The Empire Roller Disco was a 30,000-square-foot roller rink located at 200 Empire Blvd., in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.[1]
The birthplace of roller disco,[2] it was the first venue to showcase jammin', a skate style invented by its attendee and employee Bill "Mr. Charisma" Butler.[3][1]
- ^ a b Kelly, Wilhelmena Rhodes (2009-08-31). Crown Heights and Weeksville. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 96, 97. ISBN 978-1-4396-2233-9.
- ^ "The Legacy of NYC's Empire Roller Rink". Untapped New York. 2023-05-19. Archived from the original on January 3, 2025. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
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