Love this place! Ice skated for the first time in my life here a couple weeks ago and I'm itching to back again!!! Cheap admissions + rental prices and it's clean Great place to go for family, friends, couples, etc!! Def recommend for first time skaters! Staff was very nice as well read more

I came here two weeks ago and I believe that this place is the best in Queens. The rink is brand new and the ice is really good. Unlike the ice in Manhattan's Wollman Rink, Bryant Park, Chelsea Piers, and the Rockefeller, this rink has the best ice and the least people. It is cold in there so bring a sweater. I'm a decent skater so it's fun for me, but if you're a beginner, you might want to try this place since you can get practice. The price is decent and the food; the same. The staff are fairly good and they are attentive. Come if you're ever in the Flushing area, you'll enjoy it, unless you dont like skate or you're new at it. read more

This place is awesome and to get here could be hectic. To get here, you have to take the 7train to Willets point and walk a lot, a lot! It's $15 dollar for rental and admission! There a $.75 locker for rental which is amazing! By the way no phones allowed on the ice which makes sense! read more

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I went with hubs and the brother in-laws this past weekend after watching Apolo Ohno doing his thang in Vancouver. He just makes it look so dang easy.... I hadn't skated in at least 10+ years so I was quite nervous since I wasn't a great skater to begin with, but I did remember the bruises and pain from the Wollman days! They charge $8 for admission on weekends and $5 for skate rental which is definitely very affordable! Plus their skates are brand new with PADDING (unlike the old Wollman skates that were pure plastic a la Barbie shoes that would cut up your feet with blisters galore). It was a Sunday afternoon and there were quite a number of families there, not to mention the usual gaggle of pre-teens and teens. I was amazed at the amount of under 5's on the ice, some of them by themselves. They'd face plant, get back up, face plant, and get back up! I applaud their perseverance cause if it was me, I'd be outta there by the second face plant. These lil kids made me super nervous since they were spilling all over the place and I'd be afraid to either be dragged down by them or roll over them and cause a pile-up. I wish they'd have adult-only hours and family-only hours; that would definitely make this even more enjoyable! Since it was an indoor rink, it would get a bit hot after a few rounds in the rink and was so much more enjoyable than skating outside at Wollman. All in all, I'd definitely come back again. read more

I have to agree with the 1 star review by Lyon H, I must have been there that same day. My son has skating lessons every Saturday between 11:30-12:00. After 12:00 they open the rink to the general public. The rink does get crowded and are normally full of kids. So anyway I was skating behind my son when this guy just swerved right past between my son and me. Freaked me out... I am giving this place 3 stars because it is a great place to go with family. I'm taking 2 stars off because of the lack of enforcement from the "orange jacket security" to skaters going way too fast. read more

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My sons took skating lessons here, and I've done free skating afterwards with them. One son dropped out of the class, but continued on the free skating and then rejoined the class. They took a break to focus on swimming for the summer, but they think they might want to start back again soon. During free skating they block off the center and you can only go around in one direction (they could occasionally change direction). There are a lot of staff that fly over to you when you fall down and help you up, or get you ice if you hurt yourself. I've never seen such vigilant staff. I don't like it that they only rent figure skates. I'm not used to the thing in front and I tripped and really hurt my arm. I might have to invest in my own skates. They have a shop there, seems like they have reasonable prices. I'm used to skating on the flooded fields of Wisconsin in winter. My experience of NYC skating is that it's crowded and small, but I love the action--push off and glide. It's the closest I get to flying without jumping out of a plane or trying to hang glide. Hang gliding is on my bucket list. read more

World Ice Arena is a nice indoor skating rink option in New York City. This particular rink is located in Flushing/Corona and is easily accessible via car versus public transportation. It was about less than $20 for admission, skate rentals, and locker rental (less than $1) on a weekend. The facility itself is fairly clean, except for the bathrooms, and it is significantly less packed than any other rink in the city like Wollman Rink or Bryant Park's. I would come back to ice skate next winter. read more

The price on weekends ($9 for admission and $5 rentals) is cheap compared to the other rinks in the city and the rink is located right next to the 7-train with plenty of parking. This makes this rink very accessible and also, very popular so it can get very crowded on weekends during the winter. The rink itself is a bit small. One thing that really bugged me though was the quality and cleanliness of the skates. I wish the laces didn't smell like wet rags all the time. When I returned the skates, the employees barely put any disinfectant inside! Gross! Nevertheless, you can't beat the price. So if you're planning to come here, I would suggest bringing hand-sanitizer since there aren't a lot of bathrooms, Trust me, after touching the skates, you're going to want to wash your hands. Also, try to eat before coming because the food is slightly overpriced but you have to eat, a hotdog or a slice of pizza is $2.50. read more

This is a nice ice rink in Queens, but the classes they offered were not that great, especially for lower level beginners. The instructors do not teach the kids enough and do not seem to care about their progresses. read more

Last Friday was pretty quiet but it may have been due to the snow and noontime lull. The hockey size rink was fairly empty and perfect for my son to practice skating backwards with his friends. But the Zamboni wasn't out for a while so the ice was a bit scuffed up. $5 admission is reasonable since there's no time limit. We have our own skates but you'd have to shell out $5 for skate rentals. There's a "cafe" with snacks. read more

I've been here twice in my life: Once in high school and another time this year. They did a good job on renovations. I remember the first time I came here, it was dirty and shady. Now, it's a good alternative if you just want to stay in the Queens area instead of fighting the crowd in Central Park's Wollman Rink, Rockerfeller's Ice Skating Rink, or Bryant Park's Skating Rink. It is indoors though, but the admission and rentals are significantly cheaper than Manhattan. You be the judge! read more

Decent prices here for skates and a turn on the rink. If you have your own skates you can get them sharpened for $15.00. It is a decent sized rink, also you have a lot of parking. Upstairs is also a swimming pool. There is also a ice hockey team you can join if you would like. They have lockers for your stuff, you should bring some quarters for that. Although since it is in Flushing, it is crowded. Lots of kids, adults and people who don't really know how to skate. So don't expect to go too fast. read more

Although it may be true that my passion when it comes to skating first began and still lay with the glazed wooden hardwood where I was once nicknamed "the Bullet" by local patrons of "The Rink" in Bergenfield NJ during my younger days. Father Time has now put me in a position where I have traded in my round wheeled friends for sharp blades of steel. As I see it a vibrant man in my golden years of life needs to stay elusive and primed, its especially true at my age to keep the activation, integrity, and dynamic as well as static properties of my iliopsoas muscles primed for any encounter I may face not only as a man, but possibly as a nation. He who fails the plan, plans the fail. read more

This a great rink to skate at in Queens. If you are in the Flushing or Corona areas you have probably been skating here for years. The rink is usually packed with lots of kiddies learning to skate, so don't expect to skate at anywhere close to a fast pace unless you buy some private ice time. $8 to enter ($5 during the week at certain times) $5 for skate rentals $0.75 locker rentals (pay to lock) The place is fairly clean and only offers figure skates for rental. read more

Other than dealing with the super pretentious, "I swear I'm so rich that my DOODOO doesn't stink", upper middle class moms who think they have the next Wayne Gretzky or Michelle Kwan in their hands, the experience here will be an amazing one. My kids love having a good time skating around with their friends and cousins. I love chasing them down on the ice and getting my exercise in. It's a great place to visit and bond with your kids and loved ones. #glrosario read more

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The World Ice Arena is surely a reasonable place in terms of pricing, especially when compared to ice rinks in Manhattan! It's only a 15 minute walk from the Mets-Willets Point station and is located in the beautiful Flushing Meadows Park. We came here on a Monday afternoon and payed $22 for two people, including skate rentals. The skates and the laces were visibly worn out, however, and we had to tighten them many times since the laces kept coming loose. I advice to bring your own skates for comfort. You can also spend 75 cents on a locker to store your things while skating. The rink itself is fairly large but the center was occupied with little kids practicing. There were few people since it was a weekday but I imagine it can get crowded on the weekends. The staff is attentive and always helped my boyfriend get up when he lost his balance. Using cell phones is not allowed while ice skating. Definitely recommend this place for its affordability and location convenience. read more

Giving 5 star for facility (esp their set up during COVID) and coaches, 0 for bold guy who drives the zamboni. Someone needs to teach him some basic social interaction norms and etiquette, if that's not possible, don't have him interact with the public/customers. Very poor manners. read more

It is a VERY VERY place to ice skate during summer with your family and friends i went today and im comming tomorrow I really recomended if you are trying to have fun this summer :) read more

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Nice enough, HOWEVER it was way too crowded and the ice quickly deteriorated. They did resurfaced it relatively often and I believe they even attempted to deal with the crowd by letting in smaller groups, but there definitely should have been less people on ice. Also, the center "private" area was bigger than any rink I've been to, this obviously is an issue when 3 advanced skaters have more room than a huge crowd. Not thoroughly thought out. Cheaper than other rinks, which is a plus. read more

Came here with my partner. Believe we paid 30 per person. You can't take your stuff on the ice so you can get a locker for 75 cent. Ice skating was challenging for a first timer. While the people in the community were nice enough to show me how to skate I do wish they had someone to train me. Atleast give me the basic. The employees on the ice came over to me when I fell n helped me back up but.. Not a great job at explaining how to skate on the ice. read more

This is a review for the new Parent & Me 3-6yo class. I will revise my review everntually, this is just for information. The information on the flier is misleading. It's not bad but Parents do *not* receive ice skating instruction. Also they don't give refunds if you chose the wrong class. I wanted to learn ice skating with my 5yo. This is NOT the class for that. So any parents who have never skated before, this isn't the place to learn, they only concentrate on the kids. Not you, lol. Make sure you already know how to skate before taking this class. Lol. The Parent and Me costs $262 as opposed to the $175 for better instruction in the Snowplow Sam classes Also, we took two classes and my 5yo has learned nothing. This age should be lowered to age 2.5-3yo. I feel like I wasted my money in doing this. read more

A nice facility in Flushing for skating and hockey. The parking situation is pretty weak. We have only been here REALLY early in the morning, so the pro shop was never open...nor the concession stand. There is a large swimming facility on the second floor on the building. The rink is kinda weird though, on several sections along the boards, instead of the usual white boards, it's actually clear. My son said it didn't bother him during the game, I could see how you could lose sight of a puck when it goes into these areas. read more

Gotta say one of the best ice skating rinks I've ever been to. I love coming here early in the morning because it's empty! I learned how to skate here and coming early really helped me to improve! The prices are decent and they got some good arcade style food! read more

Very hit or miss (mostly misses) in terms of instructors for children. My kid had one great instructor once out of all of the Snowplow Sam classes (why I'm giving more than one star). Disorganized distribution of children (my level 1 child was put in a level 3 class once out of pure disorganization). No refunds either despite the poor quality. Not going back and my kid isn't enjoying herself anymore with the mostly disengaged coaches. Avoid. read more

My son loves it there. He learned how to ice skate with the mom quickly and swiftly. We bought him skates and plan on making him a regular attendee @ World Arena. read more

Good bye Sky Rink! Helloooooooo World Ice Arena! My daughter and I had been goin' to The Sky Rink @ Chelsea Piers durin' the winter months. Sky Rink's great n' all, but it would take us an hour and a half to get there. We'd hafta get the bus to the subway, get the E or F to 23rd street, then get the 23 bus to the Piers. Not only is World Ice Arena MUCH more convenient for us to get to as it's only a 20 minute bus ride, but World Ice is CHEAPER! Sky Rink's admission is $13.50 (adult), $10.50 (child), and another $7.50 to rent skates. World Ice's admission is $8 (weekends), $5 (weekdays), and only $5 to rent skates! AND you get more skatin' time! BONUS!! Public Skating at Sky Rink is from 1:30pm-5:20pm M-F; 1pm-3:50pm Sat/Sun. World Ice's public skating hours are from 9am-5:15pm M-F; 12:pm-4:45pm Sat/Sun. On Friday and Saturday nights, they even give you a couple of extra hours after hours! Unlike Sky Rink, they don't have helmets available to rent. To have your skates sharpened at World Ice, it's $15. The skate sharpener person is only there on certain days/hours so I didn't get to try out my brand new skates. Their Jackson rental skates appeared to be brand spankin' new and were very comfy, but left little bruises on the sides of our legs; nothing serious. I guess the skates just need to be broken in. My daugher and I were there this past Memorial Day and regardless of the beautiful 80 degree weather outside, the rink was pretty full w/out bein' annoyingly crowded a' la Wollman Rink. (In Wollman's defense, they only operate during peak skating season and that's where all the tourists go, so...) There were a few kids there, but only one pre-teenish troll in particular who annoyed the schitt outta me as he played too much and seemed to be falling and acting like a stupid, lil dumb@$$ intentionally. Aside from that lil basterd, it was a great crowd. It woulda been a smidgen nicer had the zamboni gone around a more frequently. We got to the rink a little after 1pm and the zamboni went around at about 3:15ish. The ice had gotten a lil too bumpy for me, so I was a lil too pleased to see the zamboni do its thing. All in all, World Ice Arena's a great place and the kid n' I can't wait to return. :) read more

This was my first ice skating experience ever! I had fun at this rink. It was busy with ice skaters of all ages and levels. I thought that the $8 admission would include the skate rental but I was wrong. It was an additional $4.50 for my skates that were beat up and in old condition. The skates are probably from the 80's! The skates matched the old school music they were playing on the sound system. It's a good place to get my practice on! read more

The rink is amazing! No complaints. If you're looking to take lessons for figure-skating or hockey, make sure to get your own skates because the rental skates smell horrible. Totally recommend this ice rink! read more

Can I tell you how bad I am at ice sports?! But ts so much fun. This is a NFL size ice skating rank with awesome prices the con? The little hours on the weekend for the public when I went. We had a great time tho. But I wished the pros doing the twist would stay in the inner cones and not freak us out and cuz there are a lot of people it's hard to actually skate in other people blade grooves. That reminds me I still have not gone this year. read more

Want to skate around in a hockey rink that smells like chlorine? You've come to the right place! World Ice Arena is a nice place to avoid the crowds and massive lines of ice skating rinks in the city. Went here on Christmas weekend and although there were a lot of people skating, the line to get in was pretty quick. Admission is $8 and another $5 for rentals...just a little cheaper than the Bryant Park rink. The skates they give you are actually pretty comfortable and well padded, unlike those clunky plastic boots they give you at The Pond. They lace up all the way so you'll have a secure fit and are actually sized wide enough for men's feet. Only minor issue is that they don't seem to put a lot of Lysol in the skates when you return it. They also take your shoes when you take out the rental skates. Have fun not getting stepped on by other skates and tiptoeing over puddles of water on your way to the benches to lace up. The rink itself is pretty nice. It's a hockey rink so it's wide at the ends and kind of narrow in the straightaways. Since there's plexiglass barriers up for hockey, there isn't a lot of room to hold onto the boards if you're a novice skater or need a break. Kind of annoying but it encourages you to keep moving around instead of clinging onto dear life. On Christmas weekend, there were a ridiculous amount of kids on the ice so it's kind of like skating around a minefield if you don't look down. At least a skating Santa Claus showed up for the kids. World Ice Arena is a nice way to avoid the crowds in Manhattan and get some skate time in. There's usually a decent amount of parking available by the Home Depot but otherwise it's a pain to get to on foot or by public transportation. I just wish they'd extend the hours of the rink instead of the abbreviated hours they have on weekends. read more

Three months ago I could barely stand up on the ice. After 2 session in group class, they really show me the fundamentals of ice skating. I get to practice in the middle for some new and difficult moves, unlike the one in Bryant park where the employees are completely useless and rude. The staffs here are very friendly and knowledgeable. It's too bad that I could only skate here once per week, but I definitely recommend to people who wants to skate in Queens. read more

Love this rink!! The prices aren't bad and the rink is nicely sized. The skates are only $5 to rent but they smelled terrible. Other than that, no complaints. read more

They don't have any half sizes making it uncomfortable or imposible for people with certain sized feet and most workers there looked like they were dead inside. The food is good though read more

I love this rink. I come here to play open hockey on Friday nights. The ice condition is usually very good. The facility itself is only a few years old and is in great shape. I have been there for public skates as well and it can handle all the people skating on the ice. Pretty good food at the snack shop. The only thing that sucks is there isn't much space to sit and eat while you're waiting for the zamboni to finish. Would have still given them 5 stars but they don't really focus a whole lot on their hockey program. It seems like such a waste of a facility to not have bigger hockey program. read more

Great ice rink for recreational skating. The price changed 2nd week of Sept'17 to $10 for adults with skates. Its still a bargain. Also, season's pass are not an option to those who skate on a weekly basis. I wish they'd offer that as a discount to raising prices without notice. read more

Went to World Ice on a Sunday, and was in the market for some figure skates as well so paid a visit to the pro shop. The guy, Bob, who runs the pro shop was super helpful, and helped me pick a pair of skates that worked for me. He also sharpened them and helped punch out some areas I was experiencing rub in the skates against my ankles free of charge. The arena was nice, but definitely crowded with a lot of kids especially, which was to be expected on a Sunday afternoon. Definitely had to dodge a lot of kids who were beefing it on the ice, but all in all a good time. read more

This place is middle of nowhere. It was far away from 7 train from Flushing station. You probably need to drive to get here. This ice skating rink is much more crowd than the ones in long island city. i think you can sign up for 6 or 12 months membership for less than one hundred buck. On the upper level, it was a swimmining pool. read more

Aside from the extremely long walk from the mets willets station, this place is magnificent. I have been here only once and it won my heart over. The rink is huge and they are always maintaining the rink, so that the ice is never rough. The fee is fair I guess, but I was surprised to discover that this place is more expensive than its sister rink, city ice pavilion, in woodside because WIA is in a more isolated neighborhood. I haven't been to the swimming pool, so I can't comment on that. But the clerks were polite and there were plenty of lockers to choose from. read more

Nice place to skate. I come here pretty regularly. The ice gets choppy sometimes towards the end of a session if its busy, but crowds are much better compared to Manhattan ice skating rinks, for example. Parking is good, plenty of space. Music selection on point. Skate sharpening is pretty good there too. Friendly and personable staff at the skate shop! read more

Good for beginners. Small place but Fun .kind of crowded price is reasonable. Great location accessible to no 7 train and few blocks to walk . Good for all ages . Snack bar doesnt have much selections. Hot chocolate will do the job . read more