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Stay cool with the kids at Aviator Sports and Events Center which offers open skating every day in August.
Whether you’re a pro like Sasha Cohen or lacing up the blades for the first time, you’ll enjoy a spin or two around the rink. Shoosh, swoosh and practice your edges, polish up your twizzles and land those perfect Salchow jumps to your heart’s content.

Open skating is offered for one session per day Monday through Thursday, from 11 am to 4 pm; two sessions on Fridays, 11 am to 4:20 pm and 7 to 11 pm; Saturdays, noon to 5:30 pm and 6 to 11 pm; and Sundays, noon to 3 pm and 3:30 to 6:30 pm. Admission is $9 for adults; $7 for children; and there’s a $5 fee for skate rentals if you don’t have your own.

Aviator Sports and Events Center [3159 Flatbush Ave. in Floyd Bennett Field in Marine Park, (718) 758–7567; www.aviatorsports.com].