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    De Witt Clinton Park

    3.8 (36 reviews)

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    Giacomo C.

    Soccer/baseball fields, racquetball courts, basketball courts, a dog park, a playground and restrooms. They're plenty to stay entertained - at any age - at this spacious green space steps away from the Hudson River. Although the playground is dated, it does the job, and kids can even "climb" on a rocky boulder.

    Robert S.

    DeWitt Clinton Park, on Manhattan's west side, is a park filled with history and athletic adventure. In the Erie Canal Playground one can find play equipment, safety surfacing, painted games, swings, benches, drinking fountains, concrete play mules (named Sal, Pal and Gal) and a frog spray shower within the play area, and a dog run caters to the canine set. Maria's Perennial Garden features flowers of the 1800s, rock garden species, and plants that attract birds, bees and butterflies. Some of the park's biggest attractions are its sports fields: locals come by to play basketball, baseball, soccer, and handball. Not a park to stroll and sit on the grass or to picnic, but more of an active life place for residents to play some sports and to get active.

    Hank C.

    Big park on the West side near the highway, with a big baseball artificial turf field, basketball courts half tennis or handball courts, a playground and dog run. Lots of people, a bathroom, and I saw a park employee cleaning, but still a fair number of folks without masks running about and damage from the storm being cleaned up. Free masks being given out too by another park employee.

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    Elaine L.

    I live directly across the street and go here at least once a day to walk my dog. This is one of the best parks in the city and no tourists (except for the occasional one who was waiting in line for Daily Show and decided to come over to pet your dog). All of the car service guys come here to use the bathroom (which I have never been in but assume are well maintained). Fab children's playground, basketball and handball courts. The best thing about this place is that it is surrounded by enormous trees and has beautiful gardens around the perimeter...I'm talking lilac and rose bushes, peach trees and in the spring...thousands of daffodils. So if you are playing ball in the summer...you have the breeze from the river and shade from the trees. The highlight of this park is the ballfields that are always in use. The lights go out at midnight and the fact that there are always people here makes it super safe! Amazing and most importantly well behaved dog park. There are two sections one for small dogs but almost no one uses it...my dog is 10 lbs and hates other dogs but the majority of dogs that come here are well socialized and any problems that come up are quickly resolved. Small children's play pools for the dogs too and under the aforementioned trees...it is perfect place to take your dog in the summer...never in direct sunlight!! As anywhere in NYC...there are rats but they usually keep to themselves.

    Dogs love the pool except for Bentley.

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    I don't know what it is about this park but I love being here late in the evening and just strolling.

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    Saddddddd dog run!! All pavement! No grass :( its nice that there is a designated area for dogs but i wish it wasnt black top :(

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    This is my favorite place to take my dog. It's a quiet little park and the people are always friendly as well.

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    Bringing my dog here for about six years. The occasional problem but nothing serious. Great views of the water and everyone is pretty nice.

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    Great neighborhood park, with a nice dog run (actually two, one for medium/large dogs and another for little dogs), which is why I go almost every day.

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    St. Vartan Park

    4.1(22 reviews)
    1.9 miMurray Hill, Midtown East

    Nice big park great for different age groups! Entrance on 1st ave for big playground and bathroom…read more Plenty of benches and equipment to play on. There is also a basketball quart and small field. Pretty clean and safe.

    Slowly trying to hoop at all the basketball courts in the city, so I came here after work before a…read morelong weekend. We were on our 4th game of 5 on 5 on this slanted, slippery court with double rims as the Midtown skyline looked over us. We had gone 3-0 and already on wobbly legs but wanted one more to really push ourselves to exhaustion and be WHOOPED. A group of 5 17 year olds showed up and I was lowkey like damn I don't wanna play these little kids for our last game but whatever, they got next. We were going back and forth, and to be fair they were actually pretty good but just too frail to give us any problems. At 5'10 174 lbs, I'm a BIG guard. I'm left handed, but shot a right handed floater fading to my right as I'm trying to get better. If you can hit a weak hand floater on the run you will be tough to stop. I bricked it and this little 17 year old kid goes "that's a TERRIBLE shot" looking at me dead in the eyes. Like bro y'all are losing and you suck why you talking? He woke me up and I started actually trying really hard and lowkey busting their ass... but tbh normally I'm not even that good. It was just one of those days where everything was falling. I hit a 3 and yelled out "THAT'S A LAYUP." I drove hard left, euro stepped and hit a tough finish through 2 and yelled "I"M TOO BIG," while flexing. I switched onto little homie and he took a terrible stepback shot after I turned him 3 times and bricked it. I just whispered to him "I don't even gotta say nothing after that one it speaks for itself" which really pissed him off. Then I hit the game winning 3 and did the Dame wave to him as he walked off the court PISSED as hell. I sat down and then he got the courage to say "STOP TALKING SO MUCH" while he put his hand together to mimic me YAPPING. I almost stood up and said "HOW BOUT U GET WIN?" But then I realized I'm a grown ass man and there is absolutely no reason to be jawing at this little kid on a beautiful Friday in New York City. I just kind of laughed at myself and asked what is wrong with me lol. All in all, these runs were kind of weak and this court is in horrendous condition. The court on the westside highway is still my favorite in the city. IG @jnov_ Tiktok @jnov_reviews

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    Peter Detmold Park

    Peter Detmold Park

    4.1(18 reviews)
    1.9 miMidtown East

    Nice little park straddling the highway. Enter from E49 or E51 street. The southern entrance is…read moreaccessible from street level, the northern entrance has lots of stairs down. Chairs and tables with chess boards, and a big dog run. Walk over the bridge across the FDR for a nice waterfront view. You can even walk up a block between the highway and the river!

    This park is actually pretty nice for dog park goers. It's quite a surprise. I would not had…read moreknown about it unless I heard from someone on a meetup. It's pretty hidden since you have to go to the end of 51st street and then walk down some steps. There's plenty of poop bags (looks like plastic bags from the veggie section at your grocery store) and the surface is paved brick. It seems as if they just threw up a fence to split off the dog park from the rest of the park. While I liked the park, I didn't dig the vibe of the folks. Maybe it's because I'm not from the neighborhood, but it seemed as if everyone was just antisocial, and it seemed like all of the dogs were antisocial as well. It seemed like a park where the dogs and owners were more mature. I got dirty looks from the old folks who thought my 6 month old Jack Russell mix was aggressive and they left. Nipping, biting and barking is perfectly normal for dogs. People need to chill out. Dogs like to wrestle and hump. It's worth it to check out if you're in the area, but I wouldn't make a destination out of it.

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