There are many adventures in the city for skateboarders and bike riders of all levels. The city is home to 15 outdoor and three indoor skateparks, four bike parks and one challenging shared-use natural trail.

Parks are either all skill levels or beginner to intermediate skill levels.

All Skill Levels

Beach Skatepark

  • 1420 Lake Shore Blvd. E., along the beach boardwalk on the south side of Lake Shore Blvd. E.
  • Washroom at Woodbine Beach Park Bathing Station

Beach Skatepark is Toronto’s largest skatepark. It’s a plaza-style street skatepark, with ledges, banks, stairs, rails, hubbas, gaps, and granite-capped ledges. The skatepark also has an 11-foot deep kidney bowl with pool coping and a stair channel.

Ellesmere Skatepark

Concrete community skatepark with a mix of street and transition features. A central flow area is surrounded by an outer ring filled with quarter pipes, ledges, banks, stairs, rails, hubbas and manual pads.

Neilson Skatepark

Some features include a beginner-level three-stair drop, an intermediate-level five-drop and an assortment of flat ground features.

Vanderhoof Skatepark

  • 135 Vanderhoof Ave.
  • No washrooms onsite

Vanderhoof skatepark has a large U-shaped bowl, with a long five-foot shallow-end mini-ramp curving into a nine-foot deep-end bowl, with several extensions, pool coping in the deep-end and a challenging over-vert cradle. The skatepark also includes a basic street area with a bank, long ledge and manual pad, and a small kicker to stairs and hubba.

Beginner to Intermediate

Cummer Skatepark

Concrete community skatepark with banks, ledges, rails, a pyramid and small bowl.

Dufferin Grove Skatepark

  • 875 Dufferin Park Ave., (northwest corner of Dufferin Grove Park)
  • Open spring to fall, dawn to dusk.
  • Washrooms available at the Dufferin Grove Park Clubhouse during operating hours

Small community skatepark on smooth concrete ground featuring wooden elements that are redesigned and rebuilt annually by local skateboarders. The layout changes every year, but usually includes several ledges, manual pads, kickers and a quarterpipe.

Dunbat Skatepark

Community skatepark on smooth concrete featuring wooden elements that are redesigned and rebuilt annually by local skateboarders. The layout changes every year, but usually includes several ledges, manual pads, banks and a five-foot mini ramp.

East York Skatepark

Concrete community skatepark, designed with input from the local East York youth group. Includes a street plaza-style area and a tight five-foot figure-eight bowl. The street area consists of a ‘Pier 7’ manual pad, multiple stair-sets, several larger stairs, rails, ledges, hubbas, a long ‘Wave’ banked ledge and two granite-capped ledges.

Eighth Street Skatepark

  • 160 Eighth St.
  • No washrooms onsite

Concrete community skatepark with a mix of flow and street, with a tight five-foot, peanut-shaped bowl. This skatepark includes various-sized quarter pipes, banks, stairs, rails, ledges, manual pads and granite-capped hubbas.

Fundy Bay Skatepark

  • 190 Fundy Bay Blvd.
  • No washrooms onsite

Concrete community skatepark with banks, ledges, rails, a pyramid and small bowl.

Lawrence Heights Skatepark

Modular community skatepark featuring various ledges, rails, banks, quarter pipes and a mini-halfpipe on an asphalt slab.

Port Union Skatepark

Also known as Crossroads Skatepark, this is a concrete community skatepark with a variety of banks, ledges, rails, hubbas, manual pads, a funbox and small three-quarter bowl.

Smithfield Skatepark

  • 175 Mount Olive Dr.
  • Washrooms are available at Smithfield Park Outdoor Pool during operating hours

Modular skate spot featuring various ledges, rails, banks, quarter pipes and a spine-ramp on an asphalt slab.

Underpass Skatepark

  • 33 St. Lawrence St, located under the bridge south of King Street East, with access off St. Lawrence Street.
  • No washrooms onsite

Underpass Park has a modular community skatepark located beneath an overpass, providing a sanctuary from the elements. It includes various pre-fabricated ledges and manual pads, rails and some small banks, set on a concrete pad.

Weston Lions Skatepark

Weston Lions Park has a modular community skatepark featuring various ledges, rails, banks, quarter pipes and a spine-ramp on an asphalt slab.

West Lodge Skatepark

  • 165 Lansdowne Ave.
  • No washrooms onsite.

A small concrete skate spot with a few ramps and ledges.

These skateparks are all Beginner to Intermediate.

Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre

  • 870 Queen St. E.
  • Open fall, winter and spring
  • Phone: 416-392-0751
  • Youth ages 13 to 24
  • Washrooms available onsite

This drop-in skateboarding spot has wooden and prefabricated ramps, rails and ledges on linoleum tiled gymnasium floor.

Visit the Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre facility page.

Phil White Arena

This seasonal, drop-in skatepark is set up on a drained ice rink with wooden and prefabricated ramps, rails and ledges.

Visit the Phil White Arena facility page.

All locations are easily accessible by TTC.

Bayview Arena Bike Park

  • 3230 Bayview Ave. (behind the Bayview Arena)
  • Open from dawn to dusk
  • Parking is available at the Bayview Arena

This is a 3000 square metre park with a series of dirt jumps, berms, and tabletops accessible to riders with various skills and experience.

Visit the Bayview Arena facility page.

Centennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre

  • 165 Centennial Park Blvd.
  • Open dawn to dusk, May 2 to October 31 (weather permitting)

This park has a compact, closed-loop design filled with challenging jumps. It has four straightaways, three banked turns, one five-metre start ramp and one eight-metre start ramp.

Crothers Woods

27 Redway Rd.

Crothers Woods offers approximately nine kilometres of multi-use, one-metre-wide dirt trails with some steep sections. These are rated as intermediate-level trails. Share the trails! This spot is popular with pedestrians.

Visit the Crothers Woods facility page.

Sunnyside Bike Park

  • 3 Ellis Ave. (Lake Shore Boulevard West and Ellis Avenue)
  • Open from dawn to dusk
  • No parking available onsite – roundabout for pick-up/drop-off

This park offers progressively difficult challenges and opportunities for off-road cycling skill building.

Visit the Sunnyside Park facility page.

Difficulty Ratings

Green circle with white wave
Easier
Blue square with white wave
More Difficult
black diamond
Most Difficult

Wallace Emerson BMX Park

  • 1260 Dufferin St. (in Wallace Emerson Park)
  • Open from sunrise to 9 p.m. daily
  • Drop-in supervised BMX rides four nights/week, excluding holidays
  • This park has programming from May to October
  • No parking available onsite

This BMX Park features a 500-foot, single-track dirt trail, a beginner-level pump track and metal intermediate/advanced-level ramps.

Visit the Wallace Emerson Park facility page.