 2018
"lisa perkins yessssss we did."
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12. victoria brown, 2018
"trkk01 so SAD"
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13. victoria brown, 2018
"Pat Johnson we did our THANG"
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14. Pat Johnson, 2018
"U know Central Park and I think somewhere in New Jersey was the other place's where folks when to skate . Yo, remember the Roxy in Manhattan and Skate Key the Bronx."
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15. MissPickyJudgemental, 2018
"I was gonna ask if the Roxy still exists. My dad used to take us back in the 80's"
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16. MissPickyJudgemental, 2018
"Took the B49 to Empire to be nosy only to find out that the area has changed tremendously. I see "gentrification" has made it's way over there as well. It doesn't look right."
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17. geoff mcclean, 2018
"Loved that place, I still have my skates.."
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18. Marie Colette, 2018
"myjamsoldtonew You are so right and it makes me so mad, My kids and others don't get to know fun like this cuz of how Real Estate is more important than anything else. If it don't bring in millions of dollars they shut it down. If it's in an "up n coming" neighborhood they shut it down. Damn shame."
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19. The 71eights, 2018
"MissPickyJudgemental gentrification killed Brooklyn's essence"
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20. The 71eights, 2018
"MissPickyJudgemental been closed"
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21. Lordsincere1, 2018
"victoria brown This ain't the Empire."
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22. victoria brown, 2018
"jose rosa ty ty but it brought back memories. In my mind it's the empire. Lol"
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23. jose rosa, 2018
"victoria brown It’s cool I’m originally from Park Slope I used to go to Park Circle Roller Rink . You took me back.Thanks."
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24. victoria brown, 2018
"jose rosa yes yes why did they get rid of them. We didn't act the fool.( Right) lol"
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25. jose rosa, 2018
"victoria brown lets cut through the chase let’s hook up Just kidding . I’m in Staten Island . Just waiting to Retire"
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26. victoria brown, 2018
"jose rosa Queens here we are neighbors. Check this out my butt can't get on NO skate's now. I would be so scared today. but I truly miss those's days. And don't TELL me it's like riding a bike. LMAO"
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boroughs_of_New_York_City
"New York City encompasses five county-level administrative divisions called boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. All boroughs are part of New York City, and each of the boroughs is coextensive with a respective county, the primary administrative subdivision within New York state. Queens and the Bronx are concurrent with the counties of the same name, while Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island correspond to New York, Kings, and Richmond counties respectively."
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27. Silvio Dante, 2018
"victoria brown
USA in jackson heights queens lol
Skate guard here lmao"
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28. victoria brown, 2018
"Silvio Dante omg I live in Queens now. I used to take my kids there (twins)now 35"
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29. Wonder Adair, 2018
"Empire has been closed for years .. they now meet at hot skates in Long Island !
I used to hang out at Empire back in the day too"
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30. Wonder Adair, 2018
"MissPickyJudgemental Roxy is closed ..Empire ..skate key ..Lola star ..
But the Empire crew meet up at hot skates in Long Island now..
There was also a skating rink on Utica ave that closed before all of them..I last went there at the age of 5.. and it was for teens and older wayyy back then lol"
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31. Malik Alexander, 2018
"M.C. Lyte"The Roller disco where we all used to go, just to have some fun back in 1981, You know the place Empire Blvd!"
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32. Nathaniel Aiken, 2018
"This is gonna get buried but: Empire, Sweet Ruby's, High Rollers, City Roller, United Skates of America, Parkside, Skating Palace, Busby's, Utica, Roller Dan's, SKATE KEY,
Central Park (near Frisbee Hill) and others too numerous to mention! Yep, That's right, I am a Bronx, NYC Skating Baby!"
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33. Nathaniel Aiken, 2018
"Where are the skating rinks in NYC now?"
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34. Nathaniel Aiken, 2018
"How could I forget the Roxy/ Club 1018? Or the Red Parrot? Laces" (L I), Commack, LI?Wednesday's? Bentley's and the Silver Shadow?! Lots of clubs had roller skating or church/ "Gospel Skate" sessions on their slow weekdays!"
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35. Lavon .A, 2018
"Empire 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽💯 killing it on the skates"
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36. Richard Blackwell, 2018
"victoria brown., i definitely enjoyed going to empire roller skating ring in Brooklyn"
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37. Krystin Grant, 2018
"Yesssssssssssssss only one I know that's open is lynbrook ny and they do late night parties. Funk master flex will be their In December 22 or Jan 5th"
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38. Teka Hinson III, 2018
"victoria brown Was that Empire?-DAMN! '-It's been a LONG time.The80s for me.I'm from Philly.I remember,United Skates of America.The Great Skate at69th and Market.And don't forget71st and Elmwood.We had FUN back n the DAY!!!!!!-TOO bad our young people JUST don't know.SAD!!!-"
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39. Frank Mcleod, 2018
"It's been a long time. Thanks for the memories of my Brooklyn days. Peace and Love."
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40. SupermanNYC2006, 2018
"Wow, Talking about memories. I remember at 15yrs old . going to the Skating rink every Saturday at Park Slope , at Utica Skating rink and Empire. They need to bring this back."
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41. Geenahgee04, 2018
"What year was this video? It's doesn't appear to be in the late 70s or early 80s."
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42. Ayesha Harris, 2018
"N P Yes!!! Let's not forget, The Mercury Theater, Norwest Theater, & Americana Theater"
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43. Steve Bromberger, 2018
"Rainbow on Clark. The only white boy on the floor. Take the toe stops off and earn mad respect from all. No static EVER. Just love:
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44. Ceo founder, 2018
"Empire Roller skating Rink in the 1980's, 1990's and early 2000's on Empire Blvd Flatbush/Crown heights Brooklyn, before it was condemned! From I was 10 years old till my mid twenties! The music, the women, the crews, the vibe and energy was amazing!"
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45. Mere Leonard, 2018
"Grown folks!!!!
You know it’s real when you A. Got a sweat rag B. Got a glove C. Have high top skates with the tongue down D. Have at least one person in the crew over 45"
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46. gregory J, 2018
"the cameraman can skate too. Great footage and classic jam."
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47. Puddin' Pie, 2018
"The sisters in white are killing it."
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48. John Saunders, 2019
"Urban class"
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49. Rob styles, 2019
"Too cold"
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50. Jennifer Smith, 2019
"Looked pink to me but probably the lights. Yes, I wanna be friends with them!!"
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51. robert wagner, 2019
"Cracker Barrel up in here."
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52. keepondjw, 2019
"love the woman with the short hair for some reason"
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53. Brie Brog, 2019
"@robert wagner I said the same thing, Do she have on a Cracker Barrel Jacket On ? I Love This Video"
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54. Flower Child, 2019
"Yes they are Bad "mama Jammers" !!!! Too cool 🔥🔥🔥🔥"
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55. Hiii Power, 2019
"Puddin' Pie facts"
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56. Marie Jeter, 2019
"Yesssssss!"
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57. Shelia G, 2018
"This is how I was going down in .
1978,1988,1998.........
Who's here in the end of 2018 December going into 2019 wishing that it was like this in 2019 having pure fun !!! Without you going skating and someone saying I'm not a boy or I'm not a girl or shooting and killing everyone being politically correct about their gender. And not just having fun just having fun"
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58. PB King, 2019
"Shelia G I’m here with you Ms. Sheila"
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59. SD90MAC2, 2019
"I feel you on that , everyone got along some kind of way. I miss those days and the people !"
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60. Terry Broussard, 2019
"And it wasn't that long ago.....What happened?
Anyway, glad I was able to be a part of the REAL things of life where people just had fun....no criticism, no violence, just Bounce, roll, skate, and some funk to make it all happen! Mmm. Mmmm...
Oh. And JESUS was always real in our lives. Can't leave HIM outta this.
It's HIS absence that's causing the problems. People need to put HIM in the Center of their lives and watch the Peace just roll on in."
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61. Ben Rayonez, 2019
"You forgot 1958 & 1968 that's where it all started????"
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62. Rosa Evangelista, 2019
"Shelia G had my blue jelly jacket with the skates on the back. Back in the day is fun to remember."
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63. Shelia G, 2018
"These are old school dancers the millennium's don't know nothing about this this is how it was when I was growing up and we were able to go skating to have fun without all this killing is sad it's so sad that people can out of joint have fun like this anymore"
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64. Shirley Black, 2018
"Yay yay yay good times"
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65. Bunnn Babyy, 2019
"You realize the death rate was higher back then kids just don't go outside because everything we do is criticize I love skating but the older folks won't teach us they just tell us if you can't do it get out the rink"
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66. isthis myrealname, 2019
"90s the skating rink was lit tryna holler at girls eating the snacks the arcade"
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67. Cynthia Ragan, 2019
"I used to have so much fun skating at the rink every Saturday night (back in the ‘60’s). I just bought my 5 yr old a pair of skates. This is gonna be fun. Please bring this back. I loved loved loved this video. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼"
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68. Captain Hernandez, 2019
"Shelia G yes it was great let’s go back to this great comment Stay Safe 👮🏻♂️🚔🚨"
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70. Katherine Williams, 2018
"to everyone that commented on this. everyone is on point. love peace and soul. I hope one day our younger generation will be able to get the chance to have what we old school generation did."
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71. Narvia Williams, 2018
"🌷This employee I use to work with at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn, NY told me he was one of the roll bounce skaters at Empire Skating Ring in Brooklyn, NY🍁🌹🎈"
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72. FreeWorldAllDay, 2018
"Sister Sledge, Le chic, The O'Jays, Rick James. Best music that I loved hearing at the roller skating rink."
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73. Betsy Abreu, 2018
"Any 8 Ball Blue Gorillas out there representing Empire Skating ring from back in the days Brooklyn n.y."
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74. Vant, 2019
"Yessssss!! Brooklyn in the house!!! I went there many times"
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75. flower321 channel, February 2019
Brooklyn in the house Impire Roller skating ring
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76. Marsha Washington, May 2019
“Shout Out To "BKLYN EMPIRE ROLLER SKATING RINK!!! FOR ALL THE GREAT MEMORIES!!!" My Family Still Skating 3 Generations Strong!!!”
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77. Seeking Pathways, 2019
"I miss skate key and empire roller skating rink...."
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78. Darryl Mckellar, 2019
"empire BKLYN roller rink had it going on skate guards MELL and another short guard and don't forget the two twins red bones they were awesome on those dam skates and fine as hell I was 14 yrs at that time but still remember empire roller rink BRASS out"
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79. Allen C., 2019
"Damn this takes me back to the late 60's early 70's...Empire skating rink in Brooklyn was the spot on the weekends. This song was huge in NYC"
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80. Layla20, 2019
"Baby! I’m here for it!!!!! Boy, Empire skating rink in Brooklyn was one of my old skating joints! I was pretty good at it and anyone who knows about Empire KNOWS you better know what you’re doing out there! Yes! A real treat and a blast from the past!!!! Where my Empire skaters at? 💯💯💯"
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81. Cynthia Lopez, 2019
"God, how much skill and finesse these skaters had!! A bunch of us would go skating at United Skates of America in Brooklyn and sometimes everyone would just have to willingly clear the space to let the masters do their thing! What a damn good show it was. How much fun we had!😂 So so glad I grew up in those times instead of today's pathetic sit and text all day long and be entertained following all kinds of fools on social media...:-("
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82. Paris K Armani, 2019
"The ones with the sweat rags are always the best"
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83. dolphinbuc, 2019
"Life doesn't have to be complicated. A simple night of skating can change your entire outlook on life. No drama, no beefin', no hate. It's all love when we skate."
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84. Steve Morelli, 2019
"This brings up memories of the 1980s I was the only Italian kid in my neighborhood in Detroit at the roller rink listening to the Dazz Band The Gap Band Time band Morris Day and The Time that was da scene those gorgeous ebony woman😊😉"
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85. Marsha Washington, 2019
"Shout Out To "BKLYN EMPIRE ROLLER SKATING RINK!!! FOR ALL THE GREAT MEMORIES!!!" My Family Still Skating 3 Generations Strong!!!"
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86. Leo Lioness, 2019
"Empire Roller Rink...💃🏽
‘Brooklyn Where You At’’🤔"
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87. gotta go beach SUP, 2019
"Soooo cool!!! They make it look so easy! The floor looks crowded, but they all own their own space!!! Wish I remembered how to rollerskate!"
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