This place is off the leash. An exclusive, members-only canine park touted as the “Soho House for dogs” is coming to Williamsburg, The Post has learned — but Brooklyn dog lovers are turning up their cold, wet noses. Dog PPL — whose California members pay $1,400 a year in dues — will offer DJ sets, cocktail nights, a full kitchen and more for yuppies and their puppies on the corner of McCarren Park, just steps away from the public dog run.
“It’s very conducive to this neighborhood: building a ‘bougie’ version of something that’s free,” local dog owner Scott Gary, 31, told The Post. Dog PPL signed a 10-year lease to open an 18,000-square-foot private, rooftop dog park at 12 Berry St., with an anticipated opening date of summer 2025, according to Richard Babeck of Tri-State Realty, who helped broker the deal.
The private doggie park — which would ban outside toys and pups that haven’t been fixed — will sit atop what will soon be the new pickleball hotspot, Padel Haus. Babeck described the trendy combination as an “adult playground” aimed at drawing in young people — but sees no concerns with the location just 1,500 feet away from the public McCarren Park Dog Run. “You can get a cheeseburger from a halal cart on the street, but it’s a very different experience when you go to Shake Shack, right?” Babeck, a dog owner, said.
McCarren park dog owners on Tuesday told The Post they felt the pickleball-dog park combo was capitalizing on too many b.
