Reilly Memorial Rink

This rink is INSANE!
It’s never gotten worse, It’s always gotten better! Reilly rink is at a near location and near the subway!!! I like other rinks but, I like Reilly way way better!

Great rink! It’s a terrible, terrible shame, though, that DCR doesn’t make it available to the public. Of the 70 hours a week children and adults might enjoy using it it’s now available only for 4. (I’m not counting hours when no one is going to be able to use this, from noon to 2 p.m. several weekdays.) The rest of the time it’s used for other things. Up till this year it also was available for 2 hours on Friday nights and it was crowded with children, adults, families because the public skating hours were so limited. But now they’ve taken even that away. To put it mildly, the DCR is not interested in serving the needs of the community.

We love this Ice Rink!
It’s located right by the Reservoir next to the C and D lines and offers that great «throw back» feel of ice rinks I used to go to as a kid.
Not only is this place have great customer service and located in a great location, you can skate for only $ 5!!!
And if you have your own skates, it’s absolutely FREE!!!
They also have a little sporting goods store inside, so don’t feel the need to have your skates sharpened before you go.
If you’re hungry, they even have a little concession stand with all types of food and snacks. And don’t worry, it’s all really affordable, so don’t be afraid, they won’t gouge you! It’s nice that the city has a place like this for the locals to go to :)

This is the rink that is currently used by Boston Social Sports for the broomball league and thus I have gone there and will keep going there to play this wonderful sport.
I’ve actually also skated there once before, a few years back and remember that the ice was in very good condition. The place is very well maintained and there’s plenty of room for you to spread out and put your stuff down, change and get ready. It is extremely close to the green line, just a hundred yards, if that and finding street parking isn’t too bad most of the time.
The only inconsistency I’ve found in the place is that sometimes it’s nice and there and some other times it’s absolutely freezing which makes it hard to plan on what to wear while there.
As far as the boards go, they are in great shape and aren’t all worn down from the checking and puck marks. I really like this place, it’s what every indoor rink in Boston should strive to look like and be like.

The soundtrack they play is from circa 1990.
But hey, what do you want for free?
There are a lot of kids but they’re pretty skilled. Not many cheesy dates.
The boards have the hockey glass so you can’t really hang on to the side. So if you’ve never skated before you might want to go down to the Frog Pond for your first try.

The Reilly Rink has the distinction of being extremely walkable from my apartment and free. Well, rentals are 5 $ each but I have skates so I don’t have to pay a dime, which is nice.
I went on a weekday during winter break for the first time, so needless to say it was crowded, but I’m hoping that it will be better once school is in session again and the kids are gone. It’s sort of obnoxious when little 5 year olds are chasing each other across the ice in order to tackle the others as soon as they get to the other end of the ice. They almost flew into me several times, and the «ref» (not to mention their parents) didn’t seem to care.
I’m going to start taking lessons here so hopefully that will be a better experience. Their flier says that they segregate adults and children, so that will be nice. Last time I took lessons I had to skate with kids who hadn’t gone through puberty yet. It’ll be nice to not be the biggest person on the ice!

Yep, still free! At least for we who have our own skates! But they do rent skates if you need them.
For those who do not T here (after all, it is close to all three Green lines — C, D, and B), there is street parking and a small lot by the reservoir.
They used to have shelves on the side for people to place their personals items, which was great since you never knew where you’d find space on the benches to change out of your skates… but those disappeared this season, so now we have to stick our shoes somewhere under a bench.
It can be quite crowded on weekends, but they do zamboni the surface halfway through the public skate time. Thus your skating skill are tested in trying to avoid both the fast skaters as well as the hesitant skaters. Sometimes I find myself tensing up as I approach a skater I saw fall a few rounds ago… just in case I have to put in some fast footwork to avoid them.
2008 – 2009 Public Skating Hours
11/​28/​2008 — 3÷14÷09
Tue & Thur 1:30pm-2:30pm
Fri 5:00pm-6:50pm
Sat 2:00pm-3:50pm
Sun 2:00pm-3:50pm

An indoor rink in Brighton — close to the B, C, and D lines. The best part is it is free! Sure, it is crowded with kids who barely know how to skate and have helmets on and kids who do know how to skate and whiz pass you like crazy. Its kinda like frogger whereas you have to navigate around the rink and and avoid all the hazards.
There are «guards,» but they really didn’t do anything. Like that girl skating in the wrong direction the entire time? Nope didn’t say anything. Helping the fallen get up? Nah, we are just going to stand in the middle and do nothing like the cool high school kids we are.
Anyhow, back to the good stuff, they have skate rentals and a concession stand. They also do skate sharpening during public skates. Figure skates are $ 7.00 and hockey skates are $ 8.00 I think. The rink is open from Thanksgiving to the end of March.
The hours this season are:
Tue & Thur: 1:30pm-2:30pm
Fri: 7:00pm-8:50pm
Sat: 7:00pm-8:50pm
Sun: 2:00pm-3:50pm