EV Grieve: A come-to-Jesus moment on the TF at Tompkins Square Park

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy 

Written by EVG 

A month after Hell Ride departed the Tompkins Square Park TF, its successor has arrived from a higher authority. Last month, the Hell Ride ramp disappeared from the Tompkins Square Park skateboard area after a relatively brief run. We were told that the Sunday field hockey players had lodged a complaint about the installation. 

At the time, an EVG reader suggested that perhaps the ramp would have been OK without the “Hell.” 

And so yesterday, a group of skaters unveiled something bigger: Holy Ride.

“These guys have no respect for Christ,” one resident told us. 

Another observer had a different take: He thought Jesus would approve. 

Meanwhile, one woman had a more practical question: Why doesn’t Jesus have a neck? 

We don’t have an answer for that one. 

By late afternoon, Holy Ride was in place, and skaters were already putting it to use.

How long Holy Ride remains with us is in the hands of a higher power.