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Some local skateboarders are in mourning... after several attempts through the years, workers have finally filled in The Crack™ in the ballpark/skateboard area in the northwest corner of Tompkins Square Park.
Our friends at Quartersnacks have the scoop:
The Crack™ is gone. It has been filled with an effective tarlike substance that renders the inch-wide cavity obsolete.

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Here's video footage from a few years back about how to navigate The Crack™ — "the Park’s longest standing obstacle."
Perhaps The Crack™ will be back again some day...