This Brooklyn Heights park, aptly named for the sloping space it occupies, is located east of Columbia Heights and south of Vine Street. Acquired by Parks in 1946 and in 1947 during the proceedings for the mapping of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, then known as the Brooklyn-Queens Connecting Highway, this site was not needed for the highway construction itself, so it became parkland.

Community members now use Hillside Park to run their dogs, garden, relax and socialize. The Hillside Park Dog Run is heaven for your dogs. The fenced-in area is off-leash at all times, and there’s a smaller dog run for the little dogs.