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Predating the first skateboard, a New York Times article reported on May 21, 1893: "DANGEROUS SPORT IN BROOKLYN: Coasting on Lincoln Place May Sometime Lead to Loss of Life.
"Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, is smoothly paved with asphalt from the Prospect Park Circle to Fifth Avenue, and has a slope of about 15 degrees. During the past few weeks small boys from all parts of the neighborhood have gathered on Lincoln Place with little four-wheeled carts, on which they have coasted down the middle of the street."
"Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, is smoothly paved with asphalt from the Prospect Park Circle to Fifth Avenue, and has a slope of about 15 degrees. During the past few weeks small boys from all parts of the neighborhood have gathered on Lincoln Place with little four-wheeled carts, on which they have coasted down the middle of the street."
