New Rochelle, NY Public Conduct: Skateboarding Rules (2026)

New Rochelle Code § 231-1, titled "Prohibitions," sits in Article I of Chapter 231, Peace and Good Order, an article originally adopted as Section 11-4 of the City's 1965 General Ordinances. Subsection A bars anyone from selling, carrying, or using a bean shooter or other instrument for throwing bullets, stones, or beans, and separately forbids throwing or casting any stone, stick, or other missile in, from, or to a street or public place. Subsection B, immediately below it, states flatly that no person shall use or operate a skateboard in any of the public streets, sidewalks, or public places within the City.

The two rules share one article and one penalty clause because both were written to keep projectiles and rolling hazards off the public right-of-way; neither section carves out an exception for children, daytime use, or specific neighborhoods, so the prohibition reaches every public street, sidewalk, and public place citywide. Enforcement runs through the Police Department, the agency responsible for policing conduct offenses codified in Chapter 231. Anyone cited under § 231-1 faces the penalty fixed by § 231-2: a fine of not more than $250, imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both, for each offense against the article.

The Code does not distinguish between skateboarding as transportation and skateboarding as recreation, and it does not limit the ban to business districts or arterial roads: the text reaches sidewalks in front of private homes as much as Main Street. Riders looking for a lawful place to skate must use private property, since the ordinance itself authorizes no permit or waiver process for public rights-of-way.