Jack Kirrane Ice Skating Rink

Open-Air Seasonal Ice Rink at Larz Anderson Park

The Jack Kirrane Ice Skating Rink is the seasonal outdoor rink inside Brookline's 64-acre Larz Anderson Park. Originally an Italianate garden, the town converted the space into an open-air ice rink in 1958. It has been a fixture of the Brookline youth hockey pipeline ever since, and Brookline Youth Hockey was founded by Jack Kirrane and his brother Ed Kirrane in the mid-1960s.

Programs for Kids

The rink hosts winter-season programming for first-time and progressing skaters. Programs include:
- Group skating lessons through Bay State Skating School (25-minute lesson + 25-minute supervised practice)
- Skill progression covering balance, falling and getting up, glides, turns, edges, crossovers, spins, and jumps
- Brookline Youth Hockey league play and clinics
- Public skating sessions
- Skate, Sled, & Score winter park programming
- Private rentals for parties and groups

What's Included

• Open-air outdoor rink at Larz Anderson Park
• Group instruction by Bay State Skating School coaches
• Skill-progression curriculum across multiple sessions
• Drop-in public skate windows on a posted calendar
• Adjacent park amenities (sledding hill, walking paths)

Experience

The seasonal outdoor setting makes the rink a winter destination as much as a learning venue. Skaters work through the lesson + supervised-practice format to build fundamentals at their own pace. Programming runs during the colder months when ice is reliable.