Nonprofit Organization Seeks Site for NHL-Sized Ice Rink and Educational Facility
Figure Skating in Harlem (FSH) recently announced plans to build a “year-round, state-of-the-art indoor skating and educational facility” in Harlem. Currently seeking an “optimum development site and potential partner,” the project by the nonprofit will bring Upper Manhattan’s first NHL-sized ice rink. The globally renowned program” offered by FSH has established it as the “only organization in the world for under-resourced girls that combines the power of education with access to the artistic discipline of figure skating. Since FSH’s founding in 1997, the organization has ‘helped more than 1,500 girls “grown in confidence, leadership, and academic achievement.” A feasibility study commissioned in 2024 further supported the need and financial viability of the project. “Between September 2023 and 2024, more than 200,000 New York City residents participated in ice skating according to the study estimates. Input from architectural design firm Gensler was also included in the study to help FSH develop an approach to site requirements for the facility that in addition to housing the ice rink and typical support areas, there will be classrooms and wellness facilities.