And when he didn't succeed at first, he tried tried again. At one point he took a tumble right, going headlong over the skateboard and tumbling on the concrete. But he popped right back up.
Of course the Biebs drew a crowd and fans had their phones going to capture all his classic moves.
The pop star was in the Big Apple with Hailey Baldwin (Stephen Baldwin's daughter) and Alfredo Flores.
Here's a closer shot, in which a female voice can be heard saying, "I love him so much."
He ended by skating off into traffic.
