Hunnewell Playground — Attraction in Newton

The public park has an admission fee from the City of Newton ( 2024) to use this off leash park area. It costs $70-$75 a year for Newton residents and $100.00 for non Newton residents. Yes it is a public park that Newton is treating as a private pay to play park. The location of the playground is off of Grasmere St. It has a small fenced in play ground. The Off leash park is near Brighton New Balance store. The park is on-leash for the park with playground. There are two fenced in areas for off leash near 188 Newton Street Brighton apartments. It can be a nice space but very muddy. The Newton urban ranger regularly enforces and cites people who don’t buy a medallion from the PRC Newton commissioner to allow their dogs to use the...

Okay park. The actual enclosed area is quite small. The ranger is always there to enforce that each dog has an “off leash newton permit.” The fee yearly for this is $70. Which is insane! Especially during the pandemic, and the town continues to increase their permit prices. On top of the original dog license you need for the town. Anyways, the ranger kicked us out until I applied for the permit. He stated this “park is the best in New England.” Which is completely disagree, the park itself is small, bumpy/dirty parking area and no water...

This is a terrific fully enclosed dog park. Or really two: there's a smaller enclosed area that is great for small dogs, dog walkers and those whose dogs mainly want to play with other dogs and a huge grassy area, formerly a ball field, for dogs like our ball-obsessed hound that wqant to run and chase. Plenty of parking although much of it on dirt so wear boots on a rainy day, and bring a towel. Very important: you need a City of Newton license to play here, which out of downers can obtain for $100 per year. It is rarely but...