Tompkins Square Park

Visit this dog run during the year to socialize your pups but remember to also mark your calendars for the very creative annual Halloween Parade for dogs in October!

Stop by on Sundays to browse the farmers market . Any other day just for some relaxing and to see the interesting characters that make their way through

A top dog-friendly spot in the area, this park also hold lot of live musical events during the year and a farmers market every Sunday. Walk on Ave A to 13th St to admire CetraRuddy firm's A Building Read more

Still has the old NY feel, it's a great spot to people watch or hang out in the nice weather with a book . Plenty of good food and bars around. Beautiful in the spring and home to a family of Hawks

A great place to stroll after eating and before the in goes down. Stop at the dog park to the watch dogs play. Always a great way to see how compatible you are with your date.

Relaxing park , a few courts, a pool I don't think anyone uses, and benches galore. I've been warned it's not so nice the later in the evening you get, but surrounded by shops and hot spots.

Love just sitting at this welcoming park you will be happy you came.. bring a friend or just a blanket and sit on the grass .

Pleasant secluded green oasis downtown, great benches to explore for evening activities after a good date

Play ping-pong or watch dogs run around at the historic Tompkins Square Park. It’s the heart and soul of the East Village and Alphabet City .

Not the cleanest or nicest park around, but it does have its charms – for instance, it hosts the largest Halloween Dog Parade in the country !

For the dog section, it's great!!!! There's always so many cute and fun dogs... especially during annual costume parade !!

Head over to the dog park , pretend to give one of the furry little guys a scratch on the head but actually whisper how much you hate dogs into the lil' guy's ear. "Why you gotta poop everywhere?!"

Visit the puppet stall to get some advice. We were told to get a dog from the rescue shelter. Beautiful in a sunny day but it gets really busy.

Great park ! Plenty of delicious local / small business spots across the park :)

Hey we're on a lamppost! See if you can find us! (and thx to the Mosaic Man!)

Best people watching park . Dog runs , plenty of benches , and a few weirdos. Ah, New York.

The dog run is always fun to watch. I’ve spot for a quiet lunch during the week.

Christina Tosi of Momofuku Milk bar says "camp out on a bench , or hang on the fence at the dog park if you want some real crazies (of which I am one)." Read more

Check out the farmers market on Sundays in the south west corner of the park .

A nice way to escape the street grid even if briefly.

Cults don't own a dog but still love to hang out here. "It's kind of creepy...but it's great! You just sit there, maybe bring a dog treat, just ruffle some dogs and hang out."

Go for a run around the neighborhood then workout at the free outdoor gym at the NE corner of the park . Pro tip: use the loose bricks as dumbbells.

Grab a blanket and some friends to enjoy TSP's summer movie series. Free movie screenings every Thursday night. Say Hello to the NearSay team if you spot us in our red t-shirts!

Open music streaming service of choice. Search Mumford & Sons - Wilder Minds. Hit play.

Tompkins is a great EV park . It's definitely one of my favorite people watching locations, with passersby embodying many EV idiosyncrasies.

In the Alphabet City area of NYC, a large park , they actually have a farmers market , and open area where bands play, bigger then Madison Square Park

Such a beautiful park to visit, specially if you have a dog! I love it!

5 Reasons to Love TSP: #1. The Sunday Greenmarket. #2. The HOWL! Festival . #3. The dog park . #4. There is actual grass. #5. People watching .

On the north side, there's a monument commemorating the 1904 General Slocum disaster , the greatest single loss of life in NYC prior to 9/11, mentioned in James Joyce's Ulysses.

The Greenmarket is open on Saturday and Sunday. You can also drop off old clothes and shoes for recycling on Sundays. Very cool.

There are two dog runs at Tompkins Square Park. One for large dogs and the other for small dogs. If you have a medium sized dog, however, they can run loose around the flag pole.

Mull around the awesome dog park and bow before man's best friends, just make sure to watch out for derelicts doing heroin and dog-sized rats .

There's always jazz music , and the people watching is fun!

Alain Levitt's favorite place for people-watching. "I don’t know if anyone else has noticed but the park has gotten really strange again lately. I love it." Read more

There's a pile of fertilizer in Tompkins Square Park you can't miss it. There's also piles of human shit sprinkled around Thompkins Square Park too, though, so watch your step.

Beautiful park that has old architectures when you walk around the circle.

Great park to sit in! There are movies screened here in the summer too.

PHOTO: As Police and residents riot over control of the park , an injured man is wheeled out on a stretcher in the summer of 1988, at the link! Read more

Great, great sets of basic bars for kids to climb around on and develop strength.

This park gets so much funding, yet it's always dirty and filled with drug addicts. Not safe to walk here at night. The dog park is the only positive here.

Dog runs , people watching , and good coffee -- what's not to like?

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Great place to eat food from Ray’s Candy Store

Great place to run laps in the city without interruption from cars and crosswalks. Be weary of the Sunday Market , though.

If your NYC guests love dogs, bring them along when you take your pooch to the dog park . Great fun!

This East Village gathering point is one of the City of New York's early wi-fi adopters in partnership with AT&T. Read more

The Tompkins Square dog park never fails to provide entertainment, rain or shine.

Word is the bathroom stalls don't have doors because people would shoot up heroin here. Personally, I recommend just enjoying the air and the trees .

great in the spring/summer, not so great in the winter

Don't wear sandals/slippers when you go to the bathroom . Also try not to catch a disease as well . D: