Skate sharpening? At Wonderland pro shop at the rink. 212-824-4096. Mon - Fri 11 am - 8 pm. Sat - Sun 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. Last sharpening half-hour before close.
Bag storage: Bags may be stored overnight in the East Skybox on the upper level toward the back wall. Sky Rink's Floor-Plan
Close your bags with all equipment inside. No bags may be left on the lower level or near the front of the room. Do not leave valuables in your bag. Leave your bag at your own risk, as these areas will not be supervised. Neither Sky Rink nor the NYCGHA are responsible for items left at the rink.
Tourist Info: Mobile Official NYC Tourist Site
Dial 311: 311 is New York City's phone number for government information and non-emergency services, in 170 languages.
Mass transit to Sky Rink: Take a subway to 23rd Street and then walk or take the westbound M23 bus to Chelsea Piers. All subways and most buses run 24 hours a day. Fare is $2.50. Use a MetroCard, which you can buy in subway stations with cash, credit, or debit. On buses you can use coins too, but no bills.
Subway: Take a local C, E, F, M, N, R, 1, or 6 subway to 23rd Street and then the westbound M23 bus to get to Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers. Take only local trains; no express trains stop at 23rd Street. Mobile Subway Map.
Bus: Use the M23 bus to get to Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers. The M23 travels eastbound and westbound along 23rd Street, stopping at every avenue. The last westbound stop is Chelsea Piers. The M23 runs 24 hours a day. Bus Map.
Yellow Cab: Just raise your arm! Legal cabs are all yellow and have a metal medallion permit stapled to their hood. The light on the cab's roof tells you if it is available. If the numbers are dark, the cab is taken. If the words "Off Duty" are lit, the driver is off duty. If the numbers are lit, that cab is yours, baby!
Which way is uptown? Roughly, north. Downtown is south. Eastside is east and westside is west. North of 14th Street, Manhattan streets are laid out in a grid.
The avenues are long and run uptown - downtown. The streets are shorter and run eastside - westside. (The longer word, avenue, corresponds to the longer roads. The shorter word, street corresponds to the shorter roads.)
Higher numbered streets are uptown (north) and higher numbered avenues are west. (The avenues are numbered in the direction the country was settled, east-to-west.)
Hint: To figure out which way is uptown, downtown, eastside and westside. 1.) Look up and down an avenue. Uptown is the direction with higher numbered streets. 2.) With a few exceptions, Even- numbered one-way streets go Eastbound and odd-numbered one-way streets go westbound.