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The Best Indoor Ice Skating Rinks on Long Island for Families

Jan 23 2012
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Things to do with kids: The Best Indoor Ice Skating Rinks on Long Island for Families

Long Islanders like their ice-skating: There are rinks all over the isle—particularly indoor rinks, which are great because you can enjoy them year round. Typically, they are well known for great lesson programs and free skate time frames where fun activities and music accompanies the skaters. But there are so many, where do you begin in deciding which to take your clan to? Worry not; we've rounded up the top indoor rinks on the Island for you.

Cantiague Park
480 W. John St, Hicksville
Rates: Nassau County residents with a Leisure Pass $7, children $17 and under $5; nonresidents $20, children 17 and under $14. Skate rental: $5.
One of the largest indoor skating rinks on Long Island, this newly renovated facility is the former practice venue for the New York Islanders hockey team. It also serves as an exhibition rink, with performances and hockey games and shows happening from time to time. Rentals are available as are lessons. Many hockey teams practice and play here, so be sure to check the website or call ahead to determine when recreational skating is available.


Dix Hills Ice Rink
575 Vanderbilt Pkwy, Dix Hills
Rates: Town of Huntington residents with a Recreation ID $7.50, teenagers $7, children $6, seniors $5. Without ID $12;  teens, children, and seniors $9. Skate rental: $4.
Daily lessons are offered and during the week, you likely can just show up and drop into a lesson. Public skating sessions are also offered daily and skate rentals are available. Click here for more information.

Iceland
3345 Hillside Ave, New Hyde Park
Rates:  $6–$8, skate rental $4
Iceland offers public skating sessions Friday through Sunday and has a well-organized skating school for future figure skaters and a youth hockey league as well. The rink is also available for party rentals, and frequent clinics are offered for all ages, even for Mom and Dad. Click here for more information.

Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink
65 Arrandale Ave (in the Parkwood Sports Complex), Great Neck
Rates: Great Neck residents with Park Card $7, children and seniors $5; nonresidents $10, children $6. Skate rental $3.50.
 This renovated  indoor rink with an outdoor feel (it's really cold in there!) is home to the Great Neck youth hockey program and also offers figure-skating and ice-skating lessons, as well as public skating. Click here for a schedule of public skate times.

Freeport Recreation Center Ice Rink
130 E. Merrick Rd., Freeport
Rates: Freeport residents $6, children $5, seniors $4; nonresidents $8, children $6, seniors $5, Skate rental $4.
Freeport’s ice rink has public skating sessions, lessons, and a youth hockey league. It hosts birthday parties and even has a family skating nights ($15 for a family of four, includes skate rental). Click here for the public-skating schedule.

Long Beach Ice Arena
150 W. Bay Dr., Long Beach
Rates: $8, children $6, seniors $5; with resident discount pass $5, children and seniors $3. Skate rental $4.
This arena too hosts lessons, a league, and birthday parties. Click here for the public-skate schedule.

Port  Washington Family Skating Center
70 Seaview Blvd., Port Washington
Rates: $7, skate rental $4
This great indoor rink features lessons, hockey leagues and camps, and exhibitions and hosts birthday parties. Click here for the schedule for public skating.

The Rinx
660 Terry Rd.,Hauppauge
Admission: Weekdays: $10, Friday night $12, children $7.50, seniors $4.50; weekends, holidays, and school vacation days: $11, children $8.50, seniors $5.50. (Islip residents with recreation card receive $1 off adult admission.) Skate rental $5.50.
Long Island’s largest ice rink facility, the Rinx features two indoor rinks. It offers lessons, leagues, and at least one public-skating session a day, and hosts birthday parties. Click here for the public-skating schedule.

Superior Ice Rink
270 Indian Head Rd., Kings Park
Admission: $9, Friday night 11, children 4-11 $7, children 3 and under and seniors $5 (includes skate rental). Skate rental $4.
This hockey-heavy rink offers skating lessons, hockey leagues, public-skating sessions, and birthday parties. Click here for the public-skating schedule.

The Huntington Winter Club
486 W. Main St., Huntington
Call 631-421-3889 for membership rates
This is a private recreational facility with a great rink. It offers lessons and a hockey league. Call 631-421-3889 for more information.

Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center
 Bethpage Community Park, 1001 Stewart Ave., Bethpage
Rates: Town residents: $6; children 5-17 $5; seniors, volunteer firefighters, and auxiliary police officers $4.­­­­­­ Nonresidents: $10; children 5-17 $7, seniors, volunteer firefighters, and auxiliary police officers $5. Children 2-4 $2; children under 2 free. Skate rental $3.
This brand-new NHL-regulation-size rink offers all of usual amenities of an ice rink—lessons, public skating sessions, hockey leagues—and then some, including a brick fireplace. Click here for the public-skating schedule.

Islanders Iceworks
175 Underhill Blvd., Syosset
The official practice facility of the Islanders, Iceworks offers a very well organized learn-to-skate program, as well as hockey leagues, and freestyle figure skating. It also offers one of the few girls’ hockey programs as well as open hockey for adults in the evenings. It doesn't, however, offer open-skate sessions. Check out their website for lesson and program times and more information.

Happy Skating!

 

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