Msgr. McGolrick Park

Playground is big but outdated. Would be nice to see new playground equipment added. Old, tall trees are fantastic however. Great shade for hot summer days in the park. Nice grass areas for babies ‘n blankets. A farmer’s market was going on the day we visited. Nice touch. Water spray feature was pretty bad. If they update that, then this park gets four stars for sure. An A+ for trees and history, C for playground.

Decent spot with a nice majestic structure in the center, but see no reason to return.

Love this park! I have many fond memories of being here with my lady back dating back to the 90s usually a clean atmosphere and not too many dogs out without a leash. Sometimes you get the occasional kid in the summer with the dirt bike riding through blowing up the whole neighborhood with the engine. This area is also famous for television and movie recordings

A charming little park toward the less trafficked side of Greenpoint. It’s not hidden in any regard and utilized by people from all walks of life that life and work nearby.
There are a few folks pushing shopping carts through the park but they are never hostile and typically side toward cordial. There are also a larger number of people who use the park as a place to sit and consume alcohol – these partons are more likely to become hostile but generally keep to themselves.
The park features an older type of playground with swings, a few jungle gyms some weird water features and plenty of space to run around. There are also large grassy spaces to have a picnic, toss a baseball or throw a frisbee.
The best part about the park are the gigantic ancient trees that provide shade throughout the walkways.
Definitely recommend the park as a place for a walk, to play your kids or to sit with a book and coffee — enjoy!

Beautiful park in Greenpoint. Love just walking here with my dog. Dog run is pretty big and fun for dogs to run around and play.

I wish I hadn’t read the reviews of this park that mentioned the drunk guys in various states of dress. I did notice a few older gents speaking in another language (Polish, I assume) who appeared rather disheveled. I’m not sure I would have even noticed them, but «drunks. drunks. drunks. masturbating drunks» is pretty much all I was thinking when I entered the park. These guys were very quiet and didn’t bother me, besides supporting my believe that it is a popular park for day drinking. I found the shady pathways and fenced grassy areas very quiet and scenic. I can’t wait to take a stroll through the paved lanes in the fall. The huge trees will blanket the entire park in puffy leaf piles.
I found a bench facing a path and worked in my sketchpad for a while. The park was mostly empty other than mothers and nannies pushing toddlers in strollers and the occasional dog walker (there is a dog run/​park). I witnessed a little boy playing with a new puppy while his grandparents watched. Talk about cute!

This is a really gorgeous park in Greenpoint Brooklyn. It is almost otherworldy.
The trees look a thousand years old, and there are so many families. You’ll also see groups of old folks sitting together gabbing and so forth. Very very chill vibe here.
What’s more there’s very little traffic around the park either. Greenpoint is sort of that way. Any through traffic would be over on McGuinness Blvd to the west or the BQE to the south. So the neighborhoods are very quiet and local.

Fun little park in the middle of a cute polish neighborhood.

McGolrick Park is the ideal park for masturbating.
Yeah, that’s right. Today we came here for the first time, and we were welcomed by a hobo (or just a drunk Polish dude… or both) touching himself on a bench, right in the playground area. Kids are scootering past him and he didn’t care! He even got a leaf to clean himself up. GROSS!
Besides that, the park is pretty nice. Lots of tall trees, benches, playground area, a dog park, etc. Plenty of spots in the sun and in the shade.

Huge, beautiful old trees rule in this expansive park that seems to draw in everyone from the neighborhood – lots of dogs, screaming kids, chirping birds and slurping drunks galore.
Why, I even saw a set of dentures sitting all by itself on one of the many benches once. I can only imagine how that happened:
Drunk: «Hey, Teeth, so I’m going to head over to Happy Hour but you’re welcome to hang out on this bench.»
Dentures: [No response]
Drunk: «Okay, well, I’ll back and come pick you up in a couple of hours.»
Like I said, McGolrick seems to lure everybody and her brother – and his fake teeth – to bask in the shade and admire the flowers.

Good
For dogs,
Forgotten
By the crowds
Drinking from Turkey Nest to the southwest.

A great park to be idle.
Unlike McCarren:
No joggers, no pick-​up softball games, no condos overlooking it. It’s rectangular and symmetrical. It has cobblestones and plenty of benches. There are pretty trees.

Dog parks are a great place to meet Bitches.
Dog perspective–
2/​Brindle/​F– Bi-​curious
My name is Maddie, a pure– bread AKC Boggle.
I am a petite Brindle BBW new to this area and am looking for some drama free fun! I enjoy running around in circles, sniffing you know where and if your into fetishes– I eat my own shit.
Ive never done this before, BOL (bark out loud), and im kinda nervous-​I am looking for a mature BITCH to sniff me.
We can meet discretely at the McGolrick Park Dog run on Driggs– Its a great place to run around with smaller dogs and its closer to my loft– a converted dog bone factory on Kingsland– then McCarren Dog park. I really like it there becuase the small dogs dont hurt me. They usually have lots of beagles, boston terriers, smaller labs, a French bulldog or two, and my personal favorite– Min Pins.
Human perspective– This is a nice dog run for smaller dogs. Its hard to meet girls there becuase you only know peoples name by there dogs names, and its weird to ask what the masters name is. So I am known by Maddies’ «Dad». Usually more low key then the McCarren park, but also smaller.

McGolrick is in my backyard, and how lucky I am for it. It’s got to be the most charming small park in Brooklyn, and it’s only been getting better in the past few years (new gardens are so nice). I’ve spent many hours on the benches (I have my own favorites — there’s one with a nice sunset view of the Chrysler bldg), and I walk through most nights even though it’s a few extra blocks. Feels like a NYC kids book.
Only negative I’ll throw out there is the drunks. Kind of a downer to see people passing around a bottle of vodka at any hour of the day. They seem too blitzed to bother anyone, but still. Downer.
All the kids, families and squirrels make up for it though.

Great park, not yet overrun with hipsters. My family and I are nearly the only ones. We’re the hippest ones anyway. You’ll find only a few bums getting started early, and lesser still, pooping in the bushes near the childrens swing sets.
Srsly though, It’s a nice park w/​well groomed grass for some blanket laying. Great selection of jungle gyms and what not for the kids.

McGolrick Park doesn’t exactly roll off of your tongue, but at least it’s easy on the eyes.
I will use any excuse to take a walk through this gem. if I’m leaving the apartment and headed in any direction at all, the best route is, obviously, straight through McGolrick.
I love sitting on a bench and watching people pass by. And the squirrels! Oh my god they are hilarious! McGolrick Park is very well-​kept and nicely maintained. The dog run is amazing and the kids area looks like a blast.
I love this park!!!

This place is pretty cool.
Just like when Pedro said «Pretty good-​looking.»
I took a stroll through this park round 11:00pm the other night and it was rather majestic. It felt tall. Spread out. It’s own little world in Greenpoint that is very neighborhoodie. Lined with benches and small ledges to sit I can only imagine the use this park sees.
I also like this park because upon discovery I had no idea how to properly pronounce it. So mysterious.
There were no squirrels in site, although Vic P.‘s testament will make me go back again.
Maybe it’s just the island squirrels that are so hostel.

Smaller than McCarren and with less Hipsters and a more neighborly feel.
I like sitting in this park on days when I work at my bar in Greenpoint. Sitting on the benches under those giant trees puts me in the right state of mind.
After you get your head straight visit this great little, yet hardly open, coffee shop, Cup O Joe and/​or a fave dive bar of mine, The Palace, (characters galore AND $ 1.50 Bud/​Bud Lts) both lining the parameters of the park.
If I lived a bit closer I’d be here daily.

McGorlick Dog Park is located at the south end of the charming park. Small and large dogs share the space equally and both have abundant room to run and stretch their furry legs.
Every first Saturday of the month, a smushed-​face dog meetup for pugs, Boston terriers, French bulldogs, and bulldogs fills the part with sniffles and snorts for about an hour between 10−11am. Most other days you’ll find no less than 10 pooches and their owners laughing getting to know one another.
Greenpoint, in general, is charming, but the dog park creates a special community within the community.

McGolrick is my local park, and with all the fierce neighborhood chauvinism of the true Brooklynite, I’ll pit it against McCarren any day. It’s a relatively small space centering around miniature early-​20thC pavilion (containing bathrooms) and ringed with walking paths and nicely kept lawns and flowers. There’s a little dog run and benches throughout.
McGolrick is something of a center of hood activity. Mornings, it’s filled with young (Polish) mothers and their children; afternoons, it’s (Polish) teens’ terrifory; and a group of benevolent (Polish) hobos hobnobs after dark. There are regular neighborhood cleanup days and the space is unusually clean, almost never befouled with trash or bottles.
In good weather, it’s a truly pleasant place to sit and read and, like any park worth its salt, serves the function of reminding us city mice that nature, seasons and weather exist as more than a wardrobe barometer!