Sherry Park Dog Run

I’m not sure why but whenever I bring my dog here, she makes friends easily. When I take her to other places to play, she doesn’t always make friends.
This dog run is fairly large and the hill makes it more fun for the dogs. Yes, I wish the ground was grass, wood chips or maybe smooth pebbles. But the dogs don’t seem to mind the hard surface.
I wish I lived closer by.

It’s great for what it is: a haven for city dogs to run wild and play with other dogs. They have kiddie pools to play in during the summer and plenty of seating for dog owners. Great neighborhood dog park!

I foster dogs, and if I think they are up for it, I really like bringing them to this park. The vast majority of patrons at this park are very well behaved and sociable (owners and other dogs) so the only thing I have to worry about is my own dog’s behavior.
The park is generally clean and tidy, although it can get a bit poopy around the edges where leaves tend to pile up and occasionally it gets a bit trashy. However, there is an active group of people who regularly attend the park who work together to try to keep the place as clean as possible. There are also brushes and shovels provided so that if you feel inclined, you can pitch in and help. There are multiple trash cans, a water fountain (not on in colder months), water bowls, tennis balls, and kiddie pools in the summer.
HOWEVER, the dirt hill is a death trap. It is studded with broken glass that is sharp and protrudes from the soil. I don’t let my dog up there since he has been cut a few times, so do yourself a favor and don’t let your dog on the hill.

You know it’s Queens Blvd when a buncha fenced in cement is called a Dog Run, but there’s a nice population and energy here given the resources dedicated to it.

Disgusting and dirty. This park is maintained by the Parks dept. So expect cleaning products with toxins to be in the corner where the dogs have easy access. The hill inside is mainly dirt however I found broken glass and what seems like booze bottles left behind from the hobos sleeping the night before. This park is near the expressway/​highway so don’t expect peace, rather then that it sounds much like a busy highway. The people seem biter and not conversational at all.

Really I want to give this park 3.5 stars but, alas, this isn’t possible.
The good: This dog run is a lot bigger than the others I’ve seen. It gives the dogs some tree and dirt area as well as a concrete area that also has benches and chairs for the owners. Additionally, there’s a hose and some kiddie pools to be used for the dogs which is nice when it’s a hot, summer day.
The bad: It’s right next to the highway, so it’s quite loud. I wanted to sit and listen to an audiobook while I was watching my dog play but I found the noise to be a bit too distracting. Also, it gets quite dusty at this park. My dog doesn’t roll in anything and stayed on the concrete area most of the time, but when we left it felt like he had bathed in sand. There isn’t any separation for small dogs and big dogs. I don’t mind if my dog plays with big dogs most of the time, however, if he does get over zealous and forgets his size when playing with a dog that could rival a horse in stature, I’d like to be able to place him with smaller dogs for his own safety.
Overall, it’s a good sized dog run with some great play opportunities for your pup.

I really like this run, it is very large and my dog loves coming here. There is a hill with trees that she loves to run through and chase other dogs around. The only bad part about this park is the filling on the dirt hill has some glass but I haven’t seen a dog get cut from it.
They have two big kiddie pools that the dogs love to run & jump in, and owners are good about keeping them cleaned. It is large enough that dogs can have their own space and play separately. There are garbage cans and running water along with rakes and shovels to clean up. It can be loud with the traffic from Queens Blvd. and the LIRR tracks so close but the dogs can bark and be as loud as they want without any complaints.
Very happy I live close enough to this park & we can enjoy it!

My pup and I love this park.
I used to run her over (It’s about a mile from my apartment) when I could, but now that I’m temporarily handicapped, we’ll just drive here which works just fine.
Penny is a really shy/​fearful so she doesn’t do well at other runs, where dogs are cramped in together. Sherry park is big enough so she can do her own thing and not be afraid of the bigger dogs coming too close uninvited. She really loves the dirt hill, as she’s usually the most agile pup in the park and can weave through the trees and shrubs quickly and safely.
Most owners are very nice and mindful, but you occasionally have a dog that in tact and extremely energetic, and sometimes just dogs that don’t get along. That’s unavoidable.
The few drawbacks to this park are that it’s big, so sometimes owners miss their dog’s shit, and there can be some unhealthy garbage floating around. I think Penny ate a slim jim last time. Also, there’s some broken glass on the dirt hill but I’ve never seen any dog get cut. Kind of amazing.

I am Hunter’s mom, speaking on behalf of Hunter. He loves this place. He always gets a good workout and the other dog owners and dog babies are wonderful. Hunter runs and plays, jumps into the pool, pursue in chases. And goes home happy.

My mastiff loves this place and so do I. Dogs of all shapes and sizes, dogs and humans are all well socialized and well-​behaved. Concrete flooring is throughout, there’s a small steep hilly dirt area. Water fountain readily available. The area concerned me: so close to such busy roads but the fencing is well made and I feel safe having my dog run around knowing there is no hole she can escape through (though she wouldn’t fit anyways because she’s too big). Happy I found this little haven for my pup.

Great place for the pups to run, explore the shrubby-​uphill area and cool off in the doggie pools in the summer. A bit of a walk from our apt, and feeling spoiled that Jackson Heights Canine Recreation Wonderland (JHCREW) is just a few blocks away, but we are lucky to have options. Our Husky Snow definitely loves this place, and so do we!

I just recently started bring my dog blue over here and he loves it! I just feel his soul light up when he plays with other dogs. The place is Ideal for me because i have a 1 year old German Shepard at 100 pounds. He needs all the space he needs to exercise and run around. This park is spacious and very clean. No need to worry about your dog picking up garbage and stuff. There are also mini kid swimming pools that the dogs can dip into and a running hose where you can rinse your dog off and have a mini shower. Very useful for the summer! thumbs up. very recommended!

It’s a dog’s world.
For the longest time I thought the only outlet for canine social interaction for my dog would be the microscopic strip of dirt in Veteran’s Grove that left me wondering «why bother»? Still, I kept taking her there every now and then, even though she always needed a bath afterward from all the loose dirt, if only just to get her out and interacting with other dogs. I eventually got fed up with it, and the lack of playmates (I’d be lucky if there was even one other dog there), and took to Unilocal to find an alternative.
So I found Sherry Park.
By far better than a dirt patch, it’s a healthy-​sized concrete park encircled by benches, trees and several chess-​top tables, with a tree-​covered hillside at the far end. Even better, almost always a steady rotation of dogs coming and going, or, as far as my dog’s concerned, some fresh new butts to sniff. Notable features include: a sturdy double-​gate entry (keep one closed at all times, or one of the more dedicated regulars will pounce!), a water fountain that serves both human and canine alike, water hoses, kiddie pools, brooms and scoops. It is right at the crossroads of the BQE, Queens Blvd and the LIRR, but despite that the road noise isn’t terrible.
It’s *just* far enough away to be too far for me to walk, but close enough to be a quick bike ride, so I invested in a backpack dog carrier and make it a point to come spend a few hours here every weekend and let my dog fulfill her weekly butt-​sniffing quota and run away from dogs half her size.

I used to live in Woodside and was so happy to find Sherry Park! Now that I moved a few neighborhoods down, I’m sad I don’t get to go there everyday, but the weekends are a must. Everyone is friendly and most of the dogs are well-​behaved (some of the people are not, but you can’t win ‘em all). I’ve seen this park through the worst and best.
The best being that everyone helps to clean it up when needed by putting in planters, picking up random trash, making and putting up signs, writing to the Community and Parks Center to get things upgraded, stuff like that. The most recent change was a fountain for humans and a fountain for dogs! Keep in mind, it only runs during the summer days.
Plus people pitched in to buy kiddie pools for the kids (and by kids, I mean our dogs) and I love that the floor isn’t just dirt. Best dog park that I’ve been to!

Sherry Park, how we’ve fallen in love.
Living in Woodside, I thought I was limited to the dingy little dog run located in Doughboy Plaza. Yes, we’d come there everyday, staying longer on the weekends, hoping for some playmates to show up. Alas, we were disappointed. We were lucky to have even five dogs show up on a good day. Sometimes, there would even be fresh woodchips, and everyday, we’d be treated to fresh mounds of poop somehow despite the lack of dogs. My dogs were particularly excited about having new things to sniff, but I wasn’t so keen. I usually came home with dogs that were still wired as if they had consumed a barrel of Red Bull. So we continued on, in hopes of finding a canine utopia. In exasperation, I even drove out to Bayside Park to get these guys exercise, a great dog run.
We’d heard about a dog park near the BQE, in fact we’ve driven past it a few times and we’d see dogs randomly running across what looked like a small span of concrete as our car passed, never catching more than a few glimpses at a time. Before that, I always wondered where all these people with dogs were going, walking down 65^th.
Then one day, on a lazy Saturday, our little trio decided to do something new and head over to Sherry Park. Upon arriving, I was delighted to see that Sherry Park was in fact five plus times bigger than the sorry excuse of dog run at Doughboy Plaza! 75% of it is concrete, and the other 25% of the park is a hill with foliage and trees. I was immediately greeted by the regulars at the park and we got on to chatting, and already I felt at ease and welcomed (whereas in Doughboy, people usually stand and stare at each other or the ground, awkward). My dogs, however, took off as soon as I let them go. It was liberating to see how excited and happy they were to be running in a large, open space. There is a thriving community at Sherry Park and it is actually maintained, with members actively taking care of plants, partaking in upkeep, and also providing the park with new means of entertainment (sprinkler, KIDDIE POOL (!!!) for when its hot, balls strewn about, frisbees), and convenient dishes of water. There are a core group of regulars and people like myself that come often enough. I can go on and on about how great the people at Sherry Park are. I am happy to report that whenever my dogs come home from Sherry Park, they’re pretty much ragdolls until the next recharge.
So if you’re looking for a new dog run in Queens or your pups need a change of scenery, Sherry Park is a qualified candidate but read the caveats below:
With all good things, there’s a draw. The hill is composed of landfill that is full of glass. For this, I have to nick stars. I feel like it’s too big of an issue to give it five stars despite really wanting to. You can try to rid the glass by simply picking it up, rain will only proceed to reveal more. I’ve filled a poop bag or two of glass but the next time I come back after rain, there’s more. We’re talking beer bottle shards here. BOTH of my dogs have received paw injuries because they love going on this hill, not to mention other dogs. Keep your pooches off the hill for a piece of mind, though that can be a challenge at times. And like any park, there are aggressive dogs with/​and/​or negligent owners.