Huntington, NY Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Banned activities
- Skateboarding, rollerblading, bicycling, scooter riding
- Location
- Veterans Memorial Plaza, downtown Huntington
- Fine range
- $50 to $1,000 under § 135-16
- Restitution
- Required if the plaza is damaged
- Park-wide rule
- Skateboards limited to Director-designated areas elsewhere
Summary
Huntington makes it unlawful to skateboard, rollerblade, roller-skate, ride a bicycle or ride a recreational scooter at Veterans Memorial Plaza. Town-wide, the park system separately confines skateboards to areas the Parks Director specifically designates and posts, so wheeled recreation is off-limits at the plaza and restricted almost everywhere else in town parks.
§ 135-3. Prohibited activities at Veterans Memorial Plaza. It shall be unlawful to engage in any of the following activities at Veterans Memorial Plaza:
A. Skateboarding.
B. Rollerblading or roller-skating.
C. Riding a bicycle.
D. Riding on a recreational scooter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4940543; v75 updated 2026-06-09; through 06-09-2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 135-3 of the Loitering, Parking and Congregating chapter, added by Local Law 12-2002, makes it unlawful to engage in skateboarding, rollerblading or roller-skating, bicycle riding, or riding a recreational scooter at Veterans Memorial Plaza, the town's civic square in downtown Huntington. The plaza ban is absolute: unlike the park-wide rule in § 159-18(C), which lets the Director of Parks and Recreation designate specific areas where skateboarding, inline skating and BMX riding are permitted, § 135-3 allows no exceptions and no permit process for wheeled activity at the plaza.
" Together the two chapters mean a skater cannot use the plaza at all and can only use a park or beach at the specific spot the Director has marked and posted for that purpose. Enforcement of the plaza-specific ban falls to the Town's code enforcement and Suffolk County Police, distinct from the general park enforcement structure in § 159-74 that covers the Chapter 159 skateboarding restriction.
Violations & Fines
A conviction for violating § 135-3 carries a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not more than one thousand dollars under § 135-16, and if the skateboarding, biking or scooter riding damages the plaza, the court must order a conditional discharge requiring the violator to pay restitution to the Town to repair or replace the damaged part of the plaza.
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