Gotham Roller Derby

The Story So Far:

For over 20 years, Gotham Roller Derby has been NYC’s only WFTDA flat track roller derby league. For many of our league members, participating with Gotham is more than just a hobby — it’s a second home and family. Being at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly decimated our league. We lost our practice space and the ability to skate at all in 2020 and 2021, and were only able to provide extremely limited programming in 2022. 

Despite this, Gotham was able to return to competitive play in 2023, and qualified for the first WFTDA International Championship Tournament since the pandemic in 2024. However, we continue to intensely struggle to find and afford places to skate. Despite having four different practice venues in 2025, they each had many challenges, resulting in numerous canceled or heavily modified practices. Additionally, many of our skaters travel 4+ hours roundtrip to New Jersey in order to attend the one travel team practice that our league is able to offer. The commitment level of our league members is unquestionable. 

We are not sure what the 2026 season will hold, but we do know we need your help to make it happen! Thanks for being a part of our community. 

Who We Are:

Gotham Roller Derby fosters personal, mental, and physical strength through collaboration, inclusiveness and community-building while representing New York City in athletic excellence.

Founded in 2003, Gotham is New York City’s only skater-operated roller derby league for cisgender, transgender and intersex women and gender non-conforming participants. The league is comprised of strong, diverse, and independent skaters.

As a 501c3 non-profit organization, Gotham is committed to fostering serious competition on a national and international level, developing amateur athletes for competition, and promoting the physical and mental strength and independent spirit of amateur athletes.

Header photo by Dan Less