Location: Intersection of Amory Street and Freeman Street

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 1 PM

Fenced-In: No

Neighborhood: Cottage Farm, Coolidge Corner, Longwood, St. Mary's Street

Acres: 8.28

Amory Playground is among the biggest parks in Brookline with two baseball fields worth of space for dogs to play on, and a walking path that goes around the park. Because of its proximity to Coolidge Corner, this park often has a lot of dogs in the hours before work. The park is not fenced in and dogs are prohibited from going into the Hall’s Pond Sanctuary.

There is a small parking lot at the cross section of Amory Street and Freeman Street and on-street parking is generally allowed for up to two hours, but check signage to be sure.

Owners can enter the park at multiple points along Amory Street or down an alley off of Beacon Street opposite Hawes Street. The entrance doesn’t exactly line up with Hawes Street.

Location: Intersection of Boylston Street and Leverett

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 9 AM

Fenced-In: No

Neighborhood: Brookline Village

Acres: 1.16

Boylston Playground is a small park in Brookline between heavily trafficked Route 9 (Boylston Street) and the MBTA D-Line. It has a moderate size, square field for dogs, and is linked to the neighborhoods by a pedestrian bridge on Davis Avenue that goes over the MBTA tracks. That path is currently closed but when open is an easy way to get to the park and avoid Route 9.

Boylston Playground is 90% fenced in but there is a way for adventurous dogs to circumvent the fencing and get onto Leverett Street.

On-street parking in the area can be tricky. A lot of the spots are school permit parking only.

Location: Intersection of Brookline Avenue and Aspinwall Avenue

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 1 PM & Dawn til Dusk December - February

Fenced-In: Yes

Neighborhood: Brookline Village

Acres: 4.05

Located a few blocks from the Longwood Medical Area, Brookline Avenue Playground is one of three parks that allows dogs to play off leash from dawn to dusk during the winter months (December-February).

A lot of dog owners like Brookline Avenue Playground because it’s fenced-in and attracts dogs of all breeds and sizes. It’s a big field for dogs to run on and because of the fact that it backs up to the MBTA D-Line tracks, some dogs enjoy running along the fence as the train goes by.

The park itself can be entered through two different gates, one at the corner of Aspinwall Avenue and Brookline Avenue, and the other around the corner on Brookline Avenue. This park is conveniently located for folks that live in the Longwood Medical Area, Brookline Village and even parts of Jamaica Plain.

Location: Intersection of Columbia Street and Kenwood Street

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 9 AM

Fenced-In: No

Neighborhood: Coolidge Corner

Acres: 1.68

Coolidge Playground is located in a quiet Coolidge Corner neighborhood. The park is on Columbia Street and Kenwood Street, both of which are off of Harvard Street, a main road in Brookline.

Coolidge Park is one of the smaller dog parks in Brookline, with a thin, roughly 50-yard sliver of grass for dogs to roam. The area dogs play runs along Columbia Street and there is no fencing whatsoever along that side of the park. The sidewalk on Columbia Street literally runs along the grass where dogs are playing.

Owners can enter the park anywhere along Columbia Street or from Kenwood Street, which does have a fence along a large part of its border.

Location: Intersection of Summit Avenue and Jordan Road

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 9 AM

Fenced-In: No

Neighborhood: Corey Hill

Acres: 4.16

Corey Hill Park is located atop Summit Avenue and overlooks Cambridge and Boston.

As its name suggests, the park is on a hill and is heavily sloped. There is virtually no flat area so dogs run up and down the hill - a great workout for sure. The dog area (hill) is approximately 50 yards in length and 50 yards in width.

There is no fence at the top or bottom of the park.

Owners can enter the top of the park from Summit Avenue or the bottom of the hill from Jordan Road. It’s worth checking this park out just for the view.

Location: Highland Road

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 1 PM & Dawn til Dusk December - February

Fenced-In: Yes

Neighborhood: Pill Hill

Acres: 8.73

Downes Field is known more as an athletic field than a dog park. There are two distinct fields separated by fencing. The main field is a turf soccer and football field surrounded by a track. Dogs are not allowed in that area.

On the other side of the fence, along Highland Road is a grass field used for baseball and soccer practices. Dogs are allowed to roam freely from dawn to 1 PM daily, and dawn to dusk from December through February.

There are two entrances (both from Highland Road) into the dog park, which is fenced in. There is ample room for dogs to run and play at this park. Parking can be challenging at times but is available on Highland Road and Jamaica Road. And there is also a small parking lot on Pond Avenue, which also borders Downes Field.

Downes is very close to Jamaica Pond, a portion of the Emerald Necklace, and Jamaica Plain.

Location: Intersection of Emerson Srreet, Thayer Srreet and Waverly Street

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 9 AM

Fenced-In: No

Neighborhood: Brookline Village

Acres: 2.05

Emerson Park is a somewhat circular park with a field in the middle and an asphalt walking path that goes all the way around. The field is of moderate size, generally flat, with a slight slope along the Emerson Street side.

There are three entrances for park-goers, one on the corner of Davis Avenue and Emerson Street; one on the corner of Davis Avenue and Waverly Street; and one at the intersection of Waverly Street, Emerson Street and Thayer Street.

There is fencing all around the park. However, all three entrances are wide open with no gates.

Emerson Park is one street away from Boylston Park, which is accessible from the footbridge on White Place making it easy to go from one park to another when the foot bridge is open. It’s currently closed for construction. When open, its a 3 minute walk to go park-to-park.

Location: Griggs Road

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 1 PM

Fenced-In: No

Neighborhood: Washington Square, Brookline Village, Coolidge Corner

Acres: 3.34

Griggs Park is located on Griggs Road off of Washington Street. It’s a popular park because of its central location to Washington Square, Brookline Village, and Coolidge Corner. A path from Marion Street to Griggs Road leads directly to the park, making it easy for people that live in parts of Coolidge Corner to visit the park.

Griggs Park is a circle with beautiful willow trees. There are some small patches of grass for dogs to play fetch on. The one downside to this park is the area in the middle that becomes swamp-like and muddy after it rains. Many a dog has entered Griggs Park one color and needing an immediate bath on the way out.

There is on-street parking around Griggs Park and along Washington Street for those that want to drive there.

Location: Goddard Avenue & Newton Street

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 1 PM & Dawn til Dusk December - February

Fenced-In: No

Neighborhood: South Brookline

Acres: 61.13

Larz Anderson Park is far and away the largest park in Brookline. With over 61 acres of space, the park is massive. Dogs aren’t allowed on all 61 acres, but there is still an abundance of grass for dogs to roam on.

The area where dogs are allowed to play is a massive hill that is quite popular for sledding in the winter. It’s an extremely steep hill that is a workout to walk up. There’s also a nice, flat path along the bottom of the hill that runs along Goddard Avenue and Avon Street.

There are multiple places to park at Larz Anderson, including a lot that’s adjacent to the hill by the baseball field, and atop the hill by the ice skating rink.

Larz Anderson Park is open to dogs from dawn to 1 PM daily and dawn to dusk from December through February.

Location: Intersection of Cypress Street and Franklin STreet

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 9 AM

Fenced-In: No

Neighborhood: Pill Hill

Acres: 2.38

Robinson Playground is a moderate size park open to dogs from dawn until 9 AM daily. The park is flat and there is a good size field for dogs to run around on.

Located on Cypress Street, the park borders Franklin Street and High Street Place. There is on-street parking in the neighborhood. Owners can enter the park from any of the adjoining streets.

Location: Addington Road

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 9 AM

Fenced-In: Yes

Neighborhood: Washington Square

Acres: 1.1

The smallest of all the participating Green Dog Program parks, Schick Park epitomizes a neighborhood park. It’s located at the top of Addington Road and is relatively unknown. The park has four entrances, each with a gate, making this a popular park for owners worried about their dog running away.

The field is small, flat, and just large enough to have a game of fetch.

On-street parking is permitted on Addington Road.

Location: Hammond Street

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 9 AM

Fenced-In: No

Neighborhood: Square Brookline

Acres: 9.49

Soule Recreation Center or Soule Park is deceptive in it’s size. Although the town lists the area as being 9.49 acres, the dog area is actually much smaller. Dogs are free to play on the grass soccer field in the upper part of the park. The turf field is off-limits to dogs as is the playground for kids. Still Soule is a nice park for dogs to fetch and roam in. But be careful because while the soccer field is setback a ways from the street, dogs can escape through the bushes onto Heath Street. The park can be entered from Heath Street or Hammond Street. Parking is available in both the upper and lower lots.

Location: Dean Road and Clinton Path

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 9 AM

Fenced-In: No

Neighborhood: Washington Square

Acres: 5.63

Perhaps the most popular dog park in Brookline, Waldstein Playground (a.k.a. Dean Park) serves as a place for dogs to let loose from dawn to 9 AM seven days a week. Dogs run in the outfield (and infield) of the Waldstein Park little league baseball field. There is also a walking path that goes around the entire park, which has eight tennis courts, a basketball court, and playground for kids.

The park can be entered from three of its four sides (Dean Road, Clinton Path, or through an alley / driveway on Beacon Street). Dean Park is not fenced in.

On street parking is available on Beacon Street, Dean Road, Beaconsfield Road, Strathmore Road and Clinton Path.

Location: Elliot Street

Off Leash Hours: Dawn - 1 PM

Fenced-In: No

Neighborhood: Chestnut Hill, Fisher Hill

Acres: 11.1

Warren Playground (a.k.a. Elliot Park) is a big park on the border of Fisher Hill and Chestnut Hill. The park has two baseball fields and is the home to the Brookline High School baseball team.

Dogs play in the outfield grass, walk around the asphalt walkway, and in the summer, splash in the sprinkler.

There are five ways to enter Warren Playground, including through the parking lot on Eliot Street. The park borders Dean Road, Ackers Avenue, Eliot Street and Chestnut Hill Avenue.

Warren Playground is not fenced in.