Goodbye Empire

A special trademark that Brooklyn has is finally gone. Many memories are going away with it. So many goodtimes took place in Empire Skating Rink, even the late Teen Night Teen Night ended a while a go, but it was very exciting. It happened every Friday and teens were always looking forward to it. Though there were few problems the best of teen night always came out. Empire Skating Rink was around for over 60 years. It had to come to a close because it was hard to make a profit with the rising insurance costs. It was also said that after a shooting in January pressure was put on him to close the rink. I was going to empire with friends since i was a fetus lol, seriously though i was going to empire since i was around 7 years old. We use to have partys and get togethers there, It was very fun, it had dj's and everything. It is sad that they are closing a place that has been around for many years and what was a place that was so much fun. Empire was a place that helped keep children out of trouble in a way because instead of hanging on the streets the children would be in a fun environment probably not thinking of any problems, or trying to start any. Eventhough Empire is no longer here our community will look back, and remember all the good times people had there.