This from New York 1:

The city’s last roller rink skated into history Sunday, but skaters
made one final attempt Saturday to keep it from shutting down for good.

A rally was held at the Empire Roller Skating Rink in Crown
Heights. Organizers called on city officials to keep Empire open or
build a new rink.

The rink has been around for more then 60 years and is known for
being the birthplace of roller disco, but it was recently sold and will
soon become a storage facility.

But local skaters say losing the rink will be tough on the neighborhood.

"I really don’t know where the young kids will go after Empire
closes, I really don’t know," said one young patron. "I don’t have that
sense of knowing. But I’ll tell you one thing, it’s gonna bring this
community down. It’s gonna drive a lot of people out, because of
Empire. It’s the only thing that’s really left here, that’s truly
here."

In recent years, the rink has been the subject of many complaints. There was a shooting outside it in January.

Empire’s owner said he decided to close when the city forced him to get rid of Teen Night and his liability insurance went up.