Ej Murray Skating Center

Not great. When we did go they were having issues with the zamboni and they reduced the price $ 1 (should have been more the ice was in bad shape), but we went anyway– we have our own skates so I don’t know about the rentals. The weird thing is they would not let us take a break in the boxes on the side of the rink where the hockey players usually go– only on the metal cold bleachers. Parents were also crowding the only entrance and exit taking pictures of their kids, which would have helped if we could take breaks in the boxes. I don’t think we will be back again, we will check out Ebersole in White Plains.

I’m such a fan of this place! I used to come here almost every weekend when I was a kid but I stopped going around high school. I drive past this place on the highway so often and this past weekend I decided to come back for a visit with my little nephew. In all honesty, I was a little bit surprised to see that not only is it still open, it looks almost exactly the same as I remember it 10+ years ago. I even remember some of the staff! The price to get in is $ 7 and skate rentals are $ 4. The rink itself is spacious and well-​maintained, and the skates I rented were in excellent shape. There’s also a good snack bar & plenty of vending machines to get some much-​needed fuel. It also looks like they’ve added an outdoor skate park for bladers & skateboarders. All in all, this is a great local community spot & Yonkers landmark for the young & young-​at-​heart. I hope to see it around for many years to come!

Great Place for Family & Dates :) – DRESS WARM, BRING GLOVES
BRING GLOVES, DO NOT WEAR JEANS! (Sweats), DRESS WARM
I am the romantic type of person and whenever I see a potential for a nice romantic date I write about it!
I recently came here with my girlfriends family and her of course, there’s a schedule for this place when you can skate and when you can’t so whenever you get a chance call and make sure you find out the times!
Once you do that, make sure you bring CASH! I believe it was $ 7.00 to rent the skates, $ 4.00 to skate on the ice and I know I’m missing something but the Prices are really economic which is great!
Please dress warm, this way if you’re not skating you won’t freeze your butt, bring a blanket! Just pretend you’re going Skiing and you’ll be fine!
Other than that everything else is GREAT!
DEERS! By the way if you go there at night you’ll see that facing the highway there’s a fence if you look over it, you will always see a family (I’m pretty sure there’s another name) deer, last time I saw like 20 of them and they just ran into the woods! Which was amazing I felt like I was watching the national geographic channel lol (I love nature)
Anyways if you do come here, you’ll have a great time.
FOOD COURT – looks great, the only thing I can remember was Cheese Fries $ 4.00 I was going to get something but I’m watching my figure lol (next time)

MURRAY’S WAS THE PLACE FOR ROLLING WITH THE HOMIES!
Since 1960, Edward J Murray Memorial Skating Ice and Roller/​Inline Skating Rink has always been Yonkers’ place for skating. Over the years other places have come and gone, but Murray’s has been a Yonkers favorite for the last 50 years. Talk to anybody who grew up in Yonkers and you’ll be sure to find that everyone has a childhood memory from here. Maybe it was birthday parties that you used to go to back in grade school. Or maybe you played ice hockey for the local league. Or maybe you used to go here for the public skating to pick up girls during the summer. Whether your skates were quad or inline, this was the place to be in the carefree days of our youth.
For me this was one of my favorite summertime date spots. In the time between riding my Huffy BMX bike and getting my driver’s license, there were the endless days of rollerblading from my house in Yonkers up to White Plains and back home again. What most people didn’t know was that long before I took to the streets, Murray’s was my training ground. Public skating was open at various designated times of the day, so during the summertime THIS was the place where I’m get my bumps and bruises while rocking to 80’s music spun by DJ Ricky. Nighttime brought more of the same except couples would skate hand in hand. If you came here stag maybe you’d be hoping to find single girls or guys looking to share the night. The music always sounded so much better in the open arena than my Discman cranked to the MAX ever could.
What’s it like these days? Some people say that a «bad element» has infiltrated the public skating and its no longer a carefree place to rock out. Some say that the management has long since lost control to the lowlifes that make Murray’s their hang out. But I’m not completely sold on that. I think some people grew up and forgot what it means to be young. They forgot that at one time that THEY were the «bad element» for which they now fear. For them the music has gotten too loud and the they’ve lost the beat. If I could be a teenager again I would be freestyle skating with freestyle music blasting in the air. Maybe if I strap on my blades again and set my iPod to MAX I can recapture those days of my youth at Murray’s. Some day when I have a son, I’ll be sure to bring him there so he can feel the wind through his hair, the air in lungs, and the music in his soul.