Sharkey's Skate-Way, 465 W Commercial Street, Rochester, New York

• Operator: Isadore and June Sharkey and family.[1]
• Manager: Sharkey family
• Pro/Coach: [?]
• DJ: June Sharkey[1]
• Floor size (Floor #1): [?]
• Floor size (Floor #2, w/fire place & stage.): [?]
• Floor type: [?]
• Primary reason for closing: "By the 1980's, it was all over. Insurance rates skyrocked for roller rinks, J.R. Sharkey said, and some couldn't get insurance anymore."[1]
• Opened: 1974[1] - 1985/6[1]

• In 1986, Sharkey's Skateway became Sofas & Chairs furniture store.[3]

Loopnet last listed the property as "multi-tenant building is made up of approx. 45,000 SF of mixed use space."[4]


Fashion store photo shoot at Sharkey's in 1978.



The Sharkey family.














2022 image courtesy Google.


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