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BAYRIDGE DOG RUN
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Owl's head park
68th Street and Shore Road.
Opened in late 2000, the Owl's Head dog run is a "joint venture" between the Parks Department and a new volunteer group called Friends & Neighbors of Owl's Head Park. The run is about 150-feet long and 40-feet wide and is located in one of the city's most beautiful parks overlooking the New York Harbor. Bring your dog down, we are a great group of people with well behaved dogs ! Join our group "Wag n' Run" and help support the Bayridge Dog Run.
We will be sending out notices soon concerning a selected date and location for our first meeting to accomplish the first steps at organizing our group (setting up a non-profit corporation, selection of officers, member responsibilities, and the creation of our own "Wag N' Run" web-site.) Our goals are to improve the conditions of the dog run, have water made available for our dogs and make the "Wag N' Run" experience a fun place to visit for dogs and owners alike.
Feel free to Email one of our Wag n' Run representatives for more information:
Gene & Stephanie - gene@serinapromotions.com
More Owl's Head Dog Run Photos - Click HERE
Other Brooklyn Dog Runs
Palmetto Playground
Columbia Place and State Street. In a corner by the BQE.
This small run opened in October 1999. It's popular and well maintained.
Hillside Park
Hillside is located in Brooklyn Heights, bordering DUMBO, two blocks from the Brooklyn Bridge, bounded by Middagh St, Vine Street and Columbia Heights. Click here for a map and directions
With 2+ acres of open space, Hillside is the largest official dog park in Brooklyn and one of the largest in New York City. Hillside is a magnificent resource for the half million dog owners of New York City to enjoy 24 hour, 7 day off-leash time with their dogs. Each week hundreds of people visit Hillside for recreation and to socialize with their neighbors. http://www.hillsidedogs.org/
Prospect Park
There is no fenced-in dog run in Prospect Park. There
doesn't need to be: when it comes to dogs, this is the most enlightened park in
the City. Prospect Park's off-leash rules are liberal. There are as many dog
fountains as there are human fountains. There is a wonderful dog beach (enter
the Park at 9th Street and follow the path that passes the Tennis House and goes
to the Pools). And between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on the first Saturday of every
month (rain or shine) a "Coffee Bark" is held in the Long Meadow, behind the
Picnic House (enter the park at PPW and 4th Street, go left around Picnic
House). Coffee, Dizzy's muffins and dog biscuits are served. Coffee Bark is
sponsored by the Fellowship for the Interests of Dogs and their Owners (FIDO), a
group of dog-owners dedicated to promoting off-leash activity at Prospect Park
(for more information about FIDO, visit
www.fidobrooklyn.com).
These are the main rules at Prospect Park: (1) In winter (November 1 through
March 31), dogs must be on leash between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. In summer (April 1
through October 31), dogs must be on leash between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.; (2) At all
other times dogs may be off leash only in the Long Meadow, the Nethermead, and
the Peninsula Meadow; (3) On weekdays during winter and summer, dogs may be off
leash in the Nethermead after 5 p.m.; (4) Dogs are not allowed in playgrounds;
(5) Dogs are not allowed on the bridle paths; (6) Dogs are not allowed on ball
fields when games are in progress.
Dyker Beach Park
86th Street and 7th Ave
Located in one of the city's great parks, in the shadow of the Verrazano Bridge, this is not an official dog run; it exists thanks to the members of the Dyker Beach Golf Course who have allowed off-leash dogs to use the area as long as the poop is cleaned up. Recently, however, we've received word that the future of this run is on shaky ground: it seems the poop ain't been cleaned up after all. Be smart: clean up after your dog!
Fort Greene Park
There is no official dog run in Fort Greene, but dog owners in the area are well organized and working hard to make the 30-acre historic Fort Greene Park as dog-friendly as Prospect Park. For now, dogs may be off leash before 9 am and after 9 pm. If you live in the area, join Fort Greene Park Users and Pets Society (P.U.P.S.). Aside from improving communication between park officials and dog owners, PUPS hosts an annual hound Halloween costume contest, organizes park clean-up days, publishes a calendar and has its own website at www.fortgreenepups.org. For general information about Fort Green Park, visit www.fortgreenepark.org.
McCarren Park
Driggs and 12th street
A small basic run with an enthusiastic clientele from the surrounding neighborhoods. Site of the annual Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition (BARC) Parade and Dog Show (see www.barcshelter.org for more info).
Sunset Park
The Sunset Park Dog Owners Group is in active negotiations with the Parks Department and the local Community Board to establish a run in Sunset Park. They are eagerly seeking volunteers to help get the run started. If you'd like to help, sign the on-line petition at www.petitiononline.com/barkpark, email sunsetbarkpark@yahoo.com, and visit their web page at www.sunsetbarkpark.org.
Park Slope - JJ Byrne Park
between 4th ave and 5th ave, near 4th street
Don't know about this dog run until an urbanhounder told us about it. But given that she herself only stumbled across it after living in the neighborhood for more than a year, we get the sense this isn't much of a run. Indeed, according to the local Community Gazette for District 39, this dog run is "small and all dirt and is so unappealing that you couldn't get a rat off leash in there."
Please note ***
Please be advised that you can only walk your dog "un-leashed" in any New York City park before 9am and after 9pm.. Park rangers do enforce the "No-Leash" law during the hours of 9am to 9pm with $100 fines.
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